[HN Gopher] I tried 30 mustards this summer
       ___________________________________________________________________
        
       I tried 30 mustards this summer
        
       Author : thomasjudge
       Score  : 255 points
       Date   : 2021-09-30 03:35 UTC (1 days ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.insidehook.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.insidehook.com)
        
       | subpixel wrote:
       | You only need one mustard in your life. And the most excellent
       | thing is that mustard is in fact two mustards with a slightly-
       | spicy rivalry:
       | 
       | https://www.eater.com/2017/7/7/15926148/cleveland-brown-must...
        
         | selimthegrim wrote:
         | Every time I go back home to Cleveland I snag a bottle of both
         | types, although I prefer Stadium.
        
           | toddwprice wrote:
           | ^^^^^^^ THIS ^^^^^^^
        
         | snarf21 wrote:
         | Or if you prefer yellow mustard for some things, I'd suggest
         | Plochman's. Everyone I've had tried Plochman's never ever uses
         | that garbage from French's ever again. It is such a wonderful
         | mustard with just the right amount of bite.
        
       | djrogers wrote:
       | Agree with a lot of his choices - Beaver makes great stuff, but
       | also want to cape up for Sierra Nevada Pale Ale mustards. They're
       | both good, but the honey one is particularly great - just a hint
       | of sticky-sweet that doesn't overpower the vinegar.
        
       | fsckboy wrote:
       | ya know, he didn't even answer a really simple question, "how
       | does Grey Poupon compare to French Dijon mustards?"
       | 
       | he didn't whip out the GP when he was tasting the French ones,
       | and he didn't mention Dijon when he was tasting the GP, and then
       | he brought GP up again later and did mention it was Dijonnaise
       | and simply said "but it's made in America". There is still a
       | European GP being made, although it's unclear from wikipedia
       | whether it's a Maille mustard or not, but why not grab some?
       | 
       | And to give French's and Gulden's thumbs up without comparing
       | them in any meaningful way (or any way at all) to similar taste
       | profile mustards seems basically dumb. This shouldn't have taken
       | all summer to taste. Oh, and a mustard has the wrong _texture_ to
       | go in a pastrami sandwich? wtf.
       | 
       | as an obsessive-compulsive perfectionist autist, sorry, but this
       | review does not cut it... it being the mustard.
       | 
       | > "I'll gladly watch ... Anthony Bourdain explain the world
       | through food"
       | 
       | if you pay attention to Anthony Bourdain, he rarely says anything
       | about food beyond "oh, that's good". And some of the foods he
       | says it about I've tried and they are not good (like when he did
       | restaurants around NYC) but of course that's just personal taste.
       | 
       | He was a highly entertaining food rascal to watch and listen too,
       | and the production values of video were quite high, and he
       | entertained us with a lot of interesting foodie travel, but
       | strictly about food... eh, you couldn't even hypothetically argue
       | with him, he never said anything, and he even said he didn't want
       | to say anything. but "oh, that's good".
       | 
       | (also btw, where he came up as a chef was pretty unspectacular,
       | French brasserie food certainly is a great niche food- _de-
       | confort_ -wise, but pretty paint-by-number in terms of palette
       | and technique.)
        
         | titanomachy wrote:
         | I'm not sure if you mean palate rather than palette, it seems
         | either word would work here with the painting analogy :)
        
           | fsckboy wrote:
           | yes, i noticed the fun pun :) but thought bringing it to the
           | fore would be distracting, and palette is what I wanted since
           | I had referenced paint-by-numbers
        
         | tnorthcutt wrote:
         | I don't disagree with any of this, but I also don't think the
         | article/OP is saying otherwise... "I'll gladly watch ...
         | Anthony Bourdain explain the world through food" doesn't IMO
         | imply Bourdain was any kind of incredible food critic. Rather,
         | he went to interesting places and talked to interesting people
         | and just used food as the vehicle to do that.
        
           | fsckboy wrote:
           | yeah, I recognized that, but at the same time I wanted to
           | offer my "nitpicky" perspective to anybody else reading who
           | might have mistaken their salivation while watching
           | Bourdain's shows as having come from something Bourdain said.
           | 
           | oh, I also added substantive mustard content to my comment,
           | moving the Bourdain section "below the fold"
        
       | mfkp wrote:
       | The author recommends a "hot Olde English mustard" from Beaver,
       | but I can't seem to find it. Does it exist?
        
         | nilram wrote:
         | It's probably this brand, which I've seen in the Pacific
         | Northwest (in the US). They do make good products but I don't
         | see a hot Olde English mustard among their current offerings.
         | 
         | https://www.beavertonfoods.com/beaver-brand/
        
           | rootusrootus wrote:
           | Yeah I can find pictures of it online, and it's the same
           | Beaver, but looks like they stopped making it.
        
             | mfkp wrote:
             | This is as close as I could find (Amazon Canada, out of
             | stock): https://www.amazon.ca/Beaver-Olde-English-
             | Mustard-360ml/dp/B...
             | 
             | Must be discontinued, but I wonder where the author of the
             | article found it.
        
       | partiallypro wrote:
       | My favorite general purpose mustard is probably Vienna's
       | Dusseldorf mustard. It's not listed in this article but it's
       | great on sandwiches and brats. The only problem is that it's
       | fairly expensive online and no one really sells it here in
       | stores.
        
       | executive wrote:
       | Best mustard is from Canada.
       | https://www.redsoss.com/store/p25/THAT_MUSTARD_SAUCE.html
        
       | WorldMaker wrote:
       | > Honey mustard is usually horrible
       | 
       | I love the _idea_ of honey mustards but dislike that almost all
       | of them are dijons. Admittedly, that 's partly in my case to do
       | with a sensitivity issue with eggs and trying to avoid dijons
       | generally, but beyond that I find dijons naturally already tend
       | to be lighter/sweeter to start with and adding honey to that just
       | moves things way over the balance scale to "too sweet" territory.
       | 
       | My favorite relatively recent discovery was a Kentucky honey
       | mustard that is not at all a dijon!
       | https://www.kentuckysmokingrill.com/product/grand-reserve-sp...
       | 
       | It's also unapologetically spicy, not just in a very strong
       | mustard tang, but also a very nice balance of a good amount of
       | pepper heat to really counterbalance the front sweet of the honey
       | with some sinus tang and throat heat.
       | 
       | As someone that goes through jars of Colman's and Chinese
       | Mustards somewhat regularly, and loves a variety of mustards for
       | different occasions in my fridge, it's the perfect honey mustard
       | for my tastes and almost exactly what I'd been searching for in a
       | honey mustard for something like years.
        
       | amelius wrote:
       | No wasabi?
        
         | dustintrex wrote:
         | Wasabi is a completely different plant.
        
