SC - mustard sauce
Decker, Terry D.
TerryD at Health.State.OK.US
Sun Jan 24 09:18:12 PST 1999
> > 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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