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Mustard
Nov 22, 2015 16:27:52 GMT
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Post by juju on Nov 22, 2015 16:27:52 GMT
So, following on from the sausages thread, let's talk about mustard. Here the main varieties are English (the most popular - dark yellow and very hot); French, which is brown; Dijon (also French but stronger, and pale yellow), and wholegrain, which has, er, whole grains in it. You can also get American mustard, which is bright yellow, and quite mild and sweet. I like Dijon best. Can't stand English on my plate, but couldn't make a cheese sauce without it.
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Post by JoeP on Nov 22, 2015 16:30:39 GMT
English mustard is the best. :snooty:
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Post by JoeP on Nov 22, 2015 16:32:40 GMT
But with many things I'll have wholegrain mustard by preference. Layered on thick.
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Post by tangent on Nov 22, 2015 23:19:40 GMT
Never have liked mustard, probably never will.
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Post by Moose on Nov 23, 2015 1:53:38 GMT
Ooh I kept meaning to make a mustard thread . I love English ... and French .. and American ... and ... okay I love ALL mustard really. I think though that it depends on what you're pairing it with. For beef or other meats I'd says English or perhaps French. For hotdogs I'd say American. For bacon sandwiches anything will do. Wholegrain also is pretty good with most things. Hm. Mustard.
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Post by jayme on Nov 23, 2015 4:52:55 GMT
Lurid. Yellow. American. I don't like my mustard to taste hot or bitter. I prefer my homegrown vinegary stuff, although I will tolerate Dijon if it is diluted enough by other ingredients.
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Post by Moose on Nov 23, 2015 19:02:38 GMT
American mustard is best with junk food. It has no place on a serious plate though
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Post by whollygoats on Nov 25, 2015 17:59:22 GMT
It has no place on a bacon sammich, either. I have varied tastes when it comes to mustards. Primarily, I use French's yellow mustard, which y'all are calling 'American'. I do, however, have Dijon, which I use on serious plates, and what we call 'stone-ground', which I'll bet that y'all are referencing as 'wholegrain'. I use the latter on roasts, both beef and pork. During the blessedly brief duration of Swimmer's son lodging in the guest room, I found out his penchant for mustards was even broader than mine....and the door of the refrigerator was, for a time, overloaded with the likes of 'sweet hot mustard'. I did, however, learn to appreciate cream horseradish. A local brand....you'll note that other items have come to be blended in...honey, horseradish, cranberry sauce, catsup, mayonaisse, wasabi, jalapeno....bacon. The Coney Island Hot Dog Mustard? My bet is that it has a blend of mustard, catsup and sweet relish. Bacon sammiches should never, ever, have any kind of mustard. That would be an abomination in the eyes of the lard. Just mayonaisse, along with the lettuce, tomato, and bacon. And, maybe, avocado.
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Mustard
Nov 25, 2015 18:15:06 GMT
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Post by juju on Nov 25, 2015 18:15:06 GMT
What you describe there would be called a 'BLT' here (bacon, lettuce, tomato).
A British bacon butty (sandwich) only contains bacon and ketchup, or brown sauce (like ketchup only browner, fruitier, spicier).
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Post by Moose on Nov 25, 2015 18:28:33 GMT
I always use mustard and ketchup on bacon rolls It's the law. Cranberry mustard sounds .. vile. Horseradish and wasabi are great though. Our local Tesco has recently started selling wasabi but it's pricey enough that I've not bought any yet
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Post by whollygoats on Nov 25, 2015 19:26:33 GMT
What you describe there would be called a 'BLT' here (bacon, lettuce, tomato). A British bacon butty (sandwich) only contains bacon and ketchup, or brown sauce (like ketchup only browner, fruitier, spicier). Yep...a BLT. Or, with the avacado, a BLAT, or a 'Californian'. The supreme bacon sammich. Only bacon and ketchup? Is the taste of the bacon so bad it needs to be camouflaged with ketchup? The prevailing mythos in this country is that those who smother their food in ketchup/catsup are, most likely, familiar with life in the US military, were the food tends to be institutional and lacking in a lot of flavoring...so ketchup/catsup, which is made readily available, is used, in copious quantities, on everything. I would rather have something which provides bulk and interest without overpowering the bacon flavor I wish to taste and savor....lettuce, tomato and mayonaisse (and sometimes avocado) do that for me.
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Post by Moose on Nov 25, 2015 19:41:24 GMT
I don't like lettuce with my bacon .. seems a bit redundant.
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Post by whollygoats on Nov 25, 2015 20:47:54 GMT
Interesting. Redundant of what? What other cool, crisp vegetable matter do you put on the sammich?
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Post by whollygoats on Nov 25, 2015 21:34:54 GMT
Cranberry mustard sounds .. vile. Horseradish and wasabi are great though. Our local Tesco has recently started selling wasabi but it's pricey enough that I've not bought any yet Agreed on the cranberry. But here, a lot of people like turkey as a sliced luncheon meat, for sandwiches, and many of those like to have cranberry sauce with it (yes, on the sandwich), so that product probably addresses that particular market, is my guess. I like horseradish, but have not developed a taste for wasabi, which I consider 'hotter' than typical horseradish sauce. Wasabi, in particular, is good for clearing one's sinuses.
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Nov 25, 2015 23:17:36 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Nov 25, 2015 23:17:36 GMT
We usually get our mustard from Aldi,but I can't even remember what kind exactly it is.
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Post by jayme on Nov 25, 2015 23:25:05 GMT
Actually, I do like honey mustard and cranberry mustard. I forgot about them.
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Nov 25, 2015 23:28:58 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Nov 25, 2015 23:28:58 GMT
Actually, I do like honey mustard and cranberry mustard. I forgot about them. I don't think I have ever tasted those.
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Post by Moose on Nov 26, 2015 17:41:21 GMT
Aldi do good condiments - they have a nice mustard selection. I must say, getting off topic slightly, the quality of Aldi food has changed dramatically in the last twenty years. It used to be where my mum went to shop when she was out of money, which twenty or twenty five years ago was most of the time. I remembered we'd all grown when she came home from shopping if it was Aldi bags... the food was cheap but it tasted it. Now it's a bit more expensive but it's good quality and it's cheaper than the other major supermarkets.
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