RE: Mustard seed?

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• Subject: RE: [CHAT] Mustard seed?
• From: "Bonnie Holmes" h*@usit.net
• Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2006 11:31:18 -0400

My spice cookbook says it's of Asiatic origin and has been known to man
since prehistoric times.  The Ancient Chinese used it.  But, it wasn't
called mustard until the French mixed the crushed seeds with "must"
(unfermented wine).  According to my book, there are two types:  Brassica
alba, which are white or yellow seeds and Brassica juncea, dark brown sees
also called "Oriental" mustard.  The American Horticultural Society,
Illustrated Encyclopedia of Gardening, "Herbs and Spices" lists Brassica
nigra, B. hirta and B. juncea.  


> [Original Message]
> From: <Aplfgcnys@aol.com>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Date: 6/18/2006 10:19:38 AM
> Subject: [CHAT] Mustard seed?
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> The scripture at church this morning was the parable of the mustard
> seed. The point is well made, but I've often wondered just what was
> considered mustard in the Middle East 2000 years ago.  It certainly
> doesn't sound like the mustard I grow in my garden, or the wild
> mustard that grows around here.  Any ideas as to what it was?
> Auralie
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