Ode to mustard

zieak ♦ June 11, 2012 ♦ 1 Comment

I was telling my family that I think I have a new favorite food.  Mustard.  It is very low in calories.   I think that cheap yellow mustard is zero calories.  It can dress up almost any dish too.  Lately I have been putting it on eggs. Eggs!  A hard boiled egg with some spicy brown mustard suddenly seems like a deviled egg.  The other morning I even put some on my fried egg and bacon on toast.

25 years ago I started putting mustard on my grilled cheese sandwiches.  We ate them at camp once or twice a week.  White bread with processed cheese really is a bland sandwich.  It is much better with mustard.  Although separating the gooey slices doesn’t always work so I would just spread it on top.

Of course I put it on burgers.  Sometimes I go without ketchup and just use mustard.  But I put it on french fries whenever possible too.

We’re packing for a long train trip and I think I should plan on at least one bottle of mustard to help with some of the flavors we’ll experience.