{"id":4618,"date":"2010-12-06T15:28:39","date_gmt":"2010-12-06T23:28:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/?p=4618"},"modified":"2010-12-06T15:28:39","modified_gmt":"2010-12-06T23:28:39","slug":"ho-made-condiments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/?p=4618","title":{"rendered":"Ho-Made Condiments"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s been quite a condiment year at the BurgerDogBoy household.\u00a0 Mrs. BDB is always needling me that my condiments take up half the frig.\u00a0 Sorry honey.\u00a0 But I know you like variety!<\/strong><\/p>\n

We made dill pickles this year, kosher dills, dill relish, tomato relish, and sauerkraut.\u00a0\u00a0 We didn’t have enough romas to go around, or I would have tinkered with ketchup.<\/strong><\/p>\n

And while it did not come from our garden, this week I am screwing around with ho-made mustard.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I have 3 test samples going.\u00a0\u00a0 Very small batches.\u00a0 In each case, I used mustard powder, as I am too lazy and cheap to roast and mash seeds.\u00a0 Everything I read online about this venture suggested the seeds would produce very hot mustard, and I wasn’t looking for that.\u00a0 Mustard powder (also called mustard flour) has the capacity NOT to be super hot.\u00a0 Recipes state that it will be bitter and hot at first, and mellow out over time.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I am on day 3 of my experiment, and the mellowing seems to be taking place. <\/strong><\/p>\n

For each of my batches, I mixed 2 T mustard powder with 2 T water. I then put 2 T’s vinegar in each of the three samples, one had white vinegar, one had red wine vinegar, and one had balsamic, which, of course, produces a very dark colored mustard.\u00a0 The other two are along the lines of commercial brands, in color.\u00a0 If you want the bright yellow, you’re going to have to add a\u00a0bit of turmeric \u00a0to color it.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

If I am happy with one of the tests, I will make a larger batch, and include it in some gift baskets I am giving out around town.\u00a0 Or be piggish as usual and keep it all for myself!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Here’s what the glop looks like on day 3:\u00a0 (yes, I KNOW my photos suck. I alledgedly have other talents).<\/strong><\/p>\n

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It’s been quite a condiment year at the BurgerDogBoy household.\u00a0 Mrs. BDB is always needling me that my condiments take up half the frig.\u00a0 Sorry honey.\u00a0 But I know you like variety! We made dill pickles this year, kosher dills, dill relish, tomato relish, and sauerkraut.\u00a0\u00a0 We didn’t have enough romas to go around, or… Continue reading Ho-Made Condiments<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[16,34,35],"tags":[771,1766,2193,2382],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4618"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4618"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4618\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}