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Savannah Mustard With Your Crumpet, Ma'am?
Thursday, May 10, 2007

An answer to the Savannah Mustard Conundrum (not quite the Feiler Faster Thesis, but hey)? A reader writes:

Savannah mustard is just a variety of mustard greens.Look at Park Seed Company website -

Mustard Savanna Hybrid
Brassica juncea Savanna Hybrid
20 days. The earliest Mustard Green we grow, Savanna Hybrid begins bearing huge, tasty green leaves less than 3 weeks after planting! The leaves are very uniform and quite abundant on strong plants, which hold their harvest in the field much longer than open-pollinated types. A superb choice for high performance and great yields, plus mild, fresh flavor.

Sow seed outdoors in early spring or, for fall crops, 6 to 8 weeks before first fall frost. Space seedlings 1 to 2 inches apart in rows 15 inches apart. Pkt is 1/16 oz. (1025 seeds).

Seeds Item # 5618
Mustard Savanna Hybrid

Fair enough, but this doesn't explain how it got the name Savannah?! And, by the way, does it have the 'h' at the end or not???

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Posted by B Feiler at 7:06 AM
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1 Comments:

Anne said...: Bruce! Obviously, you have been away too long. You must retreat south for a vacation - SOON!
Savannah mustard is obviously a mustard that is superior in taste to other mustards. It would be the only "proper" choice fit for a queen. It would have nothing to do with ingredients, only with manners and breeding. This would fit in with anything that would carry a "Savannah" label.
Of course, "savanna" mustard would have to do with a dry and dusty plain here in Africa - which would mean that the mustard would be dry and gritty - proper for safari but hardly for a queen's dinner.
Either a misspelling or the queen was lowering standards for the evening!; May 11, 2007 8:29:00 AM EDT