Can I replace mustard with mustard powder in a recipe?

[Thurlow]

Recipe (turkey casserole, if it matters) asks for "2 tbsp wholegrain mustard". We don't have that as we don't use mustard, but we do have that yellow tin of Coleman's powder for cooking.

Can I replace one with the other and if so, how much powder would I use?

Also, would two tbsp of runny honey be missed from a recipe as we have none in?

I think the Colemans mustard is generally stronger/hotter than the wholegrain mustard. I think I would add the dry powder, but probably just a teaspoonful.

Regarding the honey - it depends what the recipe is for IMO. Honey is quite a distinctive flavour.

I am one of those people who just makes up all sorts of recipes depending on what ingredients I have - there is usually a way of substituting most things.

I'm really not one of those people

I suspected it would be stronger so thanks, I'll use one teaspoon.

The honey is just part of the list - turkey, veg, stock, mustard powder, some veg. We do have spreadable honey, would that taste the same?

Spread able honey is fine. Or use dark brown sugar, or just granulated if its all you have.

Re the mustard - make the powder up with water and use about half the quantity. You can add more if you think the sauce needs more bite, but you can't take away.

You'll be fine using any honey you have, the taste is largely the same. As for the mustard powder, you're supposed to use it to make up mustard by mixing it with cold water until it's the right consistency. But pp is right that English mustard is generally stronger, so just take a teaspoon of powder and mix it d into a paste with a little cold water and use about a teaspoon of the paste.

Thank you all, that's a huge help! I really want to learn how to be one of those people who just bung things in. DP does so we have a wonderfully stocked cupboard, I just don't know what to do with it all...

I am old enough to have had proper domestic science lessons at school.
I honestly think it is the most useful subject I was taught. I still use the lessons I was taught on a daily basis.

My Dc born in the eighties/early nineties learned the most ridiculous stuff - the most memorable homework being to design a pizza on the computer.
Not how to make the dough, or to cook it...