Feeling old after younger shoppers did not recognise Colman's mustard powder

[Mydogisagentleman]

Ever felt really old.
Yesterday I went to the shop after work. I'm going to Spain next week for 4 days. DH loves English mustard and it's not available locally.
Since I am not taking a bag I thought I'd get dried colmans powder.
I hunted up and down fruitlessly. I asked a young couple (probably 25ish) if they could see any.
Neither knew what it was. They were bemused at the idea it didn't come ready mixed.
A couple of the staff had the same reaction.
Luckily an older staff member came to my rescue.
I am almost certain that my 25 year old daughter knows what it is.

My kids know what it is! We have it in the cupboard for when we make cheese scones/cheese twists etc.

I’m 42 and always have it in for a foot bath. And cooking

It is harder and harder to come by where I live in Ireland so most likely younger people may not know what it is. There is always a pack in my cupboard. I use it as a seasoning on the outside of roast beef. I sprinkle it on with salt and pepper before cooking. I don't actually make mustard out of it.

I've had a tin for years. Cheese scones is the only thing I use it for.

Waitrose sell mustard powder

Never mixed mustard from it but its always added to a cheese sauce, any bread with cheese added, cheese scones. Never rubbed it on roast beef but I'll give it a try and adding to the flour for roast potatoes. My 14yo would recognize it because its a staple cooking ingredient in this house. Even add a pinch when I make mayonnaise.

My 19 year old absolutely would know but we cook from scratch a fair bit.

I love the mustard in the tube I always think its tastes hotter.

Both my young adult daughters buy it regularly. They grew up with me using it as an ingredient in cheese sauce/souffles/scones/ vinaigrette dressings/bearnaise sauce and many other recipes. I don't know if they are aware that it can also be used to make mustard!

ETA: I always buy the huge tin and am currently working through one that I 'inherited' when my mum died last year. It's a bit past its best before but still going strong.

Well, we both cook seriously, and DH used to work in restaurants and I don’t think it would ever have occurred to either of us to have mustard powder in the house, despite there being English and French mustard in the fridge. What is the advantage of powder over actual mustard, other than keeping indefinitely?

I’ll be honest- I have a jar but mainly to sprinkle in Macaroni cheese etc. I didn’t realise you could add water to it and make actual mustard?? I’m 57! We have lots of mustard in our household but more of the Dijon style…

I'm pretty old so of course I know what it is. I have a tin in the larder which I use for cooking cheese scones, cheese sauce or anything cheesy. I also have a jar of ready made English mustard in the fridge, along with Dijon and grain mustard and I occasionally buy American and German mustard, in fact I used to be very partial to German mustard sandwiches.

@ElegantDress my Dad used to make the same comment - anytime we left any mustard (made from powder, of course) on the side of our plate "That's how Colman made his millions".

I know what it is but like PP thought it was just for sprinkling a mustard taste into things- didn't realise you could actually make mustard from it?? I'm 40.

I'm pretty sure that most people of a certain age still have the tin of mustard powder they bought in the 80s! 🤣🤣

Is it still in the silly-shaped tin?

42 here and didn't know it was a thing, so not just an age thing.

Admittedly, I'm not the biggest mustard fan, so that may have something to do with it.

"mustard-focussed household" is making me laugh so much

£2:50 in Sainsbury's, @Mydogisagentleman

Colman's Original English Mustard Powder 57g | Sainsbury's

It has nothing to do with age.

A bit like the parsley in a jar comments yesterday.
You have to assume people don’t cook much. From scratch.
If they did they would know what Colmans mustard was and that you can get it in tin.
Perhaps you were unlucky with the people you asked. They must sell the stuff as the supermarkets would not stock it if not.

I always have some in our larder. It's great when making cheese souffle.

I have found my tribe! My family often make fun of the age of stuff in my store cupboard but that is seriously impressive. I use mustard powder for cheese scones, cheese sauce and salad dressing.

I don't like it and it can provoke an allergic reaction in me. DH loves it though and the pre prepped versions are too liquid for him. It has been sold in tiny tins - smaller than those 20 years ago - for ages. I did get a large one off Amazon a while back. Being oblong and taller and longer than an average baked beans tin, it was a bit of a pain to store.

Late 50s, I use it in macaroni cheese, and to use as a coating with flour for beef for stew when browning the meat.

I've had the same tin for ..ahem...years....

Remember it was my job to make it into mustard for sunday lunch when I was a kid.

I felt the same when looking for powdered egg yolk which apparently hasn't been a thing since wartime. I'm in my 40s.

Cheese scones! The mustard makes a huge difference and I don't think you could mix ready-made mustard easily into the liquid ingredients.

I was just reading a murder mystery novel from the 1930s where they started by speculating that the murdered man might have fallen in the river fetching water to mix his mustard. Two references to powdered mustard in one day!

HOLD UP - a foot bath??? Please tell me what this is all about?!