16 Countries You Wouldn’t Expect Your Fruits/Vegetables to Come From
| May 22, 2017
2. Mustard – India
Next time you order a hot-dog and slather it with mustard, you might want to remember the yellow condiment originally came from India. Texts in Sanskrit shows the Indus Civilization began cultivating it around 3000 BCE.
Nowadays, you can find several different varieties of mustard being produced all over the world. Canada and Nepal are the largest producers, with Argentina and Chile (among other countries) producing black mustard.
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