Saturday, September 18, 2021

Meet the Jewish mustard maven who founded a museum for his favorite condiment

Carpe Dijon! Is mustard the king of Jewish condiments?

A must see, the National Mustard Museum! It is not on the Mall and it is not run by the Smithsonian Institution! 😄

"The 16th-century kabbalist Moshe Cordovero and the Jewish philosopher Nachmanides both compared the universe to the size of a mustard seed. The biblical commentator Rashi – who lived 100 miles from Dijon, France – believed that Abraham served tongue with mustard to the three angels who visit him in the 18th chapter of Genesis. ...
“Mustard is in almost every religion and every culture,” said Barry Levenson, the founder, curator and CMO (chief mustard officer) of the National Mustard Museum in Middleton, Wisconsin."

Meet the Jewish mustard maven who founded a museum for his favorite condiment - Jewish Telegraphic Agency

“It was just something about the mustards,” Barry Levenson said. “I heard a voice coming from them, ‘Collect us and they will come.’”


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