# Would you put mustard on a turkey sandwich? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 21, 2019, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-put-mustard-on-a-turkey-sandwich/842064 "2019-10-21T01:23:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2019, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-put-mustard-on-a-turkey-sandwich/842064/1 "2019-10-21T01:23:41Z")
I cooked a turkey last night. Tonight I made a turkey sandwich. My friend thought I was nuts putting mustard (Keens/Colemans) on it. He says mayonnaise is the only was to go. What do you prefer? ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2019, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-put-mustard-on-a-turkey-sandwich/842064/2 "2019-10-21T01:26:40Z")
Mustard? MUSTARD?? Mayo is the ONLY way to go on a turkey sandwich. ---
**Author:** ![Mike\_Mabes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mike_mabes/32/1782_2.png) [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2019, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-put-mustard-on-a-turkey-sandwich/842064/3 "2019-10-21T01:28:56Z")
I would have never thought so. But at my job we get free sandwiches every week during the busy season. I took a turkey sanwich and it was very good, a bit of a tangy taste along with the tomatoes and lettuce. It was the mustard, and I am a mayo kind of guy. ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2019, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-put-mustard-on-a-turkey-sandwich/842064/4 "2019-10-21T01:31:24Z")
You must have mayo, but you can have mustard. ---
**Author:** ![Mike\_Mabes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mike_mabes/32/1782_2.png) [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2019, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-put-mustard-on-a-turkey-sandwich/842064/5 "2019-10-21T01:34:06Z")
Every week in the sandwiches that are laid out, there are eggplant sandwiches. Always a couple are left over. Eggplant does not belong on a sandwich. A sandwich has 2 crucial components - bread and meat. Mayo is almost always the 3rd component. Cheese usually being 3B. On a corned beef or a pastrami, mustard. And for turkey, from now on I’m going with mayo and mustard ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2019, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-put-mustard-on-a-turkey-sandwich/842064/6 "2019-10-21T01:51:15Z")
Mostly mayo, but I could see using a smidge of Gulden’s spicy brown mustard if it’s a BBQed turkey (or one of those that get dunked in a big tank of oil and catch your garage on fire.). On pumpernickel, if you please. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2019, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-put-mustard-on-a-turkey-sandwich/842064/7 "2019-10-21T02:05:52Z")
Both. Preferably a spicy brown mustard. ---
**Author:** ![ski](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@ski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ski)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2019, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-put-mustard-on-a-turkey-sandwich/842064/8 "2019-10-21T02:09:56Z")
If YOU like the taste of it, why not? ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Colossus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.colossus/32/9423_2.png) [@Dr.Colossus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Colossus)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2019, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-put-mustard-on-a-turkey-sandwich/842064/9 "2019-10-21T02:12:40Z")
Hang on, are you talking about deli-sliced turkey or chunky, left-over-Thanksgiving style turkey? I can enjoy mustard on deli meat but not on chunky turkey. Mayo goes on that. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2019, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-put-mustard-on-a-turkey-sandwich/842064/10 "2019-10-21T02:13:11Z")
If it’s just plain American yellow stuff, don’t bother. But good mustard? Sure. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2019, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-put-mustard-on-a-turkey-sandwich/842064/11 "2019-10-21T02:48:58Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > If it’s just plain American yellow stuff, don’t bother. > > But good mustard? Sure. See? Keens/Coleman’s! ETA: Actually the plain stuff is good too. It adds a tangy, vinegary taste that I like. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2019, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-put-mustard-on-a-turkey-sandwich/842064/12 "2019-10-21T02:49:54Z")
i prefer bbq sauce ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2019, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-put-mustard-on-a-turkey-sandwich/842064/13 "2019-10-21T03:03:14Z")
Either mustard or Sriracha, smoodged in with the mayo, is my go-to. Post-Thanksgiving, though, I might have the turkey with butter and pickled onions on a roll. ---
**Author:** ![Anny\_Middon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc79bd/32.png) [@Anny\_Middon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anny_Middon)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2019, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-put-mustard-on-a-turkey-sandwich/842064/14 "2019-10-21T03:15:43Z")
Several years ago I made some grainy cranberry mustard. It was really good on a turkey sandwich. ---
**Author:** ![california\_jobcase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2019, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-put-mustard-on-a-turkey-sandwich/842064/15 "2019-10-21T03:26:35Z")
The best part of Thanksgiving or Christmas is having a turkey thigh meat sandwich later in the day. Mustard is good, but only as a substitute for what the sandwich really needs-\*\*\* Miracle Whip!\*\*\* There. I said it, I mean it, and oh yeah, it tastes good! Honestly, I found a store brand version of the wonderful spread I liked even better, but that chain went out of business. Oh well, Miracle Whip is still the stuff for turkey sandwiches! ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2019, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-put-mustard-on-a-turkey-sandwich/842064/16 "2019-10-21T04:04:54Z")
I’m allergic to mayo so I put sweet-hot mustard on turkey sandwiches. ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2019, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-put-mustard-on-a-turkey-sandwich/842064/17 "2019-10-21T04:25:59Z")
I’m a vegetarian, but almost any sandwich is improved by the addition of a good, coarse ground mustard. Even better is horseradish. Not that namby pamby “horseradish sauce” stuff, but honest to God ground horseradish. It makes any sandwich better. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2019, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-put-mustard-on-a-turkey-sandwich/842064/18 "2019-10-21T04:41:51Z")
Oh, I’m not going to vote here because “either” wasn’t an option. To be honest, I traditionally associate mayo with turkey sandwiches. Mayo with turkey; mustard with ham; and mustard or horseradish (and/or with mayo) with beef. But I, myself, go with mustard with turkey sandwiches, or oil & vinegar if I’m doing a sub. But that’s it’s not typical to do mustard with a turkey sandwich, for whatever reason. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2019, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-put-mustard-on-a-turkey-sandwich/842064/19 "2019-10-21T04:53:05Z")
You left out that always vital category “other.” For me, mustard is most likely okay. But if I have some delicious lime pickle or papaya chutney available, I’d rather have that. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2019, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-put-mustard-on-a-turkey-sandwich/842064/20 "2019-10-21T05:00:36Z")
> [@Mike\_Mabes](#): > > Every week in the sandwiches that are laid out, there are eggplant sandwiches. Always a couple are left over. Eggplant does not belong on a sandwich. A sandwich has 2 crucial components - bread and meat. Mayo is almost always the 3rd component. Cheese usually being 3B. On a corned beef or a pastrami, mustard. And for turkey, from now on I’m going with mayo and mustard Back when my old company had money, I ran an internal conference where we provided sandwiches for lunch. We of course had to provide a certain percentage of vegetarian ones - eggplant, squash and roasted red bell pepper. I hung around hoping that there weren’t too many vegetarians so I could grab one. Not that the turkey sandwiches were bad. With mayo, of course. Turkey gets mayo only. Salami and pastrami and pork and bologna get mustard. Not mayo, nice ladies who ran the lunch counter I used to go to when I delivered mail. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-put-mustard-on-a-turkey-sandwich/842064.md?page=2)