I bought whole ones because some sources believe them to be more powerful, being slighty fresher on the inside than the dry powder.
Mine ones werent all fresher on the inside, but some were, and had a stronger flavor.
On my first time I grounded them with my teeth but I had great difficulty in getting away the strong flavor from my mouth, so on the second time I grounded them with a mortar.
Trip reporter talks about tablespoons so I think she was using pre grounded one.

What is your prefered method of ingesting? and do you grind your own or buy pre-ground?

yeah its because of safrole being toxic if I dont remember wrong. btw she used the word intoxication, which should mean she's aware of the dangers. tried myself nutmeg recently but got bored after a couple of times, even if the first was quite interesting, and not unpleasant at all, even if I did something like 15g of whole nuts, not very fresh btw

I read somewhere that it's unhealthy to consume nutmeg for getting high. Read about nutmeg essential oils,I am too lazy to look it up now. If I remember it correctly it doesn't have a certain substance that is to blame for nutmeg's bad effects on health when abused. Some of the info I gave you may be untrue,I 've read it a long time ago and don't have time to read it again,but the point is that you should learn more about nutmeg and nutmeg essential oils.Somebody please correct me if I said something false I hate spreading disinformation.