# Brits put mustard on roast beef? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 11, 2007, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brits-put-mustard-on-roast-beef/395502 "2007-03-11T19:16:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Rayne\_Man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/df705f/32.png) [@Rayne\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rayne_Man)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brits-put-mustard-on-roast-beef/395502/41 "2007-03-12T17:45:28Z")
[QUOTE=silenus] It’s a special recipe brown sauce, containing among other ingredients malt vinegar, worchestershire sauce, tamirinds, and other fruits and spices. Different flavor than A-1 sauce, but the same sort of condiment. [/QUOTE] It doesn’t contain “worchestershire sauce” (whatever that is) Here are the full ingrediants :- \*Malt Vinegar (From Barley) , Tomatoes, Molasses, Spirit Vinegar, Glucose-Fructose Syrup, Dates, Sugar, Salt, Modified Maize Starch, Rye Flour, Tamarind Extract , Spices, Onion Extract \* ---
**Author:** ![2pelo\_honey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/ecb155/32.png) [@2pelo\_honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2pelo_honey)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brits-put-mustard-on-roast-beef/395502/42 "2007-03-12T17:57:08Z")
Originally Posted by BrainGlutton So how do you feel about cheeseburgers? [QUOTE=betenoir] They are an abomination before the Lord. [/QUOTE] 😕 Boy, not in MY Universe!!! I can’t imagine a much nicer treat than a big juicy med-rare burger covered w/ melted Swiss…(Homer gurgle) ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brits-put-mustard-on-roast-beef/395502/43 "2007-03-12T18:04:59Z")
There you go then. Somebody had a bottle handy and could read the label! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Rayne\_Man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/df705f/32.png) [@Rayne\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rayne_Man)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brits-put-mustard-on-roast-beef/395502/44 "2007-03-12T18:22:45Z")
[QUOTE=silenus] There you go then. Somebody had a bottle handy and could read the label! 😃 [/QUOTE] No, I don’t like the stuff. I let Google be my friend. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brits-put-mustard-on-roast-beef/395502/45 "2007-03-12T18:33:33Z")
[QUOTE=2pelo honey] I can’t imagine a much nicer treat than a big juicy med-rare burger covered w/ melted Swiss…(Homer gurgle) [/QUOTE] I used to like McDonalds, because they were quick, cheap and the restaurant was clean. Then a friend bought some quality lean meat, some herbs and made home-made burgers. 🆒 I will never eat another fast food meal. Those proper burgers were sensationally delicious. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![2pelo\_honey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/ecb155/32.png) [@2pelo\_honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2pelo_honey)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brits-put-mustard-on-roast-beef/395502/46 "2007-03-12T19:19:59Z")
[QUOTE=glee] I used to like McDonalds, because they were quick, cheap and the restaurant was clean. Then a friend bought some quality lean meat, some herbs and made home-made burgers. 🆒 I will never eat another fast food meal. Those proper burgers were sensationally delicious. 😃 [/QUOTE] Yum, and totalling opposite from the “Home-burger” skit of Eddie Murphy’s!!! I’ve stumbled onto a new approach that I may never give up…chopping 1/2 a sweet onion, add some fresh chopped garlic, a little worchestershire, s&p, and cover w/ dry red wine…simmer till the wine is almost totally cooked down, let cool a bit, then mix w/ the quality beef…voila…adds such a wonderful flavor! And, that’s why I’ve landed on Swiss as the favorite cheese topper! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brits-put-mustard-on-roast-beef/395502/47 "2007-03-12T19:25:19Z")
People people, please: it’s Worcestershire sauce. Spelled with a capital letter as it is a proper noun, and pronounced “WOOS-tuh-shuh”. (Though in the vernacular it is occasionally shortened to “Worcester” sauce.) Worcester is the county town of Worcestershire, which is where the first manufacturer came from. [Wiki link](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worcestershire_sauce). ---
**Author:** ![Rayne\_Man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/df705f/32.png) [@Rayne\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rayne_Man)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brits-put-mustard-on-roast-beef/395502/48 "2007-03-12T19:27:01Z")
What is this “Worchestershire saurce” that our American cousins keep talking about ? Do they mean [this](http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A126631) ? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brits-put-mustard-on-roast-beef/395502/49 "2007-03-12T19:28:04Z")
That’s it. Great stuff. I put it in all sorts of dishes. ---
**Author:** ![Precambrianmollusc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/precambrianmollusc/32/63_2.png) [@Precambrianmollusc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Precambrianmollusc)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brits-put-mustard-on-roast-beef/395502/50 "2007-03-12T19:30:06Z")
FWIW I have run out of Colmans and it is not readily available down in this neck of the woods. Obviously no horseradish or colmans would make a mockery of ones Sunday roast. A little experimentation showed that wasabi makes an excellent alternative, either with the roast or in a cold roast beef sandwich. ---
**Author:** ![Rayne\_Man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/df705f/32.png) [@Rayne\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rayne_Man)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brits-put-mustard-on-roast-beef/395502/51 "2007-03-12T19:36:54Z")
If you are ever down Norwich way you could always visit [Colman’s mustard shop and museum](http://www.citikey.com/business/10181653?category=10002&city=Norwich¤t=8&total=9) ---
**Author:** ![2pelo\_honey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/ecb155/32.png) [@2pelo\_honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2pelo_honey)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brits-put-mustard-on-roast-beef/395502/52 "2007-03-12T19:39:44Z")
[QUOTE=NaturalBlondChap] FWIW I have run out of Colmans and it is not readily available down in this neck of the woods. Obviously no horseradish or colmans would make a mockery of ones Sunday roast. A little experimentation showed that wasabi makes an excellent alternative, either with the roast or in a cold roast beef sandwich. [/QUOTE] I’m sure there’s alot of other online spots that you could get it on, but I’m a fan of Amazon, and was surprised to find it on there…AND…4-4oz tins for $14.19…not bad a’tall. But, that wasabi action sounds really good! ---
**Author:** ![Rayne\_Man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/df705f/32.png) [@Rayne\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rayne_Man)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brits-put-mustard-on-roast-beef/395502/53 "2007-03-12T19:50:15Z")
Another use for mustard powder is to make a mustard bath :- “A foot bath of two tablespoons of mustard powder in a bowl of hot water helps combat the discomfort of a day out in damp winter weather, or colds and flu. A good soak in a deep, hot mustard-bath will ease aching limbs after a hard day in the garden. And a mustard plaster, or poultice, brings rapid relief to the pain of lumbago and sciatica – don’t use mustard in any form if you are allergic to it” ---
**Author:** ![lizardling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f4b2a3/32.png) [@lizardling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lizardling)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brits-put-mustard-on-roast-beef/395502/54 "2007-03-13T01:40:02Z")
This thread begs the question – how do all y’all feel about whole grain mustard? That’s what I like on my corned beef sandwiches, along with sharp cheddar and sourdough bread. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brits-put-mustard-on-roast-beef/395502.md?page=2)