Sweet Mustards - East Shore Foods Sweet and Tangy Mustard

     So for this last Christmas season, my family decided that the only logical present for somebody like me would be to send me a plethora of mustards to have. One of these was the fantastic Düsseldorf I reviewed a few days ago; I also received a collection of mustards from Trader Joe's called the 'Mustard Miscellany', which will be a delight to review as the weeks march on. One of these moutardes nouvelles is East Shore Foods' Sweet & Tangy Mustard.  

Actual size is about 1 1/2 inches tall.

The container I got is just... wow. Way too small. I know it was supposed to be a cutesy stocking stuffer sort of mustard, but for heaven's sake, this jar was so small a butter knife could barely fit in it! While I acknowledge that there are larger sizes of this stuff, the simple fact that they sell that bastardized dwarf of a jar takes off points for me. When I have mustard, I want a damn large jar o' the stuff!

The taste itself is weak, as many other sweet mustard are susceptible to becoming. The taste is too sweet, obviously pandering to those unrefined palettes that cannot withstand a full-bodied mustard taste like that offered by Lakeshore's Irish Mustard, for example. The mustard is just not strong enough to even compliment something it's put on - it just gets lost in the background. When this happens to a mustard, I regret even putting it on, as I just wasted time applying something to my sandwich that I wouldn't even taste. But this aside, the mustard is alright; it is a bit tangy, which is fun and different. But the weakness of the mustard is just inexcusable.

Like I said, this mustard isn't horrible. But the fact is, it just isn't that great either. Because of the ineffective holiday packaging meant only to boost sales of stocking stuffers and the weakness of the mustard, this mustard gets a 4/10, a below average.

Creole Mustard Review - Tabasco Coarse-Ground Mustard

Hey there Mustardeers! I'd like to apologize for the wait on my part - snow and tests and things got in the way. Thanks to Wally here, we managed to keep from a total silence, but nevertheless I apologize. That aside, let's move onto a mustard I've been wanting to review for a while: Tabasco's own Coarse-Ground hot mustard!

This is an example of the 'creole' variety of mustard. Hailing from New Orleans, it's a spicier and grainier mustard that goes great on such New Orleans dishes as po' boys. This mustard definitely fits into the category, with it's coarse-ground composition and the spice from the Tabasco. The bottle is also quite nice, with a nice curvature and generic cap like most other mustards in the condiment jungle.

Look how badass it looks! (Disclaimer: not actually badass.)

However, to my disappointment, the mustard does not perform so well in the flavor category. The spice is rather weak for what I would assume to be the classic red Tabasco sauce. The taste is overall bland, which is dissatisfying. Now, the taste that is there isn't half bad; the mustard flavor is there, if a little weak. However, I was expecting a taste more along the lines of a nice stone-ground Dijon, like Trader's Joes', but spicier; but what I got was a weak, deli-mustard-esqe flavor with only a weak kick.

I'd recommend using this mustard in large amounts on sandwiches and the like to make up for it's lack of strength. If you're looking for a slightly spicy, coarse mustard, this is the one; but knowing Tabasco's history of strong hot sauces, this was disappointing. I give this 4 of those adorable mini Tabasco bottles out of 10; it's mediocre, but by trying to be something it wasn't, that made me a little cranky.

Dijon Mustard Review - Market Basket Brand Dijon Mustard

I didn't have any other mustard, so I had to go with this. I didn't have a high quality image either. (Then ChickenPox got me a better one.) This is the okay of mustards. It was your good old spicy dijon, but the bottle really got me.

First off, we had a case of desolate mustard wasteland cap. It was crusty, and crusty is not what I want in my dijon mustard. I also had the wet mustard problem, where all the oils or something float to the top and then drip out when you go to squeeze the bottle.

Finally, the sound. Oh sweet, mustardy gods, please forgive Market Basket. Never mind the sound, some sort of alien ray mixed with pain and sadness, as it makes a kind of "sploooshuffffgush" sound. And repeats.

Anyways, the mustard was mediocre. If you can't afford fancy dijon, feel free to pick up this. And look forward to Market Basket's honey mustard review, too.

(I need more mustard.)

WALROR EDIT: yeah this stuff wasn't too great so I'm gonna put in a 4.