Mustard and Ketchup: revenge of the mod

[41magsnub]

Is there a difference between Wasabi and horseradish? Other than one being more nastier than the other?

AFAIK Wasabi is just a green horseradish instead of white and it may be a bit more pungent though that could be in the preparation.

[BrokenPaw]

Lima beans were the scourge of my childhood, until I learned that if you swallow them whole like an ennui-ridden soccer mom swallows a bottle full of Valium, you don't actually have to taste them.

All of the vile, pestilential, chalky, horrible, porcelain-god-proselytizing badness is contained inside the hull.

Of course, in so doing one loses the nutritional benefits of them as well, because the hull is...impervious to mere digestive acid.  I think there's a lesson in that.

-BP

[Monkeyleg]

Mmmmm. One thing I do miss about Milwaukee is Mader's restaurant and their sauerbraten.

[charby]

open can, insert spoon, fill mouth, chew, repeat.

[Lennyjoe]

In my opinion, mustard is the worst thing ever created! I cannot stomach the taste of mustard...sorry.

[41magsnub]

In my opinion, mustard is the worst thing ever created! I cannot stomach the taste of mustard...sorry.

You should be sorry, you are a bad person.

[Lennyjoe]

Now ketchup I can stomach. I'd rather have ketchup over mustard any day. 

[roo_ster]

I didn't know there were so many lima bean hating barbarians on this board.

Every time you reject or speak ill of lima beans, God kills a kitten...and then sits down to a big bowl of fordhook lima beans.

[Tuco]

I'm sure it's because I haven't been cooking them correctly.
 

[MechAg94]

My only memories of lima beans were tasteless things I was required to eat before leaving the table.  I didn't hate them, I didn't like them either.  I really hated squash and collie flower. 

[lee n. field]

Our instincts turn to gathering provender for the winter.

Berries.  Grubs, and the occasional salmon.

[BridgeRunner]

I love lima beans.  Canning destroys lima beans though.  About the only vegetable that I'll voluntarily eat post-canning is beets, which means when we're broke and living out of the pantry, we eat a LOT of beets.  Frozen is ok though, and a lot less work than fresh.

Trouble is lima beans blister my mouth.  No clue why.  Lot of legumes do that to do.

So, my lima recipe of choice is a very small amount, lightly steamed, lots of butter, eat 'til pain overpowers delight.

[BridgeRunner]

Heinz.

I generally try to ignore the politics of any particular food item.  After enduring the steely stares of the granola moms for refusing to boycott Nestle--tantemount to killing a baby just for fun--I figure I can handle any level of gastronomico-political confusion.

[BridgeRunner]

Freshly ground mustard seed, for salads and suchlike; chipotle mustard for fish; Plochman's for hotdogs; there's wasabi mustard?  I'd like to try that.  For fish, or what?

[charby]

Trader Joe's Catsup is pretty good stuff.

I'd like to find a unsweetened Catsup, no sugar, no HFCS or no artificial sweeteners.

Just tomatoes, vinegar and salt.

[Cromlech]

I'm rather fond of Tiptree products. Their brown sauce is especially nice, but as this is a ketchup thread, I'll put theirs forward.

[TechMan]

Trader Joe's Catsup is pretty good stuff.

I'd like to find a unsweetened Catsup, no sugar, no HFCS or no artificial sweeteners.

Just tomatoes, vinegar and salt.

But this is a case of 12 bottles.  I have not tried this.
http://www.amazon.com/Westbrae-Natural-Vegetarian-Unsweetened-13-Ounce/dp/B000LKVTB8/ref=pd_sxp_f_pt

[TechMan]

I'm rather fond of Tiptree products. Their brown sauce is especially nice, but as this is a ketchup thread, I'll put theirs forward.

Cromlech,
Two question:  1. What is the brown sauce, besides being brown.  2.  What foods do you put brown sauce over?

[Cromlech]

Cromlech,
Two question:  1. What is the brown sauce, besides being brown.  2.  What foods do you put brown sauce over?

Well, I shall quote from the site itself: Tiptree

Tiptree Brown Sauce
tomatoes, sugar, apples, oranges, treacle, wine vinegar, barley malt vinegar, sultanas, lemon juice, gelling agent: pectin, salt, tamarind, spices

Brown sauce usually has a more fruity taste to it, although not all are the same. Daddies and HP are the most well known over here.

edited to add:

What foods do we put it on? Everything! 

Full English (or continental) Breakfast is one, but many use it with any meat and potatoes meal. Sausages and chips (fries) with brown sauce.

Hash browns and toast not pictured, but you get the idea:

[Jamisjockey]

Excessive food postings merged.   

[mtnbkr]

Neither, I prefer Garum: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garum

There is a "ketchup" made from bananas that is very good, tastes just like ketchup, but without the acid bite.

Chris

[robear]

When I was a kid, we had a Japanese woman who lived across the street who introduced me to Tonkatsu sauce.   I can eat that stuff on just about anything breaded and fried.

There's a Japanese brand (forget the name) in a square bottle that's my favorite, but I can't find it anywhere local, even in an asian supermarket.   The Kikkoman's is pretty good though.  http://kikkoman.elsstore.com/view/product/?id=15837&cid=957

[Marnoot]

Tiptree Brown Sauce
tomatoes, sugar, apples, oranges, treacle, wine vinegar, barley malt vinegar, sultanas, lemon juice, gelling agent: pectin, salt, tamarind, spices

Sounds similar to the ingredients of A1 sauce (according to my vague recollection), so perhaps at least in a similar category of taste?

[Scout26]

Excessive food postings merged.   

BOOOOOOO!!!!!

[French G.]

Excessive food postings merged.   

Well crap, time to start the toilet paper thread.