The Proper Mustard - - - 'Yellow Journalism at its Best!'
The Official Newsletter of the Mount Horeb Mustard Museum ~~~~ February, 2008
Editor-in-chief: Barry Levenson  [email protected]
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SILVER SPRING DELI IS NEW GRAND CHAMPION

The judges have spoken: Silver Spring's Deli Horseradish Mustard is this year's Gold Medal Deli Mustard and the 2008 GRAND CHAMPION of the World-Wide Mustard Competition. We will post the complete list of medal winners in the next issue (early March).

You can purchase a jar of the Grand Champion Mustard any of three ways:

1. Buy as many as you want for $3.25 each by going to the Silver Spring Deli Mustard page on our web site. SLV103

2. It's part of our Deli Delicious Mustard Gift Box - five different deli mustards for only $19.95. GS23

3. Buy our regular GRAND CHAMPION Gift Box, containing eight previous Grand Champion mustards with recipes for only $49.95, and enter the words "FREE DELI MUSTARD" in the comments section at checkout. We will add it to your order at no extra charge. MX66

Thanks to Fleming's Steakhouse of Madison for hosting this year's Grand Champion Round.

< < < Judging the winners is serious stuff!

FEBRUARY SPECIALS

FLY AWAY - DEALS & STEALS
All Aviator Mustards on Sale through end of February

AVT100 - Aviator Amber Ale Sweet Hot Mustard. Reg. $7.25, Sale, $6.25.

AVT101 - Aviator Brown Ale Honey Mustard. . Reg. $7.25, Sale, $6.25.

AVT102 - Aviator Porter Smoky Mustard. . Reg. $7.25, Sale, $6.25.

MX50 - Aviator Mustard Set (all three in a gift box). Reg. $19.95, Sale, $17.95.

MORE STEALS & DEALS

See ALL the Specials & Sale Items Here

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HOUSING SALES SHRINK BUT MUSTARD COLLECTION STILL GROWING

The collection has surpassed the 4,900 mark - that's more than 4,900 mustards from around the world all under one leaky roof. Fear not: the employees may get wet but the jars are well protected. Also a few new grand tins have arrived.

We appreciate your support. Once again, thanks to those of you who have made online donations to our acquisitions fund. If you haven't done so, just type the word DONATION into the search box on our website. That brings up the Dollar Donation item in our online store. You can "purchase' as many as you'd like. For example, to donate five dollars, purchase five of the donation item. There are now 4,901 different mustards in the Mount Horeb Mustard Museum. It's one more reason to wear long underwear when visiting Wisconsin in the winter.

3 new mustard tins arrive in the museum

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Not the presidential debate but the great mustard-on-pastrami debate that is raging on the internet.

New York Times restaurant critic Frank Bruni took along former NYC mayor Ed Koch, writer/director Nora Ephron, and food writer Laura Shapiro to help in reviewing the newly opened Second Avenue Deli. Ms. Shapiro acknowledged that mustard brings everything out in a pastrami sandwich but argued that a purist would eat it plain. Ms. Ephron chimed in: "A purist eats a pastrami sandwich on rye with mustard." Then Mr. Bruni confessed that he "wasn't much for mustard."

What did Mr. Bruni mean? The Mustard Musuem curator emailed him, seeking clarification. Mr. Bruni was enthralled by the Curator's letter and put it up on his blog. Many have posted their comments and we invite you to toss in your four cents worth (sorry, inflation rears its ugly head) by posting your comment. We have no objection if you say nice things about the Mustard Museum.

http://dinersjournal.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/02/15/a-condiments-clarification/?hp

MUSTARD BITS FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE JAR

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT. . .

The Curator has been busily solidifying his reputation as the Svengali of the Airwaves with another appearance on WGN's Nick Digilio Show. The occasion? The seventy-eighth anniversary of the first flight in an airplane by a cow. Short, sweet, and out of control. WGN has archived the segment for your listening pain/pleasure:

http://wgnradio.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=39623&Itemid=251

SMEAR CAMPAIGN

Smearing reputations is bad. Smearing mustard is good. We want to know where the candidates stand on mustard. We cannot afford to let a ketchup eater into the White House but until the candidates declare their condiment preferences, we voters remain in the dark on this key issue. Senators Obama, Clinton, and McCain - what do you put on your hot dogs? And you, Ron Paul and Mike Huckabee, if you have any hopes of escaping the fringe, tell us now what you put on a corned beef sandwich

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Until next time - Hasta la Mustard, Everyone!