We had an interesting visit of the nutmeg processing plant in Gouyave: after hurricane Ivan destructed up to 80% of the nutmeg plantations on the island, this is now the only plant actually processing the nuts brought by farmers from all over Grenada. Frank was our guide; he had helped us earlier to find a neat little restaurant in town. He was very good at describing all steps of processing. First we were shown huge racks where nuts with envelope were left to dry. One such nut can be kept for 10 years...without the envelope (like the ones we buy at our stores) the nutmeg is good for up to only 3 years. Here in the pan are three kinds of mace (the envelopes of the nutmeg): depending on the degree of dryness, they will be used for cooking, food preservation or in cosmetics.