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.

Stone Ground Mustard Review - Bookbinder's Whole Grain Mustard

Okay so I guess we're doing this again so get hyped for some better-than-Pox's-reviews!

I decided to eat a sandwich on Sunday, so I figured I'd go a little wild on the mustard.

Well, it's actually a fairly normal stone ground mustard. Bookbinder's Whole Grain Mustard is a pretty run of the mill mustard. It didn't have any particular smell or outstanding taste. I actually had two of these in the fridge but one of them expired March 2013, so I decided not to eat that one. Now that I think about it, that's kinda gross.

Anyways you can probably find this stuff at your local supermarket because it was in a plastic bottle and not all fancy like Pox's stuff. When I opened it, it had a hole for the mustard to come out of rather than a open top, therefore avoiding gross crusty stuff. That being said, it was kind of hard to squeeze it out, Not like, I was exhausted by it, but more of a, "this is mustard not a strong person competition." The consistency of the mustard was nice, it wasn't oily or hard or weird.

Now to taste. It wasn't very strong. It was saying, "I'm here, eat me," but it wasn't grabbing my tongue and yelling, "Feast on my soul, human." You could only really taste it if you singled it out from the sandwich. Even then it wasn't very strong. And I'm not going to stick it on my finger and lick it. I think Pox does that. He's kinda weird.

So, overall, I'd give this persuasion of Bookbinder's mustard a solid 5 stone ground mustard seeds out of 10. Nothing special, nothing awful.

Stone Ground Mustard Review - Inglehoffer Stone Ground Mustard

Ah, yes. Inglehoffer ™. I don't know what it means, but it's delicious. Spread this yellow cream of heaven unto thine bread to create a masterpiece of a sandwich. Sometimes I like to eat the little brown things in it because they are cool.

Compared to classic yellow mustard,  Inglehoffer™ stone ground mustard is pretty awesome. It's good on pretty much anything. Especially on kielbasa subs. I mean, if I didn't love mustard so much, I would make this on how hot dogs suck compared to kielbasa. But anyways, this is a rare but beautiful mustard in the condiment jungle. Would eat again.

WALROR EDIT: This is pretty alright, but I'm gonna do a 6 to mix it up a bit.

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