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Make Your Own Mustard

Mustard-makers may guard their recipes jealously… but it really isn’t all that hard to make your own mustard. Ancient Romans made a quick and easy precursor to today’s mustard by pounding mustard seeds into powder, then mixing them with wine. This recipe is a little more involved than that! What you need: 1/3 cup of apple cider vinegar 2/3 cup of apple cider 2 tablespoons of honey 1 tablespoon roasted red peppers, chopped 1/8 teaspoon turmeric 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/4 cup yellow mustard seeds (the kind used to make common yellow mustard, plus English and German style mustard) 1/4 cup … Continue reading →

Mustard

Mustard isn’t just for hot dogs — it has a long history as a healing herb. Ancient Greeks and Romans used mustard seeds in cooking and in the sickroom. Romans pounded the seeds and mixed them with wine to make an early version of today’s popular condiment. The seeds were taken internally to relieve digestive problems and used externally to promote blood flow. Some English herbalists recommended mustard seeds as a treatment for epilepsy; one seventeenth century herbalist used mustard seed to sooth toothaches. In North America, both settlers and natives used the seeds for both food and medicine. Mustard … Continue reading →

Faith the Size of a Mustard Seed

“Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” New Testament, Hebrews 11:1 This is the definition of faith so many of us know and understand. But there is so much more to the principle of faith. There came a point in our lives where we had reason to need, my husband and me, further understanding of this very basic tenet of our religion. Borrowing from Joseph Smith, Jr.’s Lectures on Faith, as outlined in Bruce R. McConkie’s Mormon Doctrine, we learn: “Faith is based on truth and is preceded by knowledge. Until a … Continue reading →