           | bookofjoe wrote:
           | Yes. root v seed
        
       | vector_spaces wrote:
       | Does anybody happen to know anything about the origins of the
       | "Chinese hot mustard" condiment?
       | 
       | It's ubiquitous in Chinese restaurants in the US, but my friend
       | in China tells me that nobody in China actually eats the stuff. I
       | spent a solid weekend researching this, even poring over Chinese
       | language source materials + Google translate with no luck.
       | 
       | Mainly I want to know: is it true that this isn't a thing in
       | China, and when and why did it start appearing in American
       | Chinese restaurants?
        
       | knightofmars wrote:
       | 30? That's nothing in the world of mustards.
       | 
       | https://mustardmuseum.com/
        
       | josephd79 wrote:
       | Damn, didn't realize there was this many different types of
       | mustard. btw, Hotdog, Mustard only. The true and only way.
        
         | zikduruqe wrote:
         | I caution ye from the rabbit hole that ye shall go down...
         | https://mustardmuseum.com
        
           | modriano wrote:
           | I went there around 8 years ago thinking "oh, what a funny
           | idea for a museum" and came away with the 2013 world champion
           | mustard (Maille Dijon) and a love of mustard. That museum is
           | really a (not so) hidden gem and I highly recommend it if you
           | visit Madison, WI.
        
             | shagie wrote:
             | If you've got a bag of pretzels that need to be devoured
             | rapidly, the Slimm & Nunne Sweet and Nicely Hot is just
             | right. Its the mustard museum specialty brand - I haven't
             | seen it anywhere outside of Wisconsin (though I'll admit I
             | haven't necessarily looked too hard).
        
               | bookofjoe wrote:
               | Ooh... I just realized the name is a subtle play on words
        
               | shagie wrote:
               | There's also the Mustard Museum University... Poupon U
               | 
               | https://mustardmuseum.com/poupon-u/
               | 
               | That's not as subtle.
        
               | bookofjoe wrote:
               | Here you go:
               | https://store.mustardmuseum.com/product/1651/buy-mustards
        
               | shagie wrote:
               | I'm familiar with it... I now live nearby.
               | 
               | The furthest away from Madison, WI that I've found it in
               | a store, however, was in a Festival Foods in Eau Claire,
               | WI. I'm not sure how wide in _other_ places it can be
               | found. Like, can you find it in Chicago? Or Minneapolis?
               | Or Des Moines?
        
               | bookofjoe wrote:
               | Who cares when you can order it online?
        
       | c6400sc wrote:
       | This is my favorite mustard. It's Austrian, spicy but not too
       | much, and overall has a taste that is hard to describe with any
       | other word than sublime.
       | 
       | https://www.thetasteofgermany.com/mautner-austrian-hot-musta...
        
       | zoltar wrote:
       | Great article. For additional mustard content, I've enjoyed the
       | reviews on the Mustard Museum's Youtube channel.
        
         | shotta wrote:
         | Poupon U!
        
         | geoduck14 wrote:
         | I had no idea mustard was taken so seriously. It makes me want
         | to take a tour of salsa and post about that.
        
         | rubylark wrote:
         | I second this. I happened to be in Middleton, WI on National
         | Mustard Day (which is apparently a real "holiday"). They had a
         | bunch of mustard themed midway games set up and a band like a
         | little festival. The museum itself was pretty neat as well. The
         | gift shop is why I recommend people stop by if the happen to be
         | in that part of Wisconsin. They have over 500 types of mustards
         | you can buy[1], and have a free samples counter that lets you
         | try probably around 10. Some of them are extremely unique. I
         | think the oddest one I tried was the peach champagne mustard
         | because for whatever reason I didn't expect it to be so sweet.
         | I still use the classic beer mustard I bought from there.
         | 
         | [1] https://store.mustardmuseum.com/category/buy-mustards
        
         | physicsgraph wrote:
         | The Wikipedia page [0] mentions the collection of 5,300
         | mustards. I was underwhelmed by the 30 presented in this
         | article.
         | 
         | [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Mustard_Museum
        
       | jkellermann wrote:
       | Incomplete without a Test of Handlmeier sweet mustard. Ask any
       | bavarian...
        
       | cf100clunk wrote:
       | The one called the "Rolls Royce" of mustard, Pommery Meaux, costs
       | $12.49 on amazon.com while amazon.ca has the same item for
       | $58.64. Beyond the exchange rate, this must have something to do
       | with duties or just plain greed.
        
         | yial wrote:
         | Greed... or automatically set pricing based upon something
         | strange.
         | 
         | https://gourmetwarehouse.ca/pommery-meaux-mustard-stone-jar-...
        
         | colechristensen wrote:
         | "Find something not on amazon and put it there at a hugely
         | inflated price" is a way some people make money by finding
         | obscure things to sell. If anyone actually starts buying it
         | somebody will come in and bring the price down with
         | competition, if not sometimes the high price is justified
         | because keeping things in amazon warehouses isn't free and
         | spending the time to get something sold on amazon when you only
         | expect to sell a few costs lots of money for the reward. The
         | benefit is that you can find almost anything on amazon.
        
       | AlbertCory wrote:
       | He mentioned chicken, and that reminded me:
       | 
       | I used to broil chicken breasts, skin on, with mustard spread on
       | them. You would think they'd taste all mustardy, but they didn't.
       | 
       | Note to self: try that again.
        
       | zenron wrote:
       | Mustard was my go-to condiment. I loved Dijon and stone grounds
       | Dijon's. However, I lost my taste and smell in 2020 due to
       | Covid-19. When my taste came back everything was fine but my
       | smell didn't return for months. When it did, MANY things have an
       | acrid taste to it. Dijon mustard, Pepsi, Coke, even Iceburg
       | lettuce in different cuts (shredded is fine but in whole leaf I
       | have issues) all taste the same and its so acrid that I can't
       | touch the stuff any more.
       | 
       | Bog standard French's Yellow Mustard still rocks even if the
       | taste is a little dulled due to my new smeller.
       | 
       | So the story is a bitter sweet for me... almost literally lol.
        
         | hammock wrote:
         | Best dijon I have found is called "Maille L'Originale." Got it
         | first in the French Antilles but then found it widely
         | distributed in the US. Highly recommend.
        
           | graftak wrote:
           | Here I am putting that name through a search engine before
           | realising it's the exact brand of mustard sitting in my
           | cubboard, which I ate for lunch this afternoon. My search is
           | over.
        
             | Cide wrote:
             | Yeah it's in practically every grocery store where I am in
             | Canada.
        
               | nkmnz wrote:
               | 80% of Maille's mustard seeds come from Canada.
        
         | dheera wrote:
         | My new favorite is the dill mustard that IKEA sells.
         | (Seriously. It's awesome.)
        
           | altrus wrote:
           | I completely agree - the IKEA dill mustard is quite
           | delicious: the flavour is remarkably well balanced, and the
           | mustard itself is creamy but still has a bit of bite to it.
           | 
           | My overall favourite mustard is Lowensenf extra sharf (extra
           | hot) mustard. It's the one in the red bottle, and it's a good
           | hot mustard - I find it's really hard to get a good hot
           | mustard in North America, so that's my go to.
        
