Alison Rosen

I demand equal mustard

Written by Alison | December 8th, 2009 at 3:58 pm | Comments

Quietly plotting your demise

It never ceases to baffle me how much the spiciness of mustard can vary from bottle to bottle of the very same mustard. Why is this? Do the spices get inside the jar and then go nuts, potentiating like mad, egging each other on to greater levels of heat? In fact, if I had a pet cause it would be mustard standardization because I feel when you buy a bottle or jar or squeeze container or drum or mustard keg or party ball of mustard, you should know what you’re in for. When I go to Washington, which I will be doing right after this blog post, I will march on the steps and demand standardized mustard for the homeless because right now, while you are tucked safely in your comfortable thousand island world, there is some poor soul out there burning his or her tongue… on the truth. You can’t handle this mustard!

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  • Roy
    I know your pain, it happens to horseradish as well. I think it has to do with how old the bottle is, the older the more erratic. Might I suggest Beaver brand, the "sweet hot" variety seems to be the most consistent.
  • Joe
    That's the main reason I've never liked mustard... totally unreliable. On the other hand, my 30 year love affair with ketchup only grows stronger.

    I did have a short, 3 week fling with salsa, but that wasn't love. It was only sex.
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