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powdered mustard

n. one to three tablespoons of powdered mustard dissolved in a glass of warm water is a homemade emetic [syn: dry mustard]

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One pack-horse, for example, typically carried six pounds of loaf sugar, a pound of green tea, a pound of bohea tea, six pounds of ground coffee, six pounds of chocolate, a half chest of white biscuit, a half pound of pepper, a quart of white vinegar, two dozen bottles of old Madeira wine, two gallons of Jamaica spirits (rum), one bottle of powdered mustard, two well-cured hams, a dozen cured tongues, six pounds of rice, six pounds of raisins, twenty pounds of butter, and one Gloucester cheese.

I hear her in the kitchen, bustling, dumping spices into the pot: hot chili, oregano, tarragon, cloves, garlic, powdered mustard, sesame oil, curry powder, God knows what else.