that is a bullshit justification from a religious website for the fact that all mustard seeds grow are bushes/plants. Nowhere will you find an actual tree.
Read the actual passage from the bible...
32Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.
Now think about the old seed shirt with the little seed and the giant tree.
Now recognize the FACT that mustard seeds come from a plant, not a tree. The plant is an ANNUAL, and if you know anything about plants you will recognize immediately the ridiculous notion of this plant being a tree.
here is another link
http://www.culinarycafe.com/Spices_Herb ... ed%20.htmlto wit:
General Description
Mustard Seed comes from two large shrubs, Brassica juncea (brown mustard) and Brassica hirta (white mustard), native to Asia. Both plants produce bright yellow flowers that contain small round seeds;
History/Region of Origin
Mustard was used in ancient Greece and Rome as a medicine and a flavoring. By 800 AD, the French were using Mustard as an enhancement for drab meals and salted meats.
and a description of the "tree" ( :grin: )
Plant Description and Cultivation
An erect herbaceous annual. The white variety (B. alba) is hardy, growing to 80 cm (30 in), with hairy stems and lobed leaves. The bright yellow flowers yield hairy fruit pods, 2.5 - 5 cm (1-2 in) long, each containing about six seeds.
Black mustard (B. nigra) is a larger plant than the white, reaching to 1 m (39 in). Some varieties reach double this height. The flowers are smaller, as are the fruit pods at 2 cm (3/4 in) long. The pods are smooth and bulging, containing about a dozen seeds. Because of its height black mustard does not lend itself well to mechanical harvesting and since the seed is readily shed when ripe, there is too much waste for most commercial growers. As a result it has almost completely been replaced by the brown variety.
Brown mustard (B. juncea) is similar to black mustard in size. It is the rai of India. The leaves are ovate and the pods are 3 -5 cm (1-1/4 to 2 in) long.
Mustard pods must be harvested before they burst, that is when they are nearly fully developed but not ripe.
Hate to burst your bubble. This "parable" is akin to the bible calling bats birds..which it does.
The funny part is it was never challenged. The name of the seed was taken from an erroneous ancient parable that was based on a falsity.
Our giant "Mustard Tree" is actually an annual edible plant that reaches at its peak from 1 to 9 feet high depending on the variety and then it is harvested annually...ie; killed. NO tree. Sorry.
Ahh, I think I'll cook me a batch o mustard greens and contemplate how this fits into all the other bullshit we bought hook line and sinker.
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