             | zmix wrote:
             | I did not find it outside of Hungary, yet, but there they
             | have a mustard mixed with horseradish[1].
             | 
             | Since this type of mustard is unknown where I live, I tried
             | to recreate it, but never achieved the same balance as in
             | the commercial product, which is sad, because, in my
             | opinion, it's a match made in heaven! It may be, that they
             | use a milder mustard, than average, to balance out the
             | hotness of the horseradish.
             | 
             | [1]: https://www.univer.hu/en/products/mustard/horseradish-
             | mustar...
        
               | pasquinelli wrote:
               | i know several varieties of beaver brand mustard have
               | horseradish. example:
               | 
               | https://www.beavertonfoods.com/product/beaver-deli-
               | mustard-1...
        
           | twobitshifter wrote:
           | This is my Favorite, it's a balsamic mustard
           | http://foxsmarvelous.com/
           | 
           | It's good enough to eat by itself on crackers alone.
        
         | KeplerBoy wrote:
         | weird how that works. For me eggs are now a no-go.
        
         | lesinski wrote:
         | Same taste/smell story! Had Covid March of 2020, lost
         | taste/smell and now most mustards, Dijons and greens (cabbage,
         | iceberg) taste "acrid". This is the first time I've read
         | someone else having this specific taste change. DM me because
         | I'd like to collaborate to find what the common ingredient
         | might be.
        
       | VincentEvans wrote:
       | If you like Chinese mustard, you ought to try Russian
       | "gorchitsa", which stands for mustard in Russian. It's very
       | spicy, probably on a level of wasabi, which ought to be included
       | too, now that I think of it.
        
         | bserge wrote:
         | Not sure if it's just the cheap Russian mustard that I ate, but
         | it always seemed different than others.
         | 
         | It has a strong initial "kick" then the taste is pretty mild.
         | 
         | Like, English, French, German mustard taste and wasabi "sticks"
         | for a longer time.
        
           | vilmosi wrote:
           | I found real wasabi to have the opposite effect. Strong
           | initial kick, then more of a nutty taste to it.
        
             | bookofjoe wrote:
             | Yes. I was shocked the first time I had real fresh-grated
             | (on a sharkskin grater -- TMI?) wasabi. I had expected it
             | to be really hot but unlike its ersatz version, the real
             | thing had only an initial heat, which then faded to reveal
             | a complex of multi-layered flavors and aromas, "nutty"
             | among them.
        
         | Iwan-Zotow wrote:
         | Yep, that would clean up his pipes
        
         | scns wrote:
         | I like Dijon mustard from France. To be enjoyed in moderation,
         | the heat goes up the nose.
        
       | WaitWaitWha wrote:
       | "I think there's a scientific reason for this, but I'm too lazy
       | to look it up."
       | 
       | I enjoy the levity and care free writing.
       | 
       | I would have been bogged down with crafting a proper matrix of
       | things that were tested, the method of comparison for each
       | column, the exact tests themselves to produce the tests, sorting,
       | and so on...
       | 
       | Drives my progeny crazy.
        
       | nikkinana wrote:
       | I shit on a shingle. I win!
        
       | clement75009 wrote:
       | Reminds me of that classic Onion article:
       | https://www.theonion.com/man-on-internet-almost-falls-into-w...
        
         | wyldfire wrote:
         | > "There I was, a grown man, planning a trip to the Mustard
         | Museum in Wisconsin, when suddenly I heard a voice deep within
         | me say, 'This is not what you want your life to be about.'"
         | 
         | "The Onion" was started in Madison IIRC, which is where the
         | Mustard Museum [1,2] is.
         | 
         | > The museum was conceived and founded by Barry Levenson,
         | former Assistant Attorney General of Wisconsin. It centers on a
         | mustard collection he began in 1986 while despondent over the
         | failure of his favorite baseball team, the Boston Red Sox, to
         | win the 1986 World Series.
         | 
         | [1] https://mustardmuseum.com/
         | 
         | [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Mustard_Museum
        
           | dcchambers wrote:
           | The Onion article is funny but I highly recommend the Mustard
           | Museum (and shop!). A fun quirky place to visit just outside
           | Madison and mustard makes for a great gift for anyone that
           | likes to cook.
        
             | [deleted]
        
             | a9h74j wrote:
             | Came here to upvote for the Mustard Museum!
        
       | lapetitejort wrote:
       | There's a small but growing movement of people fermenting
       | mustard. The process adds a _je ne sais quoi_ to condiments that
       | can 't be replicated by simply adding vinegar. See also fermented
       | salsa.
       | 
       | https://insaneinthebrine.com/lacto-fermented-mustard/
        
       | notacoward wrote:
       | I was surprised not to see Honeycup on this list. It's pretty
       | widely available, and many delis/restaurants use it (I think I
       | discovered it at Zingerman's in Ann Arbor). It's sweet, of
       | course, but also has quite a strong horseradish-y bite. It's very
       | distinctive, and some people are really really into it, though I
       | personally only like a little and even then only in the right
       | dish/mood.
        
       | silisili wrote:
       | This is the kind of stuff I love this place for. I'm a huge
       | mustard fan, and love trying new varieties I see at the store,
       | but would never think to Google for such a review(would it help?
       | it's all blogspam anyways). Seems I've got a lot of mustard to
       | try.
        
       | addaon wrote:
       | I was motivated enough by this to seek out some of the mustards
       | he mentioned -- and it looks like the Beaver Olde English is no
       | longer on their web page? Has it been discontinued?
        
         | letmeinhere wrote:
         | same boat; my best guess is he's talking about the Deli one...
        
           | 1xdevnet wrote:
           | It existed at one point[0], but I can only see it listed in
           | Canadian shops [1]. UPC 7182800350
           | 
           | [0] https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B00O8NG1J4/
           | 
           | [1] https://www.shopmsv.ca/shop/product/88326/Beaver_Hot_Olde
           | _En...
        
         | cf100clunk wrote:
         | Not sure, but I've found almost all Beaver condiments (not just
         | their mustards I've tried) to be worth the trouble to find,
         | especially their Tartar Sauce.
        
           | rootusrootus wrote:
           | One upside, I suppose, of living in Portland is that Beaver
           | is just 'the standard condiment brand I get at the grocery
           | store.' I do like their stuff, and their tartar sauce was
           | what made me try their other products.
        
       | bookofjoe wrote:
       | From NPR:
       | 
       | Barry Levenson, curator and CMO -- "chief mustard officer" -- of
       | the National Mustard Museum, says a fit of despair led him to
       | create the museum in 1986.
       | 
       | "My beloved Boston Red Sox lost the World Series," he says.
       | "Decided I need a hobby to get over my depression. That's the
       | morning I began collecting jars of mustard."
       | 
       | And Levenson, a lawyer by trade, quickly saw his hobby turn into
       | an obsession.
       | 
       | "I argued a case at the U.S. Supreme Court," he says. "On my way
       | to the court, I saw this little jar of mustard on a discarded
       | room-service tray. I didn't have time to go back to my room. So I
       | brought it with me and argued -- and I had a jar of mustard in my
       | pocket."
       | 
       | https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128823...
        
