I made a gallon of grainy mustard today and burned up another blender
in the process. I tried my giant morter and pestle and that did not
work very well. I do not want to run the seeds thru my sone wheel
grain mill because I a nervous about all my grain having mustard
overtones. I was wondering if a peanut butter maker (ebay) would do
the job letting me vary the degree of coarseness of the grind. Thanks
in advance. Pam

"pamjd" > wrote in message
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>I made a gallon of grainy mustard today and burned up another blender
> in the process. I tried my giant morter and pestle and that did not
> work very well. I do not want to run the seeds thru my sone wheel
> grain mill because I a nervous about all my grain having mustard
> overtones. I was wondering if a peanut butter maker (ebay) would do
> the job letting me vary the degree of coarseness of the grind. Thanks
> in advance. Pam

You can buy whole, crushed, and powdered mustard seed from Penzeys, all
versions the same price, and pretty inexpensively... doesn't pay to grind
mustard seeds yourself... besides, unless you have a professional mill
you'll overheat the seeds, they'll be ruined.

Penzeys sells quality mustard seed, freshly ground on best quality
commercial mills... seeds you purchase elsewhere probably won't be as high
quality and ground seeds you buy elsewhere will not be freshly/properly
ground.

At $4.60/lb why would any sane individual want to grind their own.
http://www.penzeys.com/cgi-bin/penzeys/results.html

> At $4.60/lb why would any sane individual want to grind their own.http://www.penzeys.com/cgi-bin/penzeys/results.html

I like to try different mustard seeds from different origins. I get
seeds from Frontier spices, a Mennonite bulk market, a middle eastern
grocery and an Indian market. Why would any creative individual want
to limit themselves to the mainstream?

"pamjd" wrote
>
>> At $4.60/lb why would any sane individual want to grind their
>> own.http://www.penzeys.com/cgi-bin/penzeys/results.html
>
> I like to try different mustard seeds from different origins. I get
> seeds from Frontier spices, a Mennonite bulk market, a middle eastern
> grocery and an Indian market. Why would any creative individual want
> to limit themselves to the mainstream?

Regardless of origin botanically they're the same mustard seeds. The only
differences are how old, how stored, and price... creativity doesn't enter
into your equation. Btw, mustard is one of the spices that absorbs odors
like a sponge (why do you think so many prepared mustards are flavored with
aromatics), I don't want any bulk mustard seed that has been setting out
loose in some ethnic market, not even if free... of course you may be
afflicted with TIAD and so won't notice that your mustard seeds are redolent
of smoked eel, that your dijon is poop-on. Why do you think better quality
spices are typically packaged in glass, metal, and mylar.... that's so their
volatile oils don't evaporate but more importantly that they don't absorb
errant odors. Folks who buy loose/bulk spices/herbs are penny wise/dollar
fool.

Sheldon trumpeted his ignorance to the world:

>> I like to try different mustard seeds from different origins. I get
>> seeds from Frontier spices, a Mennonite bulk market, a middle eastern
>> grocery and an Indian market. Why would any creative individual want
>> to limit themselves to the mainstream?
>
> Regardless of origin botanically they're the same mustard seeds. The only
> differences are how old, how stored, and price... creativity doesn't enter
> into your equation.

The fact that different varieties of mustard seed are the same species
doesn't mean that they are the same culinarily. Do you think that broccoli
and cabbage are culinarily no different from each other too? Pull your head
out of your colon, you anile asshole!

Bob

"Boob Twilly" > wrote>
>>> I like to try different mustard seeds from different origins. I get
>>> seeds from Frontier spices, a Mennonite bulk market, a middle eastern
>>> grocery and an Indian market. Why would any creative individual want
>>> to limit themselves to the mainstream?
>>
>> Regardless of origin botanically they're the same mustard seeds. The
>> only
>> differences are how old, how stored, and price... creativity doesn't
>> enter
>> into your equation.
>
> The fact that different varieties of mustard seed are the same species
> doesn't mean that they are the same culinarily. Do you think that broccoli
> and cabbage are culinarily no different from each other too? Pull your
> head out of your colon, you anile asshole!
>
> Boob Twilly


And there's the entire account of all you know... a friggin mustard seed has
a higher IQ than you. ..shit for brains.