... Caribbean beauty nr 2💙🌞... a spice found in kitchens everywhere... although I never would have guessed that this was "nutmeg" if it wasn't written on the postcardツ... coming from the tropical island nicknamed "The Spice Island"... derived by the many spices that are produced here, including nutmeg, cinnamon, ginger, cocoa and cloves... it is one of the world's largest exporters of nutmeg and part of Grenada’s history for over 100 years... there are plenty of plantations and a visit to Grenada is not complete without seeing one.... Thanks a lot Glenn!! (✿ ♥‿♥)
Ⓒ JO ANN'S 2017
Grenada is made up of several small islands, and located southwest of St. Vincent and the Grenadines and northeast of Trinidad and Tobago.
Nutmeg was introduced to Grenada in 1843 when a merchant ship called in on its way to England from the East Indies. The ship had a small quantity of nutmeg trees on board which they left in Grenada, and this was the beginning of Grenada's nutmeg industry. Following a crop disaster that hit the Dutch Indonesian trade in 1850, Grenada was put firmly on the map as the “Spice Island of the Caribbean” as its production of nutmeg was put into overdrive to fill the void.
Nutmeg is found in the seed (nut), which after drying produces two different spices, nutmeg and mace.
Stamps:
Orchids
(Issued 01-04-1991)
Chinese Paintings
(Issued 20-06-2016)
