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  Mustard gas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mustard gas is a strong vesicant (a compound that causes blisters).
Mustard gas is also carcinogenic (cancer causing) and mutagenic (causing damage to DNA of exposed cells).
Mustard gas was dispersed as an aerosol in a mixture with other chemicals, giving it a yellow-brown colour and a distinctive odour.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mustard_gas   (1109 words)

  
 Mustard
Mustard seeds are small and must be planted in a moist, firm and shallow seedbed (1/2 to 1 1/2 inches deep) to ensure rapid germination and emergence.
Mustard's response to nitrogen and phosphate fertilizer is similar to that of cereal grains.
Mustard contracts are made from January through mid-May. Primary growing regions in North Dakota are north of Highway 2 and east of Highway 83 for yellow mustard, and west of Highway 83 for oriental and brown mustard.
www.ext.nodak.edu /extpubs/alt-ag/mustard.htm   (2093 words)

  
 Mustard
Mustard, especially the oriental and brown types, should be grown on land with as little wild mustard as possible to avoid costs of removal and loss of tame mustard seeds.
Mustard is sensitive to the broadleaf herbicides used on cereal crops, such as 2,4-D and MCPA, and spray drift from adjacent fields must be avoided.
Contract prices for Canadian mustard in 1991 were approximately 11 cents/lb for yellow mustard for the first 500 to 1,000 lbs/acre, 9 cents/lb for brown mustard for the first 700 to 1,200 lbs/acre, and 8 cents/lb for the first 500 to 1,200 lbs/acre of oriental mustard.
www.hort.purdue.edu /newcrop/afcm/mustard.html   (3292 words)

  
 Watch Your Garden Grow - Mustard
Mustard (also known as mustard greens, spinach, leaf mustard and white mustard), is a quick-to-mature, easy-to-grow, cool-season vegetable for greens or salads.
Although mustard is often associated with the Deep South, it is also suitable for gardens in the central and northern United States in the cool parts of the growing season.
Mustard is a cool-season vegetable that naturally flowers during the long, warm days of summer.
www.urbanext.uiuc.edu /veggies/mustard1.html   (1657 words)

  
 Herbs: Mustard   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Then there are the more exotic flavored mustards: herbed mustards flavored with basil, tarragon, chives, or mint; spicy mustards flavored with chiles, peppercorns, or ginger; and fruit mustards made with lemon, lime, orange or berries.
Mustard's heating characteristic also makes it valuable as a healing herb, but it is one that must be used judiciously.
Although wild mustard doesn't produce seeds, nor are the leaves useful for salads, the delicate blossoms do offer a spicy bite and a bright splash when used as a garnish.
www.sallys-place.com /food/columns/gilbert/mustard.htm   (1130 words)

  
 McCormick - Spice Encyclopedia - Mustard
Mustard Seed is used in pickling spices for vegetables and meats.
Dry Mustard is used in egg and cheese dishes, salad dressings, and meats.
Mustard Seed is generally characterized by a clean fresh aroma and a pungent, slightly biting flavor.
www.mccormick.com /content.cfm?id=8222   (255 words)

  
 mustard
Mustard is one of the oldest spices and one of the most widely used.
Whole white mustard seed is used in pickling spice and in spice mixtures for cooking meats and seafood.
Mustard pods must be harvested before they burst, that is when they are nearly fully developed but not ripe.
www.theepicentre.com /Spices/mustard.html   (1043 words)

  
 MUSTARD
The reported life zone for mustard and rape is 5 to 27 degrees centigrade with an annual precipitation of 0.3 to 4.2 meters and a soil pH of 4.2 to 8.3 (4.1-31).
The enzymatic action of myrosin on the glucoside sinigrin in fl and brown mustard or on sinalbin in white mustard releases the mustard oil, which consists principally of allyl isothiocyanate in fl and brown mustards and of p-hydroxybenzyl isothiocyanate in white mustard, the compounds responsible for the pungency (1.5-151, 1.6-41).
Pharmaceutically, mustards are considered emetics and counterirritants in humans and animals, and are used as carminatives in veterinary practices (14.1-35).
www.hort.purdue.edu /newcrop/med-aro/factsheets/MUSTARD.html   (741 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - mustard, Plant (Plants) - Encyclopedia
The white mustard is used in some places as forage for sheep and as green manure.
Black mustard seeds are more pungent than the white and yield a yellowish, biting oil (mustard oil) that has also been useful in medicine.
Mustard is classified in the divison Magnoliophyta, class Magnoliopsida, order Capparales, family Cruciferae.
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/M/mustard.html   (424 words)

