The Gospel Of Mary - one of many gospels denied entry to the King James - a sponge doused in mustard is lifted to Jesus as he hangs crosswards. In what may be the final and most painful sacrifice of his short life, he is said to have gently turned his head away, choosing instead to pray #easter

The 1995 Turner Prize winner was in fact 'mustard'. The man who received the prize, Tommy Crarrow claimed that he was in fact the art and mustard "conceived of *him* as an artistic work". One member of the public, on leaving the exhibition, described the work as "just a man covered in mustard".

During the French Revolution, mustard was often smeared into the necks of guillotined aristocrats:
“pour que ces salauds ne reviennent pas.” -
(”so the bastards don’t come back”)

Chris Martin once said in a interview on BBC radio 2 that the original opening line to one of Coldplay's most famous songs was in fact 'Look at the stars, look at the way their clustered'

Each bite, my nostrils
Howl an iced and steaming song-
not protest, but joy.

#dailyhaikuprompt #mustard

In 1712, Philopa Harlow invented the mustard apple. A fruit, she claimed, “perfectly flavoured to be placed in the mouth of a banquet hog.” The success of the mustard apple was astronomic - among a certain class of individual.

In the series of 'dust bowl' droughts through 1930's America much of the 'mustard oil' sold by travelling salesmen was found to primarily be made from boiled rattlesnake secretions.

Mustard has, throughout history, often been used as a protecting force whether from vampires, sickness or as a contraceptive. As such the formation "must" historically meant protecting or protector which is where we get the word mustache (lip protector) and where we get the names Edmust and Digmust.

In 1883 Colman's briefly started developing a 'mustard plasma'. These efforts were thankfully halted when it was discovered that the 'mustard gas' created by a German chemist on the continent was not in fact a vaporised condiment but a deadly weapon of war.

Colonal Mustard was originally supposed to be Colonal Yellow. However, in 1949 just before it was due to be released John Waddington of Waddington's Cards and Games demanded the name be changed stating "no-one should call a serving member of the British military 'yellow'".

The Mustard Goose is named neither for its golden plumage nor its fondness for mustard greens. Instead, it earned its title due to the striking similarity between its neck-to-body ratio and the seed-to-verjuice ratio in King Louis XVIII’s preferred Dijon.

The production and consumption of mustard was illegal in Iceland until it was accidentally decriminalised in 2002.

Circa 300 AD - A moutardier by the name of Ganus made jars for his mustard so narrow at the bottom that “the last bite would be left only for god” is reportedly also the man to have survived longest after being “thrown to the lions”.

Charles Darwin spent three years trying to classify a type of mustard seed that he found in the areas surround Down House, his residence in Kent. The reason it took him so long to classify them? Because he kept eating them on the way home.

"Go against the grain" was the city-slogan of Dijon between 1866 and 1884

The word "must" (meaning "obligated to") originated from an ancient Sicilian custom where households would leave their mustard supply with neighbors as a guarantee when making promises.