SC - mustard sauce

[Decker, Terry D.]

> > The one thing that really doesn't fit in is the salt.
> > 
> > Bear
> 
After a little compression...

> Okay. Help me out here with a little reasoning exercise (it's been a
> long and rather tough day).
> 
> So, the inescapable conclusion about whether a mustard sauce ought to
> include some salt is... 
> 
> I'd include at least a tiny amount of salt in most sauces, being
> something of a linguistic stickler at times.
>  
> Adamantius
> 
According to the recipe, no salt.  But I'm a cook by taste kind of guy,
since I know of no other way to make sure the spicing is right given the
problems with potency and recipe scaling.  I do grinch when I can't taste
the spicing in a supposedly spiced dish.  So, I'll agree, it makes sense
that salt was added to taste.

In the case of Menagier's mustard, he is counciling frugality.  Since he is
a man who obviously enjoyed his food, I would expect him to take whatever
steps he deemed necessary to flavor his mustard as he liked it, including
adding salt and other spices not mentioned.

Bear
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