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Fancy Prepared Mustard

A mustard condiment made from dark and yellow mustard seeds, spices, and vinegar.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 18 ingredients
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Why it works: Turmeric and cumin match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,698 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

Fancy Prepared Mustard

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Grind the dark mustard seed, yellow mustard seed, yellow mustard bran, salt, turmeric, ground coriander seed, celery seed, ground cloves, ground cumin seed, ground nutmeg, cayenne pepper, powdered bay leaves, ground fennel seed, parsley herb, thyme, shallots or onions, and garlic together.

  2. Add 30 gallons of 40‑grain vinegar and mix well.

  3. If a very bright color is required, add 2 ounces of yellow mustard color.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Turmeric + cumintop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,698 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  2. Coriander + cumintop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,866 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  3. Clove + nutmegtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together8,686 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  4. Turmeric + coriandertop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,253 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  5. Mustard + celerytop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,169 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

What each ingredient does

Dark mustard seed
Provides the main pungent heat and sharp flavor that defines the mustard.
Yellow mustard seed
Adds mustard pungency and contributes to the paste's body and flavor.
Yellow mustard bran
Adds bulk to the ground mixture, giving the finished paste body and texture.
40-grain vinegar
Provides acidity and liquid that softens the ground seed into a spreadable mustard.
Turmeric
Contributes yellow color and an earthy flavor to the mustard.

Swap the mustard

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (turmeric, coriander, celery, clove, cumin, nutmeg, pepper):

  1. Carrotfits better
  2. Capsicumfits better
  3. Parsnipfits better
  4. Mustardthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against turmeric, coriander, celery, clove, cumin, nutmeg, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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