Oú est le moutarde?

Powdered mustard is ideal mixed with white pepper and salt, to coat a chicken with before baking. It doesn’t taste like mustard but gives a very nice flavour to skin. Incidentally, try cooking your chicken in the microwave for 8 minutes or so, before putting it in the oven. It seals the chicken, which turns out beautifully moist.
A grandson has used this tip to turn around the fortunes of the pub where he works as a chef. In fact the brat has pinched all my best recipes!

I buy a joint of bacon for boiling most weeks and make myself some very inelegant sandwiches which I plaster with mustard. I too saw all the different mustards at a German shop and tried their ready mixed mustard. What a waste of money. So weak.
So I’m making my own again. Using mustard powder. Four pinches of powder in a soup ladle and a few drips of water; made in the morning ready for sandwiches.
The German mustard, supposedly English style, is in fact typically German. Very mild and beautiful for dipping sausage and chips, in.

Buy a tin of Coleman's mustard powder and make up you own!
As far as I remember the instructions are on the tin.

If they are not, try 1 tablespoon mustard, 2 tablespoons sugar, a pinch of salt, ditto pepper and as much vinegar and water as needed to make the consistency you want.

Taste it cautiously, and add more sugar, or honey, if it is too sharp.

You can use malt vinegar, or apple cider vinegar, as you please.

Alternatively, you could look in your shops for German mustard - there is no shortage of it here.

Quick Joseanne, grab them before someone else does!!!

Might mustard baths and poultices for when we get “chesty” become a thing of the past? (See thread about things which will die out with this generation of oldies)
Will it be farewell to bread poultices next? ????

Waitrose now.

Our Local Sainsbugs had loads yesterday, all types. I only bought two jars, one Whole Grain, one Dijon ?.
Yes, The Auld Alliance between Scotland and France dates back to 1295. Drawn up between John Balliol an Philip IV of France, against the aggressive English.

All of us ‘in the know’ will now be stockpiling mustard, like loo paper at the start of the pandemic. Though maybe one is a tad more essential than the other.?

Report from the front line - our organic shop had two jars of moutarde and ortie (nettles) and one with lemon. No plain mustard at all.

Callistemon21

FarNorth

I may have to start scooping it back up from the side of the plate!
(haha)

As Mother used to say "That's how Mr Coleman made his fortune!"

My mum used to say that as well!!!

Joseanne

Did you know there's a band from Glasgow called "Colonel Mustard and the Dijon 5".
Weird, what has French mustard got to do with Scotland?

Mary Queen of Scots was married to King Francis 11.
She was more French than Scottish, so I expect that's the connection.

Germanshepherdsmum

No way ixion!!! Had to study it to A level, loathed having to do so and have only spoken it since under duress. Ditto Spanish.

I remember reading you saying you avoided speaking French like the plague GMS I can imagine you typing from under the duvet

No way ixion!!! Had to study it to A level, loathed having to do so and have only spoken it since under duress. Ditto Spanish.

Did you know there's a band from Glasgow called "Colonel Mustard and the Dijon 5".
Weird, what has French mustard got to do with Scotland?

Come on "French Wordle", GSM
We'll have you word perfect in the blink of an ? !

I hadn’t spotted the gender. I’m mortified.?

I read that the war in Ukraine also plays a part. . Presumably mustard is grown there.
I bought one extra jar as I love mustard.

Joseanne

Germanshepherdsmum

I know I'm a total pedant but every time I see the heading I want to change the accent from acute to grave.

Calme-toi. Don't let la moutarde monter au nez!

Actually the gender is a far bigger mistake (feminine) but who cares? We all understand.

And the gender - you can take the teacher out of the school …..
That mental red pen!

Hmm, wondering if it is too late to give up the day job and start an import/export business Keen As Mustard maybe?
Oh damn, I forgot , I gave up the day job 12 years ago.

Maybe we should send Mustard Aid Packages to France?

I hadn't noticed! Will have a look when we go shopping tomorrow. ?

Marmight

Pas de probleme chez moi. Je deteste la moutarde. Just saying ?

Moi aussi!

Germanshepherdsmum

I know I'm a total pedant but every time I see the heading I want to change the accent from acute to grave.

Calme-toi. Don't let la moutarde monter au nez!

Actually the gender is a far bigger mistake (feminine) but who cares? We all understand.

The Germans have pinched it all. I’ve just been to Lidl and the shelves were groaning with various types of mustard.

I know I'm a total pedant but every time I see the heading I want to change the accent from acute to grave.