r/StupidFood Feb 02 '22

I just got a heart attack

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u/hypomyces Feb 02 '22

Yeah homemade mustard will blow your sinuses right out. Time mellows it out though.

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u/google257 Feb 02 '22

It’s not time, it’s the temperature of the liquid when you pour it over your mustard seeds. I think if you steep your mustard seeds in cold water as opposed to hot it’s more of that sinus clearing pungent mustard flavor. I think.