It really could have been 1904 when prepared, fully ready to use mustard was first created by a corporation. It needed to be able to prevent separation in storage and be acidic enough to withstand infections from food poisoning. Use a little vinegar and hydogenized fats, and you have a store bought condiment.
However, making your own mustard just before you need it, isn't exactly hard. wisk some powdered seed into some warm water or vinegar, and voila. But, going into the 20th century, corporations were on their way to making people think that cooking was hard, so hard, that why not buy some premixed cornbread meal, or biscuit flour, just add water. Measuring out flour, baking powder, and sugar is just too hard for this generation. Why take your own corn to get it ground? Why buy and measure out stuff you buy in the produce? Just buy ours. It's the best.
If you and I wanted to spare a few million dollars to invest we could hire a chemist to anyalze French’s mustard and gef really close to their secret blend of spices and natural flavorings.
Pay me half that and I'll find a way to steal the recipe for you.
Quite right.Mustard is at least five thousand years old, and was named “hot must (wine) “ by the Romans.
This sounds like the shortage we had here with Huy Fong sriracha, during and after certain pandemic.While I do sometimes like yellow mustard on a hot dog that stuff does not count as real mustard! Yes, Im half kidding because who can say. We have some amazing mustards in France. Of course Dijon comes from that region but there are some amazing examples here. The American yellow stuff can only be found in the import section.
Last year due to the Ukrane war there was actually a shortage of mustard for about 6 months. There was literally none on the shelf and for a while after it was hit or miss becuase people hoarding it. My wife makes a killer mustard rabbit. And yes, you can go to the average grocery and buy rabit here.
Briar Lee Mustard! Most pipe smokers agree that it has to be Briar Lee.*My French’s bottle reads these ingredients, in descending order:
Distilled vinegar (doesn’t say white or cider vinegar, just distilled vinegar)
Water
#1 Grade Mustard Seed
Salt
Turmeric
Paprika
Spice
Natural flavor
Garlic powder
Xxxxx
French’s has a humongous mustard factory in Springfield visible from I-44.
Big semis run races coming and going from it, there might be a rail spur to the plant as well.
If you and I wanted to spare a few million dollars to invest we could hire a chemist to anyalze French’s mustard and gef really close to their secret blend of spices and natural flavorings.
We’d not get it 100% like French’s but we’d have a good pure prepared yellow mustard to sell. We could even buy the same yellow plastic bottles, with our name brand.
But our name brand would not ever be French’s. Nobody’s grandfather would have first tried our mustard at the 1904 St Louis World’s Fair.
Coca Cola, Tabasco, and French’s Mustard have powerhouse brand names.
Everything else on the market is a substitute.