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.

I'm 68 and while looking for a jar for my DH I noticed the power in Sainsbury's.. Never seen it before!

We're a Mustard Household and I always put Colman's in cheese scones and various other things as my grandmother taught me, but I had no idea it came as a powder. She always used jarred mustard.

Just to set your minds at rest, we have umpteen jars of prepared mustard in the fridge.
It will not be going into my hand luggage.

Yes! Out of the strong came forth sweetness...

I suppose it may have sold a bit more during the war as one of the very few spices produced in the UK rather than grown in hot countries and imported. Mustard has been grown and consumed in the British Isles for hundreds and hundreds of years. The distinctive yellow tin of mustard has apparently been sold by Colman's since 1814.

Its a bit like a tea towel but thicker and made from heat resistant cloth. You use it to take hot dishes and trays from the oven etc but not to dry plates or cutlery.

Terry, like these, @Munchie1965 ? We use them for drying hands in the kitchen.

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I’m 31 and have a tin of it in the cupboard. I’ve had it for quite a long time though, I don’t go through much of it. My grandparents always used to use it as my grandfather loved his mustard extra spicy.

More people should know about mustard powder, as half a teaspoon of it in cheese scones takes them up a notch, in my opinion!

We’ve got a tub on the kitchen worktop from making coffee bbq sauce yesterday

I know what it is but I'm old so that won't help. I'm still bemused from yesterday when people didn't know you could get dried parsley in a jar.

Meanwhile... I'm intrigued to know how you'll get on taking mustard powder in your hand luggage on a flight. I wonder if it might look and sound a bit dodge to security! (I'll look out for you on the news 😅)

You'll find oven cloths in the sort of places that supply commercial kitchens. Chefs use them.

I have used it in maccy cheese up until fairly recently- in my 50s though

I have a tin that's probably 20 yo. You can't make cheese sauce without a pinch IMO, but I've never actually made it up into mustard.

I always think I'm a bit on the jingoistic side of English when I pack teabags, but mustard? 😆

Yes you can make a cheese sauce without it.

By using really tasty whole grain or Dijon mustard.

20 years? Have you checked the best before? I can’t imagine there’s any taste to the powder if it was opened on 2006!

I'm not sure that it would be something you would heartily sniff more than once.