raw food Recipes # ingredients # mustard seed

Ingredients # mustard seed

Mustard seed (Brassica nigra, Brassica juncea, Sinapis alba)

Mustards are of the genus Brassica which also includes cabbages, cauliflower, rapeseed and turnips
Mustard seed comes in three colours. These are:
black mustard (Brassica nigra) - from Southern Europe and Western Asia.
brown mustard (Brassica juncea) - from India.
white or yellow mustard (Sinapis alba) (also known as Brassica alba or Brassica hirta) - from Europe and North America.

Links

"Steenbergs organic brown mustard seeds are smaller and hotter than its relative the yellow mustard seeds"
http://www.steenbergs.co.uk/...
Malta Wild Plants: entry for white mustard
http://www.maltawildplants.com/...

brown mustard seed

Books