remember nutmegs?

Esmay

Nutmeg in small amounts is extremely beneficial to your health.
In large amounts it is dangerous .
I like a little nutmeg grated on top of an egg custard .
I also like the name!

Yes, I read this the other day.”At high enough concentrations? Yes, nutmeg really can be a hallucinogen, creating effects similar to MDMA compounds. It owes its psychoactive side effects to myristicin, an anticholinergic (it blocks the action of a neurotransmitter acetylcholine). There is also some potential effect from another compound in nutmeg—elemicin, which also has anticholinergic-like effects. Symptoms include hallucinations, vomiting, dizziness, and sleepiness. Intoxication takes several hours to reach maximum effect, and the effects may last for days.

So how much nutmeg is too much nutmeg? The minimum dosage that can cause a psychogenic effect is around five grams of ground nutmeg, which contains one to two mg of myristicin. So, unless you’re using some seriously unconventional recipes, you should be fine”.
I’ve only ever used it on egg custard. Can’t remember the last time I made one, though. Decades ago probably. Although I did buy a nutmeg recently but no idea what recipe it was for and I never used it.

I use whole nutmeg quite a lot though never enough to use the whole jar and usually throw a couple away.

I use it in egg and cheese things. I grate it with my microplane.

Wilt some Spinach for a few moments and then add a knob of butter and freshly grated nutmeg.
I use a microplane to grate as I find that the dinky ones in a nutmeg jar are too bendy.