       | turbinerneiter wrote:
       | Mautner Estragon Senf from Austria, thank me later.
        
         | simondotau wrote:
         | Came here to say this. Comes in a toothpaste tube and isn't
         | expensive. But it's damn good mustard. My personal favourite.
        
       | mrpippy wrote:
       | I'd love to know how the Trader Joe's Dijon mustard compares.
       | It's made in France, cheap/available, and I always thought it
       | tasted better than Grey Poupon
        
         | pazimzadeh wrote:
         | The first thing I did was search for Trader Joe's mustard in
         | the article, sad they didn't review it.
         | 
         | As a French person I can tell you Trader Joe's mustard beats
         | all the premium mustards in this article and it is cheap too.
        
       | sam_lowry_ wrote:
       | When I was touring Moutarderie Edmond Fallot [1] this summer they
       | told us that mustard makers suffered the phylloxera crisis [1]
       | more than the winemakers.
       | 
       | Originally, mustard was made out of the mix of mustard grains and
       | the juice of bordelais grapes. Since bordelais was quite sour, it
       | was not of particular importance to wine production. Once
       | phylloxera hit, winemakers started rescuing important grape
       | varieties and lost all bordelais species.
       | 
       | Since mid-XIX century, mustard is made out of, well, mustard
       | grains, vinegar and water.
       | 
       | [1] https://www.fallot.com/
       | 
       | [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_French_Wine_Blight
        
       | squarefoot wrote:
       | The best yellow senape mustard I ever tried is one I bought at a
       | middle/far east shop almost 20 years back. It was different from
       | others I knew for having a harder consistency, a bit harder than
       | peanut butter to give an idea; I had to apply some force with a
       | spoon in its big jar to cut a piece. Used it to give more flavor
       | to meat by putting it in the frying pan along with oil and other
       | spices, and the result was delicious. Unfortunately I don't
       | recall the name, the shop changed owner although it still sells
       | oriental spices, but now they have no idea of what product I'm
       | talking about. Does anyone know if such a type of "hard" senape
       | mustard still exist?
        
         | utucuro wrote:
         | Mustard is made by adding liquids to mustard seeds or their
         | powder, which activates the chemical reaction in them to make
         | them spicy. How spicy a mustard becomes depends on the
         | temperature and acidity of the liquids, and on how long the
         | reaction is allowed to go on - heating or cooling the mustard
         | significantly will stop it, keeping a mustard cool once it
         | reaches the desired hotness will preserve it at that spiciness
         | level. As it is, I wonder what the ratio of solids to liquid
         | was and if it was a pure mustard (without other spices or
         | additives) since I have never even heard of a semi-solid
         | mustard...
        
           | fnord123 wrote:
           | IME putting mustard in the fridge makes it lose potency. I've
           | ruined a few jars of Colman's this way.
        
       | jdkee wrote:
       | National Mustard Museum for the curious:
       | 
       | https://mustardmuseum.com/
        
       | burnished wrote:
       | Fucking three popups before I even get through the introduction.
       | No thanks.
        
       | jkochis wrote:
       | Anyone here like to mix mayonnaise and mustard?
        
         | Iwan-Zotow wrote:
         | This is sick! Instant upvote
        
         | jrootabega wrote:
         | I prefer mustmayostardayonnaise.
        
         | hondo77 wrote:
         | Yes! Best Foods/Hellmans and Grey Poupon...mmmmm...
         | 
         | I usually mix it up with fried rice. It's a weird habit I
         | started in college.
        
         | fanf2 wrote:
         | To make mayonnaise you start with egg yolks and mustard (and
         | maybe other seasonings): the mustard helps the mixture to
         | emulsify. You can put more mustard in it, to make a mustard
         | mayonnaise, or add more mustard later.
        
         | yoz-y wrote:
         | mayo, mustard, pickle water... the best sauce
        
         | thomasjudge wrote:
         | Especially for dipping artichoke leaves
        
         | pazimzadeh wrote:
         | Mayonnaise normally already has mustard in it. But yes, you can
         | always add more to improve the taste.
         | 
         | Easy homemade mayo recipe which will taste 1000% better than
         | storebought:                 To a tall container, add in this
         | order:            Ingredients:       1 (egg)       1 soup spoon
         | Dijon mustard (the strong kind)       1 soup spoon apple cider
         | vinegar       salt/pepper       vegetable oil (about 2-3 cups)
         | Recipe:       - Blend ingredients by starting from the bottom
         | and moving your soup blender up and down. Stop blending when
         | it's nice and thick, don't over-blend. Should take 10 seconds
         | or so.
        
         | Erwin wrote:
         | It's done widely enough that Maille themselves sell a
         | "Dijonnaise" : Dijon mustard + mayonnaise.
        
           | jrootabega wrote:
           | You just awoke an ancient TV memory in me:
           | 
           | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B48hQm5fIbU
        
           | scrumbledober wrote:
           | There was a character on the disney channel cartoon Proud
           | Family whose name was dijonnaise
        
       | hydroreadsstuff wrote:
       | Bautzener Mittelscharf or bust
        
       | hondo77 wrote:
       | Gotta mention Boar's Head. Great deli mustard.
       | 
       | As for Coleman's, I get the powder and mix up some with water
       | when we bring spring rolls home. Clears up your brain quick!
        
       | tptacek wrote:
       | I went to a Sunday Dinner Club dinner in Chicago a few years ago
       | and had a cassoulet with what I think was a mustard drawn from
       | the mustard grinder tap at the (late lamented) cheese shop
       | Pastoral. I'm 90% sure it was a Maille. It was so hot you
       | couldn't taste it without your sinuses lighting on fire; far, far
       | hotter than horseradish wasabi.
       | 
       | I've gone through dozens of different mustards since trying to
       | find it and have never succeeded. It's my white whale.
       | 
       | We've gotten close by mixing up mustards in our kitchen (spicy
       | Asian mustards get close). But then the texture is off, and it's
       | not balanced.
        
         | thinkingkong wrote:
         | Have you tried grinding and using cold water? Hot water
         | actually mellows out the intensity.
        
       | tauntz wrote:
       | I'd recommend adding this to the list of mustards to try:
       | https://ehtnejahea.ee/toode/poltsamaa-kange-sinep-65g/ it's one
       | of a different kind..
        
       | marban wrote:
       | Now that it's Oktoberfest time (or would be), you should try
       | Weisswurst Senf by https://haendlmaier.de fame.
        
       | smoyer wrote:
       | I'm also a mustard lover and appreciate that the author didn't
       | try to rank them - different mustards should be used for
       | different occasions.
       | 
       | I will admit that I found it a bit amusing that this article
       | appeared on the front page of HN with "Where Do Type Systems Come
       | From". Clearly mustard type systems come from James Beard and now
       | Jason Diamond.
        
