# Yellow or Dark Mustard?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellow-or-dark-mustard/682372
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [February 27, 2014, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellow-or-dark-mustard/682372 "2014-02-27T01:43:22Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)
#### Post date: [February 27, 2014, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellow-or-dark-mustard/682372/41 "2014-02-27T21:28:32Z")
I personally would not say that. I don’t like brown mustard on a hot dog, for example. It’s too much. Same with a hamburger. Don’t want brown mustard on that. And if I’m doing bologna sandwiches or something of that ilk, I like the yellow mustard for similar reasons. With the four or five mustards I have at home, yellow mustard is the one I go through the quickest, by far. It’s the most versatile. It’s also particularly great for coating a roast before you smear a rub over it.
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### Author:  [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)
#### Post date: [February 27, 2014, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellow-or-dark-mustard/682372/42 "2014-02-27T21:31:58Z")
A quick check shows the following mustards in out pantry/fridge:
Yellow
Hot Chinese
Stoneground
Dijon
Jalapeno
Deli
Cajun
Honey
Pale Ale & Honey
Philippe’s
Funny, I thought we had more.
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### Author:  [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)
#### Post date: [February 27, 2014, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellow-or-dark-mustard/682372/43 "2014-02-27T21:38:38Z")
When I am making pork butt in my smoker, I slather it with cheap yellow mustard before I apply the dry rub. I think brown mustard would be too strong for that, I don’t want the pork to taste too strongly of mustard, just get that tang of acidity.
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### Author:  [@Critical1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Critical1)
#### Post date: [February 27, 2014, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellow-or-dark-mustard/682372/44 "2014-02-27T22:24:30Z")
> [@Ponch8](#):
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> I prefer dark mustard, but really any mustard is acceptable. One big exception: honey mustard. Who came up with that shit?
Take coarse ground mustard, and add an equal amount of honey (warm the honey in the microwave for maybe 10 seconds) and mix.
unless you are talking about that shit you get that is actually mayo and corn syrup tinted slightly yellow that every place seems to have, then I agree with you.
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### Author:  [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)
#### Post date: [February 27, 2014, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellow-or-dark-mustard/682372/45 "2014-02-27T23:28:25Z")
Brown mustard wouldn’t actually be my first choice for a hamburger, either: There, I’d go with Dijon. Brown would still be better than yellow, though.
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### Author:  [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)
#### Post date: [February 27, 2014, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellow-or-dark-mustard/682372/46 "2014-02-27T23:32:33Z")
> [@Chronos](#):
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> Brown mustard wouldn’t actually be my first choice for a hamburger, either: There, I’d go with Dijon. Brown would still be better than yellow, though.
I admit, for me it would depend on the burger, but for a standard fast-food style burger like I like (fried, not grilled, and thin patties), Dijon would still be a bit much. Now, on a big, fat 1/3lb+ pub burger, okay, I might go for a stronger mustard.
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### Author:  [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)
#### Post date: [February 27, 2014, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellow-or-dark-mustard/682372/47 "2014-02-27T23:43:16Z")
I _knew_ I forgot a couple: we also have chipotle mustard and Jack Daniels mustard.
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### Author:  [@Carl\_Corey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carl_Corey)
#### Post date: [February 28, 2014, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellow-or-dark-mustard/682372/48 "2014-02-28T00:34:47Z")
Non-yellow mustard for me. The stronger the better.
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### Author:  [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)
#### Post date: [February 28, 2014, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellow-or-dark-mustard/682372/49 "2014-02-28T03:43:48Z")
Yellow for hot dogs on a bun, deviled eggs, and we use it up faster, but brown with say good strong smoked sausage, which, when you think about it-what the hell else is a hot dog. Weird.
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### Author:  [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)
#### Post date: [February 28, 2014, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellow-or-dark-mustard/682372/50 "2014-02-28T05:34:36Z")
You people are about 77% fucking insane.
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### Author:  [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)
#### Post date: [February 28, 2014, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellow-or-dark-mustard/682372/51 "2014-02-28T14:38:46Z")
Thank you for your insightful, meaningful and heart-felt contribution to this thread and to the Board in general. Without your compassion, wisdom and _joie de vivre_ I don’t know how we could go on.
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### Author:  [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)
#### Post date: [February 28, 2014, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellow-or-dark-mustard/682372/52 "2014-02-28T15:24:21Z")
> [@silenus](#):
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> Thank you for your insightful, meaningful and heart-felt contribution to this thread and to the Board in general. Without your compassion, wisdom and _joie de vivre_ I don’t know how we could go on.
Sorry, I forgot this was a stiff-collar monocle party.
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### Author:  [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)
#### Post date: [February 28, 2014, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellow-or-dark-mustard/682372/53 "2014-02-28T17:45:38Z")
> [@](#):
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> Quoth **Yorikke** :
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> You people are about 77% fucking insane.
Well, yes, but I don’t see how that’s evidenced by this thread.
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### Author:  [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)
#### Post date: [February 28, 2014, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellow-or-dark-mustard/682372/54 "2014-02-28T21:45:35Z")
Before French’s Yellow Mustard, there was only brown mustard. And while French’s Yellow Mustard came in one flavor, brown mustard was inconsistent. From sweet to sour, from smooth to chunky, from mild to hot.
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### Author:  [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)
#### Post date: [March 1, 2014, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellow-or-dark-mustard/682372/55 "2014-03-01T14:47:49Z")
> [@pulykamell](#):
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> It’s also particularly great for coating a roast before you smear a rub over it.
Yellow mustard works well used the same way on brisket before you smoke it.
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### Author:  [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)
#### Post date: [March 9, 2014, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellow-or-dark-mustard/682372/56 "2014-03-09T22:22:49Z")
> [@pulykamell](#):
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> The two mustards I personally use the most are Plochmann’s yellow mustard and [Kosciuscko Polish-style brown mustard](http://alloveralbany.com/archive/2011/02/22/that-zesty-kosciuszko).
I was just at the grocery store and just happened to see that the Kosciusko was on sale so I picked up a jar.
Very good! Thanks for the heads-up!
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### Author:  [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)
#### Post date: [March 9, 2014, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellow-or-dark-mustard/682372/57 "2014-03-09T23:38:08Z")
Cook’s Country has a review of brown mustard in their latest issue. Gulden’s won, followed closely by French’s Brown and Beaver Deli mustard.
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### Author:  [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)
#### Post date: [September 5, 2014, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellow-or-dark-mustard/682372/58 "2014-09-05T22:05:19Z")
Well, given the vote tally, I’m glad that’s settled.
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### Author:  [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)
#### Post date: [September 5, 2014, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellow-or-dark-mustard/682372/59 "2014-09-05T22:14:22Z")
neither, ever, on or in anything.
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### Author:  [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)
#### Post date: [September 5, 2014, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellow-or-dark-mustard/682372/60 "2014-09-05T22:18:39Z")
> [@bump](#):
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> Yellow mustard works well used the same way on brisket before you smoke it.
Missed this back then, but, yeah, that’s how I use it, too. Brisket, shoulder, ribs, pretty much anything that goes on the smoker. I did not vote in this poll, though, not being satisfied with the choices.
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