holmeby

Updated: May 25, 2025

Some think it will be the quicker, if the seed be ground with fair water, in stead of vinegar, putting store of Onions in it. My Lady Holmeby makes her quick fine Mustard thus: Choose true Mustard-seed; dry it in an oven, after the bread is out. Beat and searse it to a most subtle powder. Then put a good quantity of fine Sugar to it, as five or six spoonfuls, or more, to a pint of Mustard.

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