         | eth0up wrote:
         | I apologise in advance, but if necessary, will fight to the
         | death in defense of Colman's being used on almost any occasion,
         | whilst other imposters hunch quivering on the sidelines
         | drooling at low hanging vittles. But as does Norris of Chuck
         | look upward to Schneier of Bruce for inspiration and
         | permission, Colman's looks to a proper habanero mustard for
         | hope in a lonely world of vinegar tainted dribblings. Good on
         | _all_ occasions that don 't involve zippers.
         | 
         | Edited: remove "e" from previous "Col[e]man's. Please pardon me
         | for opening a potential Mustard in the Middle (MItM) vector.
        
           | pbhjpbhj wrote:
           | I don't understand your reference to zippers?
        
             | eth0up wrote:
             | Even during a time of pestilence where Amazon links infest
             | every page on the web and condiments breach the
             | discretionary ramparts of HN's frontpage, you must always
             | mind what you handle after handling habaneros.
             | 
             | I have fought to the death and lost this duel, but Colman's
             | will never die. Long live proper mustard! And habanero
             | anything
        
       | sabujp wrote:
       | Also missing asian preserved mustard variants, e.g. my favorite
       | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kasundi . Any type of spicy brown
       | is my goto in the US.
        
       | kaidon wrote:
       | Where is the Pitzman's??
        
       | davidw wrote:
       | > Italy's Mostarda di Cremona,
       | 
       | Not actually mustard, which in Italian is "senape".
       | 
       | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mostarda
        
       | davibu wrote:
       | At this point, why not simply make your own? The simplest recipe
       | would be n time better than an industrial one.
       | 
       | Look a the recipe: 150 g of seeds of brown mustard, 10cl of
       | vinegar, 30cl of water, 10g of salt
       | 
       | Nothing really fancy, even my son could do it.
       | 
       | The same applies to homemade mayonnaise, 10 times better than the
       | industrial one.
        
         | bookofjoe wrote:
         | One word: Duke's
         | 
         | https://food52.com/blog/22456-we-taste-tested-8-mayos-and-li...
        
         | bserge wrote:
         | Why brown mustard specifically?
        
           | utucuro wrote:
           | Taste and spiciness. Yellow mustard seeds are milder and
           | black mustard seeds are spicier. Brown seeds are usually in
           | the middle. Most recipes usually call for specific amounts of
           | each, once you know what you like, you can adjust them.
        
         | scrumbledober wrote:
         | I highly recommend anyone reading this to try making their own
         | mustards. I make a couple large batches every year or two
         | (whenever we run out) and jar them up in mason jars and
         | everyone I know raves about them. One batch I made with a
         | growler of hard cider from my local cidery that had been left
         | in my fridge for too long and had gone sour. You can do all
         | kinds of fun things making your own mustard and it's always
         | worth it. Sometimes i'll throw some ginger in for a bit more
         | punch.
        
         | MagnumOpus wrote:
         | Do you have any advantage in either the quality, price, or
         | consistency of your water, salt, vinegar or seeds?
         | 
         | In 99.9% of cases the answer is "no" and procuring ready-mixed
         | mustard is more convenient, cheaper, less messy and time-
         | saving.
        
           | Tade0 wrote:
           | The advantage of home-made food is that you have control over
           | the ingredients.
           | 
           | Store bought mustard and mayonnaise contain such surprising
           | ingredients like e.g. _sugar_ or copious amounts of salt.
        
             | timcederman wrote:
             | What store bought mustard contains sugar? I'm not aware of
             | any, and if there are, they aren't common.
             | 
             | Also a little bit of sugar in mayonnaise is fine - in the
             | US it usually relatively trace amounts to the most commonly
             | sold ones in the Commonwealth.
        
             | bshimmin wrote:
             | While I broadly agree with this, I would say that my own
             | attempts at making mint sauce were fairly disappointing in
             | comparison with shop-bought - Colman's mint sauce is an
             | awful lot nicer than anything I was able to make, and
             | (though I've never tried to make it) I bet their wonderful
             | mustard is too.
             | 
             | You will probably also not be able to make at home anything
             | all that similar to the mayonnaise you buy in a shop,
             | though what you can make at home will almost certainly be
             | equally as nice (my children were confused by the yellowish
             | colour of home-made mayonnaise, which is sort of backwards
             | since the confusing thing ought to be why shop-bought
             | mayonnaise is white!).
        
             | JasonFruit wrote:
             | Another advantage is that making your own _x_ from scratch
             | is fun and satisfying. Mayonnaise, mustard, soda, barbecue
             | sauce, gravlax, liver sausage -- it 's fun to see the
             | things people buy ready-made, and know you have the
             | knowledge and ability to do it yourself. Sometimes it's
             | enough better to be worth the effort; sometimes, like
             | catsup, you find that the store-bought is better -- but you
             | still have the fun of doing it and the satisfaction of
             | knowing for sure.
        
       | null_object wrote:
       | This was quite a fun read - especially the self-deprecating humor
       | and the little vignettes about how and where the author sampled
       | the different mustards - but I was pretty surprised by the narrow
       | selection.
       | 
       | In various parts of Europe there's a strong tradition of very
       | geographically-specific types of mustard - often differing
       | greatly in texture, strength, color and taste in neighboring
       | towns or regions.
       | 
       | Also mustards can be seasonal - here in Sweden there are many
       | mustards that are only available at Christmas, for instance - not
       | to mention that people make their own mustards (also usually
       | based on regional preferences).
        
         | bryanrasmussen wrote:
         | >here in Sweden there are many mustards that are only available
         | at Christmas
         | 
         | I have a theory that desserts that are only on holidays really
         | sort of suck or they would have broken out of the holiday and
         | are just getting by on the nostalgia factor - how are these
         | mustards you talk about?
         | 
         | Also can you name some of them? I guess I can always take the
         | train over to Malmo in a couple of months to pick some up to
         | test the quality myself.
         | 
         | on edit: fixed typo
        
           | com2kid wrote:
           | > I have a theory that desserts that are only on holidays
           | really sort of suck or they would have broken out of the
           | holiday and are just getting by on the nostalgia factor
           | 
           | People have time off on holidays, and families all get
           | together increasing the available labor pool. Accordingly
           | holiday foods can be more labor intensive than foods eaten
           | during the rest of the year, which is an alternative
           | explanation for why some foods only appear at holidays.
           | 
           | As another commenter mentioned, egg nog is one. Home made egg
           | nog is a fair bit of work, doesn't keep for long (well
           | depends on if you pre-mix the booze I guess), and is calorie
           | dense enough that eating it year round would be a mistake.
           | 
           | Heck home made pies in general.
           | 
           | Also certain foods are a lot of work to get setup, but they
           | scale up very well. It is just as much work to mull a little
           | bit of wine as a lot of wine. Holiday cookies, kind of both.
           | If you are rolling out cookie dough mine as well roll out a
           | lot, and if you have lots of kids around, free labor to do
           | the decoration!
           | 
           | As an aside, store bought eggnog is not good, if you don't
           | like eggnog, try home made, you can adjust consistency,
           | flavor profile, and sweetness dramatically. I never liked
           | store eggnog, but on a whim I made it at home once and it
           | turned out grand.
        
