SC - mustard history

[Terry Nutter]

Any comments on the recent article by Edythe Preet ( LA Times syndicate) that 
said:
 
"In the Middle Ages, mustard was a fixture on every table.  It disguised the rank 
taste of spoiled food and camouflaged the immense amount of salt used to 
preserve meat.  The small seeds, crushed into powder, were mixed with the 
leavings of wine - grape must.  Hence the name for this mixture is much the 
same in most European languages...  When made by those who did not have 
access to wine, mustard powder was mixed with vinegar.  Honey was often added 
to minimize its sharpness."

I like mustard but I don't often see it at feasts.  Was it really as ubiquitous as the 
above makes it sound?

Linneah