Mustard With Eggs--Strange?

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This morning I had this weird idea that what would go really well with my bacon egg and cheese on toast would be–mustard.

Which struck me as strange. But I couldn’t shake the feeling.

So I tried it. (A very very thin layer of Colman’s mustard.) And it turned out I liked it quite a bit.

Googling turns up no relevant reference to eggs and mustard being eaten together in this or any other fashion. So is my initial impression correct? Have I stumbled onto the next Peanut Butter and Mayonnaise sandwich*?

Or is this just something everybody already knew about except me (which is usually the case)?

-Kris

*I mean by this to refer to those food combinations that most of us find unthinkably disgusting but that a loyal few insist is really really delicious.

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FWIW
I don’t make egg salad as much as I used to, but if and when I do, I always put a bit of dry mustard (or mustard from a jar if necessary.)

Does Welsh rarebit (the kind you eat on toast) have mustard in it? That kind of reminds me of what you had this morning.

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I prefer to eat boiled eggs with mustard. As a result, I like my egg salad sandwich and my deviled eggs to be very heavy on the mustard. I also eat fried-egg sandwiches with mustard and mayo…

It never occurred to me people didn’t eat boiled eggs with mustard.

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I’ll only eat eggs with mustard (and mayonnaise). But then, I also eat burgers and hot dogs and polish sausage with mustard and mayonnaise, so maybe it’s just because they’re my two favorite condiments and I’m weird.

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I don’t put mustard on eggs as a rule, but I do put it in deviled eggs and egg salad.

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I have had mustard on egg sandwiches. Usually they have ham on them too. But it isn’t so weird. And as at least one other poster pointed out, mustard is a key ingredient in Deviled Eggs, which I love.

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When my mother used to make hunter’s stew (sliced hot dogs fried at the same time with scrambled eggs), we used to put mustard on it. It’s very good (though I tend to prefer ketchup for plain scrambled eggs).

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Mustard is really good on sausage or sausage and egg biscuits. Never eaten it on just plain eggs though.

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I like spicy brown mustard (Gulden’s, etc) with my eggs, Sausage McMuffins with Egg, and so forth. Always have, always will.

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Sounds good to me, and it makes sense. Bacon, eggs, and cheese are savory, mustard goes well with savory things. Therefore, mustard on a bacon and egg toast open face sandwich would be good.

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My egg salad is always perked up with a bit of mustard. Likewise my world-famous potato salad for which I received the 1987 Nobel Prize for Excellence In Picnic Fare. (That was a great year, I got inducted into the Order of Canada, too! For the same salad!!)

Hollandaise sauce is good with a teensy jolt of mustard.

So, to cut a long story short, I think mustard with eggs is quite reasonable.

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I don’t eat hard-boiled eggs often, but when I do, I generally eat them with kosher salt and spicy mustard. It’s a pretty tasty combination.

Daniel

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Scotch Eggs demand Coleman’s.

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My deviled eggs and egg salad both contain mustard. And that’s not even the secret ingredient…

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I love mustard on sausage egg & cheese sandwiches.

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When I make poached egg sandwiches I typically eat them with a little dijon mustard.

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There’s a common German dish that’s eggs with mustard sauce. It’s boiled eggs with a bechamel to which mustard has been added. It’s typically served with boiled eggs, and is scrummy.

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I make scrambled eggs and saute potaoes with onion for breakfast every so often and it HAS to have wholegrain mustard with it. An awesome taste combination if I do say so myself!

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The easy quiche recipe I tried yesterday calls for prepared mustard to be spread on the crust (crescent rolls from a can) to seal it.

However, given that it only has two eggs to 2 cups cheese, a pound and a half of asparagus, and lots of other spices, it’s a stretch to define it as eggs with mustard.

Count me as a person who puts mustard in egg salad and devilled eggs, but never gave much thought to eating fried eggs with mustard.

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My favorite breakfast involves poached eggs on English muffins with asparagus and crab, then topped with a Dijon mustard sauce. However, I can’t recall what it’s actually called, as my family always simply referred to it as “the breakfast” when I was growing up. I’d highly recommend it, though. I’ve always found it far superior to Eggs Benedict.

Mustard in egg salad and in deviled eggs is absolutely divine, too. I might have to try it with fried eggs the next time I’m willing to risk the allergies.