My Mouth Explodes with Delight (Mustards in general)

Member Name: manunas22

Product:	Mustards in general
Date:	08/03/03 (316 review reads)
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Advantages: Great taste, Great price

Disadvantages: Too hot for some

3000BC, India is where we begin today. No I was not around but according to the unofficial Colmans website, it was back then that mustard was first discovered. Introduced to Britain by the Romans, 3,800,000kg of this stuff is now sold every year. Anyway as Colmans mustard is by far my favourite, this my friends is what I have decided to write about today.

Its at this time of year that the busy mustard makers at J & J Colman Ltd sow their seeds. Now behave will you, I am talking planting seeds their personal activites will have to wait until harvesting is finished in September.

Packaging
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Well beleive it or not this product comes in 13 different kinds of packaging with various weights. The one I have is the 170g glass jar but you can buy larger and smaller jars or tubes for easy squeeze use. Whatever size you choose the bright yellow packaging remains the same. The jar in front of me now is see through glass with the yellow label wrapped round, Colmans Mustard in red a picture of a cow (why?) and the fact that since 1814 you are still getting the original stuff. On the back you are invited to visit their mustard shop in Norwich where you can buy memorabilia and for those who live too far to visit they give an address that you can write to for one of their catalogues.

Colmans Mustard Shop
15 The Royal Arcade
Norwich
Norfolk
NR2 1NQ

or check out their website, www.mustard shop.com.

Also on the label are your nutritional information and your ingredients. Now great news for anyone with a nut allergy as this product is warning free but it does contain wheat flour for anyone reading with an intolerance.

Bright, simple and definitely eye-catching.

Prices
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Now this is available at all supermarkets, some corner shops and garages but I got mine at Tesco. Why? because that where I shop. Priced at £1.08 for the 170g jar I think this is a bargain. Sainsburys se
ll this for £1.09 so not much difference there but Safeway a huge £1.19 so it pays to look around. The tubes I mentioned are priced at 0.55 for 50g.

Look
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This may come as a bit of a shock but I can only describe this as mustard yellow!!! A slightly darker yellow than the label and not unlike the look of peanut butter or a dark honey. The thick consistency is enough to ensure the mustard does not to run out of the jar but it is not too thick that it hinders removal from the jar with ease. This product looks smooth, really smooth.

Smell
*****

Strong, no I mean really strong. So strong in fact that this could be used as a potion to clear the worst blocked sinus. Now I am sniffing but this really has to be one of the hardest smells to describe. Dry, earthy, salty and slighty sweet and to be honest not that appealing. A strange sort of smell that only mustard can have.

One thing I did notice is that holding the jar close to my face irritates the eyes!!

Taste
*****

You really dont need very much of this to add flavour to your food and to be honest if your taste buds dont welcome hot food, this is not one for you. A spicy warm glow fills my mouth followed by a sharpness and suck in your cheeks sensation (behave!!). Now I did say this was really smooth, no grains lumps or bits. It is slightly sweet, not a chocolate kind of sweet but more of a herby taste but the heat and spicy flavour knocks this out along with any sensations as the powerful mixture hits the roof of your mouth, back of your throat and with speed, travels up your nose to hit your brain (wow what a feeling). With only 4 calories and 0.2g of fat per 2g serving, this is a winner on my plate.

Overall
*******

As I said not for those with a mild preference to food but a great accomplishment with most meats, cheeses, pastry etc, spreads and dollops with ease and in my opinion livens up bland meals. The taste is rea
lly strong and even though only a little is needed, I dont think my jar will see out its 2 year shelf life.


They do invite you to contact them should you have and comments on a free phone number 0800 281 026.

Thanks for reading

Michelle
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