           | null_object wrote:
           | > take the train over to Malmo in a couple of months to pick
           | some up
           | 
           | If it's Christmas mustard you're hoping to find, simply
           | search online for 'julsenap' before your visit.
           | 
           | Regional variations will more likely turn up at Christmas
           | Markets (julmarknader), but even normal grocery stores will
           | have more to choose from at that time of year.
           | 
           | An unusual tradition - a hangover from a time when people
           | used mustard for its medicinal properties - is that chemists
           | sell julsenap at Christmas.
           | 
           | There are literally dozens of varieties to choose from
           | nowadays - some of them including unconventional flavorings
           | and spices. Here's one example (not a recommendation! I've
           | never tried this - just googled julsenap and this was one)
           | which includes chili and lemon: https://dellback.se/hovsenap-
           | julsenap-chili-citron
        
             | selimthegrim wrote:
             | Where does one find the mustard (Johnny's Senap) that this
             | site recommends with split pea soup? IKEA?
             | 
             | https://www.swedishfood.com/swedish-food-recipes-
             | starters/13...
        
               | yesbabyyes wrote:
               | Johnny's isn't good. For dishes like split pea soup, I
               | recommend a visit to a Swedish apothecary in the month(s)
               | before Christmas and Easter -- they have a great mustard
               | which is particularly good for traditional food, and also
               | (together with a creamier one like Graveleij and a little
               | bit Dijon) great for mustard herring after my
               | grandfather's recipe. :)
        
               | Scoundreller wrote:
               | Just so I got this right, pharmacies in Sweden sell their
               | own mustards? Or is an apothecary a different thing there
               | than a pharmacy?
        
               | unwind wrote:
               | First hit I got:
               | https://www.totallyswedish.com/products/johnnys-
               | mustard-410.
               | 
               | Ikea generally sell mostly their own brands, at least
               | here in Sweden.
        
               | selimthegrim wrote:
               | I'm in the US.
        
           | tasty_freeze wrote:
           | > I have a theory that desserts that are only on holidays
           | really sort of suck
           | 
           | I have a counter-example.
           | 
           | I love peppermint stick ice cream, and it is impossible that
           | anyone might not also love it. :-)
           | 
           | When I was a kid back it was one of the always-available
           | flavors at the nearby ice cream shop. I don't know if was
           | just luck or not, but now it seems peppermint stick is
           | available only around Christmas, and even then I often have a
           | hard time finding it.
        
           | munificent wrote:
           | I think your theory explains some but not all seasonal foods.
           | 
           | Many are originally seasonal for logistical reasons: before
           | refrigeration, food had to be eaten close to harvest time or
           | preserved in some way. So you have pumpkin dishes in fall
           | because that's when the pumpkins are ripe. Likewise tomato
           | dishes in spring.
           | 
           | Winter holiday foods often get that association because they
           | are preserved. We ate them then because we had nothing else
           | to eat since the harvest is over. That gives you eggnog,
           | cured meat, jams, etc.
           | 
           | Once a dish gets a strong association with a certain time of
           | year, I think it tends to hold it because the association is
           | part of the enjoyment. Sure, I could have a mug of eggnog in
           | June, but it wouldn't be as magical.
        
           | matsemann wrote:
           | I think it depends. Lots of the food is a hassle to make, so
           | only done for big occasions when it will serve many.
           | 
           | But some of it I agree. Never learned to enjoy the
           | traditional Norwegian food. Now it's "farikal season", which
           | is basically just lamb+cabbage boiled for far too long. Or
           | "smalahove" where you eat the sheep's head. Christmas is the
           | samme. Take ribs of the lamb and damp with salty water. Might
           | be lamb I don't like, though.
        
           | JasonFruit wrote:
           | Against this thought, which I have shared, I will oppose the
           | pumpkin pie, which is a real delight, but almost always
           | confined to American Thanksgiving, which has a strong
           | historical connection to squash. I could do damage to a
           | pumpkin pie right now.
        
             | munificent wrote:
             | On Thanksgiving growing up, my mother used to bake two
             | pumpkin pies: one for me and one for the rest of the
             | family. I've eaten 3/4 of one in a single day. I could
             | easily eat a whole pie in a day if the shame didn't slow me
             | down.
        
               | panzagl wrote:
               | Just power through, you can do it!
        
             | usefulcat wrote:
             | Pumpkin pie with chocolate chips (dark chocolate) is one of
             | my favorites.
        
           | MartinodF wrote:
           | We have a ton of Christmas-only or Easter-only desserts in
           | Italy, all very good. I'm guessing the short availability
           | window increases sales, you just need to make sure you always
           | have something in season ;) It's more of a tradition than
           | anything else, really!
        
           | leplen wrote:
           | Maybe this transmutation by nostalgia is the true miracle of
           | Christmas. https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/2012-12-03
        
           | xattt wrote:
           | To expand, egg nog is likely not available year-round in many
           | markets because it is so calorie dense and thus, not
           | compatible with (daily) life.
        
             | davidmr wrote:
             | I also find that my desire for such a heavy drink decreases
             | dramatically the warmer it is outside. My partner and I
             | aged a batch of eggnog for a year, drinking 1/12th of it
             | every month to see if there was a point at which the
             | returns on aging diminished. It was genuinely difficult to
             | be enthusiastic about sampling a glass of heavy cream,
             | sugar, egg yolk, and bourbon on a 30deg summer day.
        
         | avereveard wrote:
         | there's also a whole selection of "mustards with x" around
         | europe, so one can have it's premixed condiment available at
         | all time.
         | 
         | My personal favorite is the polish mustard with honey,
         | sometimes I just eat plain bread with it if there's no pashtet
         | around to go with it.
        
         | temp0826 wrote:
         | I love that Sweden also has Christmas soda-
         | 
         | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julmust
        
         | kritiko wrote:
         | When you go to Greenpoint, Brooklyn's Polish neighborhood,
         | there are supermarkets with multiple shelves dedicated to
         | mustard with the slight regional and stylistic variation that
         | you describe. I assume that the narrow selection was based on
         | attempting to recreate Beard's list rather than all of the
         | mustards available to a New Yorker.
        
         | teorema wrote:
         | I had the same impression regarding breadth. There's local
         | mustards all over the US, which I was expecting more of. I
         | still enjoyed reading it but was expecting something a little
         | different.
        
       | GlennS wrote:
       | Well, that was educational, and now I finally understand the Grey
       | Poupon scene from Wayne's World.
       | 
       | In future I will be less snooty about "American mustard", which
       | before reading this I had assumed was all like French's mustard.
        
       | yial wrote:
       | Two notable great mustards not mentioned are the Divina mustards
       | imported into theUS by Food Match.
       | 
       | https://foodmatch.com/products/listing/ingredients/ingredien...
        
