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Re:America Lost the Chestnut, Its One Perfect Tree by hn_throwaway_99 on Sunday December 24, 2023 @05:55PM (#38757842)
Can you explain? I don't understand, as mustard is made from the mustard plant, not grapes.
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Re:America Lost the Chestnut, Its One Perfect Tree by coryrc on Sunday December 24, 2023 @09:41PM (#38759173)
Dijon
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Re:America Lost the Chestnut, Its One Perfect Tree by sam_lowry_ on Monday December 25, 2023 @03:56PM (#38766034)
Mustard grains are soaked in wine vinegar nowadays.

Before phylloxera, a grape that gives a wine with high acidity was used.

It went extinct.

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Re:America Lost the Chestnut, Its One Perfect Tree by sam_lowry_ on Tuesday December 26, 2023 @06:22PM (#38777163)
correction: mustard flour, not grains.
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