The History of Mustard - The Ancient Condiment that Conquered Europe

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You probably think of mustard as just the yellow condiment sitting next to ketchup. But this simple sauce has a history stretching back thousands of years, from ancient medicine and Roman kitchens to the mustard mills of Europe.

And one of the most surprising parts of that story happened in 1854, when Munich mustard maker Johann Conrad Develey took a sharp French-style mustard and mixed in caramelized sugar and spices. The result was a sweet mustard that would become one of Bavaria's most distinctive flavors.