Oú est le moutarde?

As I understood it, Callistemon, our government is allowing thiamethoxam, to be used on sugar beet in England this year. I understood this was a fairly broad permission to beet growers and looser than anything they are doing in Europe.
I concede I may be wrong, as it is a while since I read anything about it - but it is still true that it is exceedingly dangerous and kills pollinators.
Beekeepers move their bees in order to pollinate the mustard crops so this was my link to the mustard shortage. I know there is a strong overlap in where beet grows and where mustard grows in the UK.

No Dijon mustard? We're over in France next month and simply can't have a barbecue without it, so I will smuggle some in. Thanks for the tip off.
I'm a bit of a heathen, I like the squirty one by Amora. And their salad dressing with mustard.

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

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!"

NotSpaghetti

I wonder what our harvest was like? Now we have left the EU and allowed neonicotinoids again I expect the harvest will be poor here as it's generally pollinated by bees.

That's not strictly true

The EU eased the regulations on neonicotinoids temporarily, as has the UK, because of the worries about pests decimating rapeseed.

Its use is very strictly controlled both here and in Europe.

Sago

mtm Je sais! C’est une catastrophe pour les Francaise!

Les français ET les françaises!

Oh dear! I'd better stock up on mustard seeds.........can't make a curry without those ?‍♀️

We were in France last week - none in Picardy or Normandy!
Quelle dommage!

mtm Je sais! C’est une catastrophe pour les Francaise!

So the thread has reappeared (lies down in darkened room)

@ Sago il y a de la moutarde chez Waitrose!

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

I read this a couple of weeks ago, so bought some extra Dijon, need to pick up whole grain too.

I wonder what our harvest was like? Now we have left the EU and allowed neonicotinoids again I expect the harvest will be poor here as it's generally pollinated by bees.

Apparently there’s been a poor harvest of mustard seeds, both in France and Canada. France imports mustard seeds from Canada! Who knew?
Time to stock up ?

Why? That's very odd!