  
 ATSDR - ToxFAQs™: Sulfur Mustard
Sulfur mustard (HD) is a thick liquid at ambient temperature, but becomes a solid at 58 °F. It is heavier than water as a liquid and heavier than air as a vapor.
Sulfur mustard causes the eyes and skin of children to burn similarly to adults; however, the burns are more severe and blisters appear sooner in children.
Sulfur mustard is currently being destroyed at these facilities and the risk of exposure due to accidents is minimal.
www.atsdr.cdc.gov /tfacts49.html   (1150 words)

  
 botanical.com - A Modern Herbal | Mustards - Herb Profile and Information
Both Mustards afford excellent fodder for sheep, and as they can be sown late in the summer are often used for this purpose after the failure of a turnip or rape crop, the White Mustard being more frequently employed, as it is less pungent, though equally nutritious.
The seeds of the Mustards retain their vitality for a great length of time when buried in the ground, so that after the plants have once been grown anywhere, it is difficult to get rid of them.
Mustard is used in the form of poultices for external application near the seat of inward inflammation, chiefly in pneumonia, bronchitis and other diseases of the respiratory organs.
www.botanical.com /botanical/mgmh/m/mustar65.html   (3460 words)

  
 Spice Pages: White Mustard Seeds (Sinapis alba)
Mustard is usually made of crushed or ground mustard seeds, vinegar (to stabilize the pungency) and wine (the selection of which is crucial to the mustard's taste).
It uses fl mustard, which is finely ground and sieved, together with small amounts of white mustard and wheat flour, which improves the texture.
Usage of white mustard seeds as a spice is relatively minor, but the whole seeds are popular in pickled vegetables; for this usage, they may be combined with allspice and bay leaves.
www.uni-graz.at /~katzer/engl/Sina_alb.html   (729 words)

  
 Medieval Mustard
Mustard, after all, was locally grown and was a whole lot cheaper than spices which had to be imported from the Orient.
Mustard is a popular crop in crop rotations, since it enhances yields of wheat and barley, and breaks disease cycles in cereal grains.
Mustard oils are the characteristic flavor components of whole seed, ground mustard, and mustard flour (powder).
www.greydragon.org /library/mustard.html   (1955 words)

  
 Molecule of the Month - Mustard Gas
Mustard gas is the common name given to 1,1-thiobis(2-chloroethane), a chemical warfare agent that is believed to have first been used near Ypres in Flanders on 12th July 1917.
Mustard gas is a paticularly deadly and dehabilitating poison, but its real danger when it was first used in WW1, compared to other chemical warfare agents at the time, was the fact that it could penetrate all protective materials and masks that they had available at the time.
Mustard gas has always been seen as a particularly nasty poison, resulting in a painful and often slow death, and, ironically, whilst it causes cancer, it has also been used to help cure it.
www.bris.ac.uk /Depts/Chemistry/MOTM/mustard/mustard.htm   (762 words)

  
 Mustard and Health   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Mustard increases blood circulation, hence its use as mustard plaster, a dressing used to bring increased blood flow to inflamed areas of the body.
Mustard flour sprinkled in your socks is said to save your toes from frostbite, a claim which is also made about cayenne pepper and other spices containing volatile oils.
Mustard itself contains no cholesterol, only trace amounts of vegetable fat, and is between 25-32% protein, depending on the variety of plant.
www.globalgourmet.com /food/egg/egg0796/musthlth.html   (222 words)

  
 Mustard   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Mustard grown in Montana is approximately an 85-90 day crop, and is usually straight cut, not swathed.
Mustard should be swathed following general leaf drop when overall field color changes from green to yellow/brown and early enough to avoid shattering.
Mustard crops are poor competitors with weeds in the early seedling stage and weeds can greatly reduce mustard yields.
scarab.msu.montana.edu /extension/MT_cropprofile/Mustard.html   (2972 words)

  
 The Mustard Seed Foundation || Welcome   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Mustard Seed Foundation is a Christian family foundation established in 1983 under the leadership of Dennis W. Bakke and Eileen Harvey Bakke.
Inspired by the parable of the mustard seed found in Mark 4 and Matthew 13, we seek to be stewards by participating in the expansion and realization of the kingdom of God on earth.
Mustard Seed grant recipients proclaim faith in Christ as Savior and Lord, affirm the basic tenets of orthodox Christianity, and desire to serve and witness in Christ's name.
www.msfdn.org   (262 words)

  
 Homeland Security: Sulfur Mustard Information
If sulfur mustard is released into water, people can be exposed by drinking the contaminated water or getting it on their skin.
Sulfur mustard breaks down slowly in the body, so repeated exposure may have a cumulative effect (that is, it can build up in the body).
Adverse health effects caused by sulfur mustard depend on the amount people are exposed to, the route of exposure, and the length of time that people are exposed.
www.nationalterroralert.com /readyguide/mustard.htm   (911 words)

  
 Chemical Warfare Agents
It should be noted that the ease with which mustard can be manufactured and its great possibilities for acting as a vapour would suggest that in a possible future chemical war HD will be preferred to HN.
Exposure to mustard is not always noticed immediately because of the latent and sign-free period that may occur after skin exposure.
Mustard attacks all the mucous membranes of the respiratory tract.
www.fas.org /nuke/intro/cw/agent.htm   (3298 words)

