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Cows mustard and brown paper

B3B3 Posts: 27,505
edited July 2023 in The potting shed
A friend of my mum's borrowed some mustard powder. The local shop only had the made up stuff. 
Apparently, it cures what ails a cow.  OK. I get that a mustard poultice might cure something - heat and all that but what's with the brown paper? Sounds a bit Jack and Jill to me. Would white paper not work?
In London. Keen but lazy.
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  • Joyce GoldenlilyJoyce Goldenlily Posts: 2,933
    Mustard powder is like hens teeth to find these days and it is not what it used to be. In ye old days mine would last for years. I bought a tin not so long ago and had to throw it away recently because it had gone off, some kind of mould had affected it.
    I assume it was the colourings, flavourings, dessicators and preservatives eyc. now being added  to everything.
  • plant pauperplant pauper Posts: 6,904
    When friends of mine were having fertility problems back in the day they tried all the usual tricks and eventually went down the path of old wives tales. Vinegar and brown paper came into it somehow but I don't remember the details. 🤣 I'll bet you won't sleep tonight now wondering. 
    They had a boy!
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    A friend was way past her due delivery date. She said she was going to try rhubarb and something else, I can't remember what. I  didn't realise she was going to eat it. Imagination can lead you astray.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Brown paper was often used to hold 'poultices' in place. It kept moisture in, but also allowed the healing process to happen.  :)
    I love the word poultice. We often used bran poultices at work for cleaning wounds [horses] but it also reminds me of an old saying up here. "Ah'm that hungry, I could eat the poultice aff a scabby wean's heid''.
    Hope no one's having their breakfast.... :D
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  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    Raspberry leaf tea was recommended to me for encourgaing a late baby to get a move on and ease labour.  Didn't need it tho as Possum was a footling breach andnot coming out the usual way.

    Mustard powder has long been used in poultices to promote healing for wounds but also to ease aches and pains and ease aches and pains such as rheumatism and to warm up aching muscles. 
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
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  • war garden 572war garden 572 Posts: 664
    i would just buy mustard seed in bulk
    and grind it myself.
  • plant pauperplant pauper Posts: 6,904
    Just pop it into the gears of the people around you.
  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618
    Colmans mustard is still available as powder in tubs.  57g £2.30  Sainsbugs.
  • Joyce GoldenlilyJoyce Goldenlily Posts: 2,933
    Camp Coffee is also difficult to find these days. Found my last bottle at floor level, in a plastic bottle, half the size and twice the price of my usual bottle. Useful to add to any chocolate recipe to enhance the flavour, I hate drinking coffee made with Camp.
    I always add a smidgen of mustard powder to any Cheddar cheese recipe, again to enhance the flavour.
    I found both in Asda, eventually, in half the usual sizes but twice the price. 
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    I replaced my turn of the century tin last week.  
    In London. Keen but lazy.
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