Someone (was it Christine Currie) mentioned mustard plasters earlier, so I looked it up in Dorothy Hartley's amazing book on the History of Food. She says that mustard relish was first made in Durham (in the North of England) about 1790, but was well-known to country people long before that. She also notes that "a small quantity of the oil was considered valuable as a cure for rheumatism", but she doesn't say whether it was swallowed or rubbed into the afflicted joints.... ==================================== Tom Holloway - (+44) (0) 1926 888333 Home: 01926 771772 Fax: 01926 771707 Internet: t.holloway@warwick.ac.uk NEW URL: ====> visitweb.com/chatback
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