Mustard is related to mustard greens, and mustard is made from the seeds of mustard greens. Mustard is generally divided into two types: green mustard and yellow mustard. Yellow mustard originates from China and is made from ground mustard seeds; green mustard (green mustard) originates from Europe and is made from horseradish (horse radish). It turns green after adding pigments. Its pungent smell is stronger than yellow mustard, and it has a A unique aroma.

Mustard is slightly bitter, spicy and fragrant, and has a strong irritation to the mouth and tongue. The taste is very unique. When mustard powder is moistened, the aroma spurts out. It has a tear-jerking and pungent spicy taste, which affects both taste and smell. Stimulating effect.

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Morphological characteristics of mustard: annual herb, 30-150 cm tall, often hairless, sometimes young stems and leaves have stinging hairs, with pink frost, and spicy taste; The stem is upright and branched.

The basal leaves are broadly ovate to obovate, 15-35 cm long, with a rounded apex and a wedge-shaped base. The large head is pinnately lobed, with 2-3 pairs of lobes, or not lobed, with notches or teeth on the edges. , the petiole is 3-9 cm long, with small lobes; the leaves on the lower part of the stem are smaller, with notches or teeth on the edges, sometimes with rounded and blunt serrations, and do not hug the stem; the leaves on the upper part of the stem are narrow-lanceolate, 2.5-5 cm long, 4 cm wide -9 mm, with indistinctly sparse or entire margins.

Baidu Encyclopedia-Mustard

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