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Offline chacha110

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ground it first
« on: November 14, 2006, 02:30:53 AM »
why do you have to ground nutmeg before extracting it?
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Re: ground it first
« Reply #1 on: November 14, 2006, 04:03:46 AM »
Do you mean grind?

Well, think about it this way, what dissolves faster, a teaspoon of icing sugar or a sugar lump?
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Re: ground it first
« Reply #2 on: November 14, 2006, 09:18:43 PM »
Think about surface area to volume.
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