The brown cake is made with black mustard, and contains about the following proportions:

Black mustard, from 20 to 30 per cent; salt, from 1 to 3 per cent; spices, from 1/4 to 1/2 of 1 per cent; wheat or rye flour, from 10 to 15 per cent.

The variations are so wide, however, that it is impossible to give exact proportions. In the manufacture of table mustards, in fact, as in every other kind of manufacture, excellence is attained only by practice and the exercise of sound judgment and taste by the manufacturer.

Moutarde Des Jesuittes.
Kirschner Wine Mustard.
Cardamom seeds2 1/2 drachms
Nutmeg2 1/2 drachms
Cloves4 1/2 drachms
Cinnamon1 ounce
Ginger1 ounce
Brown mustard cake6 pounds
Yellow mustard cake9 pounds

Grind all together to a perfectly smooth paste, and strain several times through muslin.

Duesseldorff Mustard.—
Brown mustard cake10 ounces
Yellow mustard cake48 ounces
Boiling water96 ounces
Wine vinegar64 ounces
Cinnamon 5 drachms
Cloves15 drachms
Sugar64 ounces
Wine, good white64 ounces

Mix after the general directions given above.