Origin: Indonesia. Imagine a return on your investment of 10,000 percent in three years. This was exactly the financial lure of the spice trade for the English, Spanish & Portuguese oceangoing traders of the fifteenth century, & it was the quest for nutmeg from exotic lands that started the spice race. These days, to get a return on your investment of 10,000 percent in three years you'd have to be in the same business as Tony Montana. My favorite scene from that movie is the montage, for two reasons: 1) awesome Giorgio Moroda music, & b) it signifies the high point of Tony's ambitions, business dealings & personal relationships - it's all downhill from there onwards. From apex to nadir, a victim of his own success ... sha la la la ...