Dean was just over 2 months old when the Titanic hit an iceberg on the night of April 14, 1912. The ship sank in less than three hours. Dean was one of 706 people â mostly women and children â who survived. Her father was among the 1,517 who died.
Laurel (Laurus nobilis L.) Not to be confused with two other spices often termed bay leaves: Indian bay-leaves and Indonesian bay-leaves. See also allspice on the so-called Caribbean or West-Indian bay-leaves. Leaves. Industrially, laurel oil is prepared from the fruits, which may also be used as a spice with great success.
Mace, Blade. Mace, which comes from the same tropical fruit that produces nutmeg, has a softer, fruitier flavor than nutmeg. These whole pieces are suitable for adding to mulling spices or marinades. Details. The nutmeg tree, Myristica fragrans, is the only tree that produces two separate spices. The fruit contains a hard pit, which is a nutmeg, while the lacy red membrane which surrounds it is mace. The delicate membrane is carefully peeled away from the shell of the nutmeg and spread to dry in the sun, fading from bright red to orangy-brown as it dries.