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Article: Packing a real punch; In Grenada for the first time, Max Davidson found the Spice Island did not quite live up to its name - but the rum punch was sensational.
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- Daily Mail (London)
- Article date:
- March 23, 2002
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ANYWHERE calling itself the Spice Island is bound to strike terror in British stomachs.
The name conjures images of dodgy curries with grisly after-effects. I feared the worst and arrived in Grenada with a suitcase full of pills.
I need not have bothered. Instead of fiery foreign condiments, my stomach was assailed by nothing more sinister than nutmeg, saffron and cinnamon.
Grenadians are gentle souls: they do not try to blow the roof off your mouth. It is an enchanting island and a good part of its enchantment comes from its food. On the harbourside at St George's, the capital and one of the prettiest towns in the Caribbean, brightly coloured ...