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Do you like mustard?

Like mustard?


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Fond memories of Sunday lunch with Colemans English mustard. For a while was into Dijon mustard but am less keen now. Can get here a very good Belgian mustard.
 
Have you heard of French's in the squeeze bottle?

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French's is an abomination. Ok for under 10 year olds I suppose but otherwise not worthy of the name "mustard".

Colman's English is by far the best, even the French agree, and the opinions of Americans and Canadians don't count in culinary discussions.

Dijon style mustards are ok with some meats but too sour for many other dishes. Cafe Rouge restaurants in the UK don't keep English mustard, only French. Arseholes.
 
Coleman's mixed straight from powder with water and left to stand for 10 minutes is best, but the pre-mixed stuff is acceptable. Anything else should be forcibly renamed to 'mustard flavoured sauces'
 
I voted yes but that's because I like French mustards. English mustard is pointless. Bitter, aggressively hot and without any real depth of flavour. I've really tried to enjoy it but I can't.

Please try the following: Mix 1 tsp Coleman's English mustard powder with enough white wine or cider to make a smooth paste, and allow it to stand for a couple of hours. I guarantee that unless you've got fucked tastebuds, it'll taste far better and have more depth than English mustard from a jar, or mustard that's been made 5 minutes before use.
 
I prefer Heinz.
They used to do an ad for Grey Poupon mustard. Two guys in Rolls Royces pull up beside one another. One asks the other in a plummy accent if he has mustard. The other englishman replies, 'I have Grey Poupon!'. Put me right off fancy English mustard.:(
Mais c'est français :confused:

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Grey Poupon was first made in 1777 in Dijon, France, when Maurice Grey met his associate, Auguste Poupon, a partner in what had theretofore been the Maison de Grey.[1]

That's the only mustard I like by the way. At times I slap it on like chutney.
Subtle enough for veggie food.
 
American mustard is good in that it is a tempered, tamed version of English mustard and therefore, when you see yellow mustard coming towards you in an eating situation, you're glad that it's American not English. It's probably what Firky was referring to earlier with the cream and sugar advice.

French mustard is on a higher plane.

I once bought a half-litre earthenware pot of French wholegrain "farmhouse" mustard (hotter than most wholegrain mustards), and killed it in about 4 weeks. :oops:
 
I voted no as I don't really like it but will sometimes for a buzz have some English mustard on the side of a veggie roast. I do like mixing Dijon with sour cream and putting on veggie sausages too. I do however adore the mustards for hot dogs such as Frenchies but as stated by others that's not really mustard.
 
Don't like American Mustard. I like French if it's wholegrain but not otherwise. English mustard has real bite, which is what you want. I have Colman's mustard powder in the cupboard, always. My other favourite condiment is horseradish, but recently a lot of brands seem closer to bread sauce, they've got no bite at all :(

We always have Colman's mustard powder in the cupboard. I use it as a seasoning in soups and other savouries, as well as a condiment. My dad was quite surprised at the flavour-enhancing properties the first time I convinced him to put a couple of heaped teaspoons into the pot of pea soup he was making.
 
I like Colman's too.

this is a favorite: imgres.jpeg


had it the first time in a sandwich shop. the sandwich was a baguette with brie, green apple slices, and this very sharp yet sweet mustard. I was totally hooked, and still make this sandwich at home all the time.
 
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