I made some hot chili garlic sauce last night, with honey and lots of garlic and a
bit of mustard powder and apple cider vinegar.
The real
popularity of mustard powder in Britain dates from a century later, in 1814, when Jeremiah Colman — a flour miller himself — first created his own pungent blend of ground - up brown and white mustard seeds at a water mill in Stoke Holy Cross, south of Norwich, England.
When cooking cruciferous vegetables, to maximize levels of sulforaphane (which may protect our brain and eyesight, protect against free radicals, induce our detoxification enzymes, and help to prevent and even treat cancer), it is recommended to either pre-chop the vegetables at least 40 minutes ahead of cooking or add a pinch
of mustard powder during the cooking process.
Never had a larger committee been convened to make a decision about the
purchase of mustard powder and the replacement of a claw hammer whose handle had split from age and misuse.
Unless the residue is thick, pasty, and the
color of mustard powder, this is normal, and should not be considered «sludge.»
But the process can be reactivated in cooked broccoli by chopping the broccoli at least 40 minutes before cooking or by adding a
bit of mustard powder to the cooked broccoli.
Add two teaspoons of fresh lemon juice, one teaspoon of white wine vinegar, half a teaspoon
of mustard powder, half a teaspoon of sea salt, and a quarter of a teaspoon of garlic powder.
Adding myrosinase enzymes in the form of even a pinch
of mustard powder to cooked cruciferous (cabbage - family) vegetables like kale, collards or Brussels sprouts can offer anti-cancer sulforaphane levels comparable to raw, removing the necessity to pre-chop for maximum health benefits.