The Proper Mustard - - - 'Yellow Journalism at its Best!'
The Official Newsletter of the Mount Horeb Mustard Museum ~~~~ March 21, 2008
Editor-in-chief: Barry Levenson  [email protected]
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*** The Mustard Museum will be closed on Easter Sunday (March 23)

SPECIAL NAPA VALLEY REPORT

The Curator and Mrs. Mustard have just returned from the Napa Valley Mustard Festival where they presented medals to winners of this year's World-Wide Mustard Competition.

You can share in the glory of these talented mustard makers with our new 2008 Gold Medal Mustard Gift Box. It contains eight of this year's Gold Medal mustards, including the Grand Champion, Silver Spring Deli Mustard with Horseradish. Only $45.95. "Don't get flustered - eat your mustard!" Item #MX2008

MORE MARCH DEALS AND STEALS

See ALL the Specials & Sale Items Here

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< < < We had to look harder this year for mustard in bloom but we found some on the Silverado Trail near Calistoga.

Below are some of the winners proudly displaying their medals. Bill Small, President of Beaverton Foods, could not make it into the picture due to an unfortunate injury. He strained his back when he tried to wear all eight medals that Beaverton won this year around his neck.

And here's the Curator with Nancy Bartusch, owner of Silver Spring Foods, with her Grand Champion trophy. You "mustard" try her Deli Mustard with Horseradish. It's what makes a corned beef or pastrami sandwich special. Order a jar or two your self. Item SLV103.

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NEW TINS AT THE MUSEUM

Thanks for your continued support in helping us grow our collection of antique mustard tins. Here are two recent acquisitions.

2 new mustard tins arrive in the museum

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MUSTARD BITS FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE JAR

VISITORS FROM ANOTHER PLANET

Okay, from other countries. On their way to Napa for the Mustard Festival, mustard makers from Sweden and South Africa visited the Mustard Museum to taste mustards, learn about mustards, and discover the magic of Wisconsin fried cheese curds. Liselotte (LissElla's mustards, Sweden) and Leroi (Leroi's mustards, South Africa) are shown here with the Curator. We filled them up with Wisconsin beer and those wonderful cheese curds later that night.

Liselotte Dahlin, the creative genius behind LissEllas's mustards, captured four medals at this year's competition. We are working to bring her mustards into the United States. Due to the [BLEEP] tariff on most European mustards, the price will be steep but the Curator assures you, well worth it. Liselotte and Olle grow their own mustard and the seeds they produce have a distinctive flavor that is unmatched in the world of mustard. We have a few jars of LissElla mustards available for purchase but we are NOT putting them up on the web site. Email the curator (curator@mustardmuseum) or call (1-800-438-6878) to order. Limit of two jars per purchase and supplies are ridiculously limited.

GET WRITING!

Entries for the 2008 Mustard Museum Writing Contest are due by June 15. Mustard lovers are creative so you should have no trouble coming with a great mustard-themed children's story. We're giving out two $2,500 prizes to the top two stories. For details, go to www.mustardweb.com/writingcontest.

Jill Cook, one of the two winners of last year's mustard-romance writing contest came to the Napa Valley Mustard Festival to deliver a mustard hug to the always willing Curator. Thanks, Jill.

BREAKING NEWS

Mount Horeb has just learned that it will host the new TV series, "Milking Goats with the Stars." Details on the six o'clock news.

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Until next time - Hasta la Mustard, Everyone!