SPOTLIGHT August 7 Mustard (Sinapis alba) Answer of the Day Whats the difference between yellow mustard and brown mustard? There are different kinds of mustard seeds; most of the condiments are made from white or brown seeds. Yellow mustard is made from the white seeds and is generally milder-tasting; brown mustard is more pungent. More facts about mustard: ● There are some 40 species of mustard plants. ● It is in the same family as broccoli, Brussels sprouts, kale and kohlrabi. ● The condiment is made from the tiny seeds of the plant, which become pungent when they are cracked and mixed with a liquid. ● Its good for you. The seeds contain isothiocyanates that have been shown to prevent the growth of some cancer cells; they also contain selenium, which reduces the severity of asthma and rheumatoid arthritis; and magnesium, which may reduce high blood pressure and the frequency of migraines. Quote Try the mustard. A man cant know what turnips are in perfection without mustard. — Mark Twain Word of the day (© ) Todays History A Purple Heart A Purple Heart Purple Heart: the military decoration was instituted by George Washington (1782) Ulysses: a US appeals court ruled that the James Joyce novel was not obscene and therefore should not be banned (1934) Kon-Tiki: the balsa wood raft made it across the Pacific, crashing at the end on a reef in the Tuomotu Islands; this demonstrated that pre-Columbian South Americans could have reached and settled Polynesia (1947) Gulf of Tonkin resolution: US Congress authorized President Lyndon B. Johnson to use military force in Vietnam (1964) Lynne Cox: swims the frigid Bering Strait, becoming the first person to swim from the US to the Soviet Union (1987) Twin Towers: Philippe Petit walked a tightrope between the towers of New Yorks World Trade Center (1974) US embassy bombings: simultaneous al-Qaeda attacks in Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, killed over 200 people and wounded thousands (1998) Todays Birthdays David Duchovny David Duchovny Alonso de Ercilla y Zúñiga (1533-1594): soldier and poet, La Araucana Mata Hari (1876-1917): dancer/spy Louis Leakey (1903-1972): paleoanthropologist B.J. Thomas (68): country/pop singer, Raindrops Keep Fallin On My Head; also, musicians Bruce Dickinson (52) and Marcus Roberts (47) Garrison Keillor (68): writer/host of A Prairie Home Companion David Duchovny (50): actor, The X-Files, Californication; also, performers Stan Freberg (84), Wayne Knight (55), Harold Perrineau (47) and Charlize Theron (35) Jimmy Wales (44): founder of Wikipedia Sidney Crosby (23): center for Pittsburgh Penguins; runners Abebe Bikila (1932-1973) and Alberto Salazar (52) share this birth date Read more: answers/topic/saturday-august-7-2010-from-today-s-highlights-archive#ixzz39hW5oHfo
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