I like the idea of a thread about mustard on burgers.
I currently prepare my burgers with mayonnaise, onions, pickles, and American cheese.
Mustard is a condiment I enjoy, and a hot dog without AYM, I might decline to eat.
During the pandemic I tried several french mustards and fell in love with them, even eating a spoonful whenever accessing the jar for something else like salad dressing.
I love pie, but despite many attempts at making pie crust and having literally taken several cooking classes over the years on that specific subject, I still buy Pet-Ritz pie shells because my pie crust is always terrible. I’m good at bread and pastry. Go figure.
I’ve tried it a couple of times, using yellow and brown mustard seeds. Both times, ended up hotter than I wanted. I still have a couple of jars of Penzeys mustard seeds, so I’ll probably make it one or two more times (usually a honey mustard, similar to Honeycup) but won’t do it again.
Not to mention how many different mustards there are, and how many different mustards I like. At any given point, I have at least 3-4 different ones in the house, and I’m mos def not making all of those myself. Nope.
I dried the seed pods, harvested the seeds, which were about the size of poppy seeds, and then pounded them in a mortar and pestle. I think I got about a tablespoon of mustard, and it took me 3+ hours of labor.
Yup, we’ve talked mustards before. I probably have about 7 open jars of mustards, and others in my pie safe pantry. But making it was just a fun little thing I tried. Again - I’ll use these up, but won’t do it again. LOL
Oh HELL NO. I bought the damn seeds. And I made a “whole grain” type of honey mustard, so no grinding them.
If you go to that trouble, you must prefer the flavor as well as the browning, yes?
I’ll try grinding in the mustard, but I think it runs counter to my general burger (and BBQ sundae) preference to get small pockets of different flavors in and across different bites. For example, I wouldn’t want to taste dill chips in every single bite, but that taste plays well with the AYM in certain bites.
I’ve reversed engineered some burgers that I score as excellent, and most of those put the mustard on or near the bottom bun. I theorize that this puts some mustard on the tongue in more concentrated form before chewing blends it all.
The reductio of grinding ingredients into burger would be to grind EVERYTHING. Not open to that as long as I have teeth and taste!
I find Sichuan to be one type of Chinese cuisine that doesn’t rely on super high heat as much as Cantonese does. Some dishes, sure, but broad bean paste and chili oil pack so much punch that a dish like twice cooked pork belly tastes as good as what I can get at a restaurant. Not that I can get anything Chinese at a restaurant around here now, though.