Whole grain mustard is a version of the mustard condiment with the mustard seeds left whole rather than ground. In most versions of mustard, all or some of the seeds are ground to create a smooth or partially smooth product. The mustard plant most likely originated in India though the …
Barbecue sauce as we know it most likely came about some time after the method of smoking and grilling meat over an open flame was established. While open-flame cooking is an ancient practice that most likely does not belong to any one culture, barbecue refers to a specific style. The …
Cocktail sauce is the sauce component of the seafood cocktail dish, which showed up in the early 20th century. This dish would become famous and trendy in the middle part of the century with shrimp as the seafood of choice but most likely began with oysters. While sauces have been …
As its name indicates, stone ground mustard is made with mustard seeds that are ground using a stone. Specifically, a millstone is used to grind brown mustard seeds to produce stone-ground mustard. The use of the millstone to produce a coarse grind is the only difference between stone ground mustard …
Spicy brown mustard is made from mustard seeds that originated in India like all the other mustards, but the prepared mustard made with those seeds has its roots in Germany. Mustard has been popular in Germany since the Middle Ages when it was used for medicinal as well as culinary …
Honey mustard refers to the combination of mustard and honey. The pairing of these two ingredients has been around since Ancient Egypt. There is no documentation of when the two were first combined. Historians believe that the honey was first used to soften mustard’s intensity. Honey and mustard together were …
Yellow mustard is made from mustard seeds that have been used for food since the time of the Ancient Sumerians and Egyptians. However, this spice is best known for its association with Ancient Rome. The Romans were particularly fond of mustard and took it with them on their travels around …
Marmite is a British institution but it was invented by a German named Justus Liebig. Liebig was a chemist who discovered that the process of brewing beer left yeast that could be made into a healthy paste with a high nutritional value. He made this discovery in the late 1800s. …