  
 Mustard greens: Commercial production   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Chinese mustard (Brassica juncea) is also known as gai choy, Indian mustard, leaf mustard, mustard cabbage, bamboo mustard cabbage and sow cabbage.
Chinese mustard is useful as a rotation with pea crops and wheat crops as they suppress a number of root rots in the soil.
Mustard green seeds are extremely small so should either be sown in situ and thinned out later or sown into seedling trays and later transplanted.
www.dpi.qld.gov.au /horticulture/5303.html   (568 words)

  
 Spice Pages: Black Mustard Seeds (Brassica nigra/juncea)
Isothiocyanates are also the main ingredients of white mustard, horseradish, wasabi, rocket and cress, all of which belong to the same plant family.
Mustard oil produced in Bengal often contains enough isothiocynates to have a pungent mustard flavour and is often used as a flavouring, e.g., by dribbling the oil over boiled vegetables before serving.
In India, fl mustard seeds are commonly toasted, or fried in a little oil, until they acquire a grayish hue (cover the pan with a lid, as the seeds will pop and disperse themselves all over the kitchen if left open).
www.uni-graz.at /~katzer/engl/Bras_nig.html   (1302 words)

  
 PCA Alien Plant Working Group - Garlic Mustard (Alliaria petiolata)
Flowering plants of garlic mustard reach from 2 to 3-1/2 feet in height and produce buttonlike clusters of small white flowers, each with four petals in the shape of a cross.
ECOLOGICAL THREAT: Garlic mustard poses a severe threat to native plants and animals in forest communities in much of the eastern and midwestern U.S. Many native widlflowers that complete their life cycles in the springtime (e.g., spring beauty, wild ginger, bloodroot, Dutchman's breeches, hepatica, toothworts, and trilliums) occur in the same habitat as garlic mustard.
Invasions of garlic mustard are causing local extirpations of the toothworts, and chemicals in garlic mustard appear to be toxic to the eggs of the butterfly, as evidenced by their failure to hatch when laid on garlic mustard plants.
www.nps.gov /plants/alien/fact/alpe1.htm   (1350 words)

  
 Allrecipes | Cook's Encyclopedia | mustard
Brown mustard seeds are used for pickling and as a seasoning, and are the main ingredient in European and Chinese mustards.
Mustard seeds can be stored for up to a year in a dry, dark place and powdered mustard for about 6 months.
Powdered mustards and freshly ground seeds are used in sauces, as a seasoning in main dishes and as an ingredient in salad dressings.See also MUSTARD OIL; MUSTARD, PREPARED; MUST.
allrecipes.com /advice/ref/ency/terms/7563.asp   (327 words)

  
 The History of a Condiment   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
By the13th century, mustard was one of the items offered by Parisian sauce-hawkers, who walked the streets at dinner peddling their savory wares.
The use of verjuice resulted in a mustard that was less acidic than France had tasted before, and the smooth, suave condiment we call Dijon assumed its place in history.
Two types of mustard seed-white and brown-are ground separately and sifted through silk cloth to separate the husks and the bran from the mustard flour.
www.globalgourmet.com /food/egg/egg0796/histcond.html   (555 words)

  
 Mustard - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Culinary mustard, most especially the condiment by the same name, but also the seeds and greens.
Mustard gas, a chemical weapon used in war
This is a disambiguation page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mustard   (97 words)

  
 Raye's Mustard Mill
Eastport is located at the mouth of the Bay of Fundy where the tides run high and the battle between man and nature is still clearly won by nature.
The mustard mill is a working museum and visitors are always welcome.
Behind her is one of the massive grindstones used to grind the mustard seeds.
www.rayesmustard.com   (236 words)

  
 the Honey Dijon Mustard
Both the mustard seed and plant have been glorified for centuries in conversation, literature and poetry, and its use has been traced to prehistoric times.
The creamy mustard their partnership yielded remains the standard by which Dijon mustards are judged.
Though mustard is one of the oldest condiments known to man, only in recent years has Dijon mustard taken its place as a basic element in creative American cooking.
www.honeydijon.com /history.html   (511 words)

  
 Mustard Gas
The most lethal of all the poisonous chemicals used during the war, it was almost odourless and took twelve hours to take effect.
The skin of victims of mustard gas blistered, the eyes became very sore and they began to vomit.
Mustard gas caused internal and external bleeding and attacked the bronchial tubes, stripping off the mucous membrane.
www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /FWWmustard.htm   (582 words)

  
 MASTERFOODS : Products : Mustards   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Made from blended mustard seed flours and spices, is yellow in colour and ranges from mild to hot in taste.
Is made from a mixture of whole and coarsely chopped mustard seeds and is reasonably mild.
Wholegrain mustards were originally made in the town of Meaux, not far from Paris.
sample.masterfoods.com.au /products/mustards.asp   (514 words)

  
 Plochman's Mustard Facts, History and Myths/Q and A
Century AD: During Charlemagne’s reign, mustard was cultivated on imperial lands and in the monasteries in Paris.
Alexander, in return, sent Darius a bag of mustard seeds, not only more numerous because of their smaller size, but also more potent and fiery than sesame.
The sensation of heat from mustard comes from a volatile oil released when mustard seed is mixed with water.
www.plochman.com /FHM.htm   (1031 words)

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