Follow me on this one:
I know honey mustard can be really, really good - e.g. my personal favorite is from George's Roasters and Ribs in Princeton. Given ownership history and similar serving receptacle and gustatory awesomeness, it very well might be the same honey mustard served 2 stores down at Hoagie Haven as well. Continuing on this tangent just a tad more: some acquaintances in high school swore by this recipe: go get an order of General Tso's Chicken from Tiger Noodle up the street, then throw down some quarters for some little plastic containers of honey mustard from Georges. Dip, eat, repeat.
OK, that said, I just consumed what mustardheadz would likely assume to be the "unspeakable" caste of honey mustard: Hellman's. I dipped some grilled chicken from the kitchen at work into the Hellman's honey mustard. It was delicious. Then I dipped some potato chips in (why not?). They were delicious too.
And so, fellow mustardologists, I ask you: have you ever had bad honey mustard?
Until,
KT aka Bleedz (Mustard) Seedz
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4 comments:
Very provocative indeed, fellow Mustardhead. An interesting fact about my love for mustard is that I'm not a huge fan of honey mustard and consider most of it to be bad.
Now, before I get pegged as a ketchup-lover (as if), I'd like to take a second to explain my tastes. I love using honey mustard in recipes (salad dressing practically begs for it) and who doesn't love the intermingled flavors of a honey-meets-spicy on a well-crafted sandwich? But honey mustard as a dipping mustard? No thanks!! I'll take the deli kind any day of the week.
Honey mustard is one of those antipodal combinations of sweet and salt that just doesn't live up to the hype, kind of like the anti-chocolate-covered-pretzel. AND, have you ever dipped a chocolate-covered pretzel in honey mustard? DOUBLE TERRIBLE.
Strange irony: during a recent birthday dinner at Applebee's, I could only stand (enjoy??) the honey mustard which accompanied my friend chicken salad by--instead of pouring the cup all over the salad--DIPPING forkfulls of the salad INTO the cup. Sorry to problematize the dipping/spreadng binary you've attempted to establish here, Pia.
I'm gonna have to point out that you are all wrong.
Follow me on this:
Mustard: delicious condiment
Honey: delicious ingredient
Mustard + Honey: a half-breed unsuitable for purposes as either condiment or ingredient.
I, in contrast to both commenters, posit that the ONLY acceptable use for honey mustard is as SAUCE. To be more precise, honey mustard's sole role is as dipping sauce for pretzels or nuggets, specifically of the Chicken Mc variety.
You can thank me later.
honey mustard may very well be the best condiment for french frieds and chicken-related sandwiches alike. the key is the right consistency of honey, mustard and other magical ingredients, which I haven't mastered, but I believe vinegar and even lemon juice might be involved.
the one thing I don't like are honey mustards mascerading around like they're all sweet, but really it's just a strong mustard that's a little bit thinner and not much 'honier', so to speak.
honey mustard for life. tgi fridays makes the best. mmm.
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