       | rcarmo wrote:
       | This is delightful reading for the puns alone, never mind it
       | being my favorite condiment.
        
       | jedberg wrote:
       | If you love mustard, check out https://mustardmuseum.com
       | 
       | And if you happen to find yourself in Wisconsin, you can enjoy
       | their tasting room in person!
        
       | nvr219 wrote:
       | Hot takes :D
        
       | SavantIdiot wrote:
       | I used to go to the Napa Valley Mustard Festival every year in
       | the 2000's. I'd taste hundreds of mustards and bring home a
       | year's supply. Granted, they were all local, so you'd miss some
       | classics, but every year I looked forward to getting semi wasted
       | and eating a ton of mustard.
       | 
       | Ironically my favorite go-to is Edmund Fallot. Got hooked on it
       | in France and luckily it is easy to find now that I live 3000
       | miles from Napa.
        
       | dustintrex wrote:
       | Not a bad survey of American mustard, but still missing several
       | entire classes of mustard:
       | 
       | * French _moutard a l 'ancienne_ ("ancient" style), with mustard
       | seeds left in. Maille's version is my go-to.
       | 
       | * Japanese _karashi_. Extremely spicy, so a little goes a long
       | way, but a must for some Japanese dishes like _oden_.
       | 
       | * German mustards! Sweet Bavarian _senf_ is obligatory for white
       | sausage (weisswurst).
        
         | mirsadm wrote:
         | There are tons of different Polish mustard's that are really
         | nice as well. They are very easy to find in the UK. I'm sure
         | that would be the case in the US as well if you know where to
         | look.
        
           | munk-a wrote:
           | I can definitely endorse Babci mustards as well for having a
           | nice balance of flavour and kick.
        
           | ithinkso wrote:
           | If you ever find this one[0], buy it, it's the greatest. My
           | local stores in the UK have this company's mustards in stock
           | but not this particular (and superior) variant
           | 
           | [0] https://smakpol-
           | doncaster.co.uk/110-thickbox_default/kamis-m...
        
         | saiya-jin wrote:
         | German Senf mustards (have one running dangerously low in the
         | fridge from Munich) changed my sausage and (some) grilled meat
         | consumption experience.
         | 
         | I still enjoy other types from time to time, east european,
         | dijon with seeds etc. but Senf's mild taste allows me to
         | appreciate meat flavors so much more and it pairs well with
         | practically anything.
         | 
         | Now I prefer it to any other mustard, apart from making sauces
         | paired with white fish.
        
           | account42 wrote:
           | > Senf's mild taste
           | 
           | Just want to clarify that "Senf" just means mustard and does
           | not refer to a particular style.
        
         | dayofthedaleks wrote:
         | You answered my primary question about the article's contents -
         | the lack of lumpy mustard coverage is unfortunate. I find I
         | require my fancy mustards to be composed almost entirely of
         | whole seeds, otherwise a regional ballpark mustard does the
         | job.
         | 
         | Also I will check out karashi, thanks. Is it like wasabi where
         | the traditional preparation is rare but there's a passable
         | industrial simulation universally available?
        
         | Iwan-Zotow wrote:
         | He should try Russian mustard, not sure if he could by it
         | locally. That would clean his nose
        
         | psoundy wrote:
         | If you like grainy mustard, I can't recommend Kozliks' Triple
         | Crunch enough:
         | 
         | https://www.kozliks.com/
        
         | Aromasin wrote:
         | I'd also like to add English mustard to that list, most notably
         | the Colmans's brand. I found it odd to not be there but I
         | suppose it's not a thing found commonly abroad? It's ubiquitous
         | in the UK - like French's is the the US. It comes in both a
         | bottle and powdered form, with the later capable of blowing a
         | mans head clean off. Closer to Wasabi from my experience.
         | 
         | I gave a bottle of the stuff as a present to my host when on a
         | rugby tour in Canada. Didn't mention that it's not the type you
         | use on hotdogs (it's generally used as a condiment for a roast
         | dinner with beef, used sparingly). I received a very funny
         | video a week later of them as a dribbling mess.
        
           | beerandt wrote:
           | >>He mentioned that he's also a fan of spicy mustard on his
           | eggroll, and wondered had I tried Colman's (12).
        
           | NextHendrix wrote:
           | I'm surprised the powder form of Colman's isn't a controlled
           | substance. Not enough water and its essentially death paste.
           | Sneeze near an open container of the powder and you'll
           | probably need to move house and have facial reconstruction
           | surgery.
           | 
           | I pity your friend for slathering it on a hot dog, first bite
           | must've been quite a shock.
           | 
           | Marvellous stuff.
        
             | 01100011 wrote:
             | I believe most mustard powder is roughly the same. The
             | difference is in how much acid(usually vinegar) you mix in
             | to slow the reaction which creates the spiciest compounds.
             | Pure water usually gives you a very hot mustard with a
             | short lifetime(i.e. 'Chinese mustard').
        
             | bserge wrote:
             | It puts the "mustard" in "mustard gas" :D
        
           | AndrewOMartin wrote:
           | Colman's is mentioned.
           | 
           | "A few weeks after my Mr. Wonton, and since all I could talk
           | about was my mustard quest, I mentioned to a friend the
           | Chinese food thing. He mentioned that he's also a fan of
           | spicy mustard on his eggroll, and wondered had I tried
           | Colman's (12). I had tried Colman's in the past, and Beard
           | had it at number 16 on his list, but I didn't think to try
           | the English mustard with an eggroll. I guess I was too
           | focused on the idea that Chinese mustard is best for Chinese
           | food, and that isn't wrong, but the Colman's was a killer
           | choice. Not as hot, but enough kick to clear out your
           | nostrils. Big fan."
        
             | Aromasin wrote:
             | Ah, not sure how I missed that. I will say that the powder
             | is my preferred choice however. I believe the squeezy
             | bottle which he uses has vinegar, so is not comparable to
             | the normal recipe.
        
               | Spivak wrote:
               | How do you use the powder? I've used it when cooking a
               | larger dish but I can't imagine using it like a table
               | condiment.
        
               | NextHendrix wrote:
               | You mix it with water (and optionally vinegar).
        
               | dkdbejwi383 wrote:
               | Or traditionally ale. Cider is nice too.
        
             | asjdflakjsdf wrote:
             | he shared a link to buy colman's on amazon. It was in a
             | plastic squeezy container!!
             | 
             | The guy is not fit to write about mustard.
        
               | teekert wrote:
               | You can't have good mustard in plastic nor bad ones in
               | glass? You must be extremely sensitive to marketing
               | efforts ;)
               | 
               | What about "Don't judge a book by its cover"?
        
               | robocat wrote:
               | Colman's English mustard in a jar is _hot_ : it gets used
               | in similar amounts to wasabi as a comparison (most people
               | would use even a teaspoonful with a meal).
               | 
               | There is no way you would put it in a squeezy bottle at
               | the same strength, so the squeezy version can't be the
               | same. I would guess the squeezy bottle version is for the
               | US market - it is unavailable in NZ for example:
               | https://www.colmans.co.nz/products/
        
               | Aromasin wrote:
               | He's right in this case. The regular glass jars do not
               | have vinegar; the squeeze bottles do.
        
               | [deleted]
        
               | teekert wrote:
               | Ok, I stand corrected, forgive me my ignorance.
        
           | djrogers wrote:
           | > I'd also like to add English mustard to that list, most
           | notably the Colmans's brand.
           | 
           | This is in the article
        
           | bserge wrote:
           | English mustard is great. I'd say export it to Europe, but no
           | one will like it because they consider French (and some,
           | German) mustards superior. It's the cheese and sausage
           | situation all over again :D
        
             | jkochis wrote:
             | This is why I'm glad to be an American. I think.
        
           | samizdis wrote:
           | > (it's generally used as a condiment for a roast dinner with
           | beef, used sparingly)
           | 
           | I'd suggest that horseradish sauce is more commonly
           | associated with a roast beef dinner, but English mustard is
           | certainly acceptable. However, it reigns supreme with cold
           | cuts of ham. Also, I consider English mustard to be essential
           | in a bacon sandwich. Just good white bread, good butter,
           | grilled (preferably smoked) bacon and a good spread of
           | mustard. Simple but stunning.
        
             | gmac wrote:
             | 100% agree. Ketchup in a bacon sandwich is pure evil, and
             | I've never been sure why bacon is even sold unsmoked.
        
         | willis936 wrote:
         | >mustard seeds left in. Maille's version is my go-to.
         | 
         | My kin! I scoured the article for "whole grain" and "seed".
         | Nothing. It's so good.
        
           | bookofjoe wrote:
           | OT: Maille's gherkins with caramelized onions are to die for.
           | 
           | https://thepicklestore.com/product/maille-pickles-
           | cornichons...
        
           | navbaker wrote:
           | I go through 10-ish jars a year of various brands of coarse-
           | ground, whole seed mustard. Personally, I feel there is no
           | better topping on most meats and deli sandwiches.
        
           | fnord123 wrote:
           | > Pommery moutarde de meaux: Truly excellent. You can put it
           | on something as simple as a sandwich and elevate it, or you
           | can put it on grilled meats like lamb or veal. This is the
           | Rolls Royce of mustard.
           | 
           | This is a whole grain mustard and imo far better than maille.
        
             | liotier wrote:
             | My parents graduated a while ago from Maille's "moutarde a
             | l'ancienne" to Pommery - definitely the more sophisticated
             | option. Maille's "moutarde a l'ancienne" isn't bad at all
             | though and it is actually a slightly different variety so
             | both can peacefully cohabitate in the same fridge. I still
             | have a soft spot for Maille's "moutarde au poivre vert" I
             | grew up with.
        
           | Cthulhu_ wrote:
           | There is 'grainy', but I'm not sure if that means whole
           | seeds.
        
           | GlennS wrote:
           | I really enjoy even the supermarket own brand whole grain
           | mustards.
        
         | Fnoord wrote:
         | American? You mean what's widely available in USA?
         | 
         | Sweet/acidic 'mustard' just is not mustard. That is marketing
         | BS, maube catered to youngsters who cannot yet handle spicy
         | food? It is something else than mustard, _containing_ a little
         | bit of mustard, like mayonaisse does. A chararacteristic
         | element of mustard is the fact it is spicy. Therefore, mustard
         | is always spicy. If they specifically mention spicy, it is very
         | spicy.
         | 
         | As long as I get real mustard when it looks like it (mentions
         | mustard), and its mentioned when its spicy (read: more than
         | normal mustard), I am happy. When I get that acidic/sweet crap
         | I am not happy. Its easy to recognize though. The color is
         | lighter than the real deal, and the structure is very creamy.
         | 
         | I just buy local mustard, Zaanse and Groninger. But the
         | structure isn't creamy and you need to mix them before grabbing
         | content else you end up with an acidic leftover in the bottle.
        
           | utucuro wrote:
           | Careful there; you dismissed not only Dijon mustard but also
           | Bavarian sweet mustard, both very traditional mustards.
           | Considering that even the word mustard comes from old French,
           | it is worth considering that mustards can be created to fit
           | more than just one taste profile. One local mustard that is
           | extremely popular in my country in certain eateries is yellow
           | mustard seeds mixed with an equal amount of room temperature
           | water, left to sit at room temperature and never refrigerated
           | for example; try at your own risk though.
        
             | yoz-y wrote:
             | Dijon mustard is quite spicy though, but it's that "up to
             | the nose" spiciness. Eastern European mustards are usually
             | milder and what I had in north is more spicy in the
             | traditional sense.
             | 
             | One thing that I find surprising in France, is how little
             | variety there is in mustard in most supermarkets. Basically
             | you have a choice of dijon mustard from 20 different brands
             | that all taste the same and then some "old fashioned" ones.
        
           | chmod775 wrote:
           | > A chararacteristic element of mustard is the fact it is
           | spicy.
           | 
           | Mustard is made from seeds of the mustard plant, not all
           | varieties of which are spicy.
           | 
           | > The color is lighter than the real deal, and the structure
           | is very creamy.
           | 
           | Except that Bavarian sweet mustard is _way_ darker than
           | typical mustard, has a very rough texture, and still can
           | hardly be described as spicy /hot.
           | 
           | Also texture isn't really a function of the type of mustard
           | seeds used, but rather a function of the way it's produced.
        
         | tweetle_beetle wrote:
         | Mustard snobs would point out that Maille doesn't deserve it's
         | heritage mystique as they haven't used mustard seeds from their
         | historical home of Burgundy for many years. They are all
         | imported from Canada, probably coinciding with the purchase by
         | Unilever(?).
        
           | Spivak wrote:
           | Is there a better brand for an "everyday" mustard in that
           | style?
        
           | jacurtis wrote:
           | Ah, the American Dream. I can buy mustard for my burger and
           | shampoo for my hair from the same company.
        
             | duskwuff wrote:
             | Just don't mix the two up.
        
         | zwieback wrote:
         | > * German mustards! Sweet Bavarian senf is obligatory for
         | white sausage (weisswurst).
         | 
         | What I would give for a real Weisswurst, even in Portland
         | basically impossible to find. There are a few attempts but
         | nothing that comes close to a real Bavarian one.
        
           | aidenn0 wrote:
           | Less than a 20 hour drive away from Portland there is
           | Continental Gourmet Sausage[1] (in Glendale, CA) which does
           | pretty solid impressions of German sausage. I'm actually not
           | a Weisswurst fan, so I haven't tried theirs, but their
           | Knackwurst and Bratwurst are good and they even have
           | Kaesekrainer which is my Austrian guilty pleasure.
           | 
           | 1: https://www.continentalgourmetsausage.com/
        
         | rockinghigh wrote:
         | The Moutarde de Meaux mentioned in the article has mustard
         | seeds in it.
        
       ___________________________________________________________________
       (page generated 2021-10-01 23:01 UTC)