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Mustard for Sandwiches

Sliced meat sandwiches are the usual. Using it instead of mayonnaise is the surprise.

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Which Jar on Which Sandwich

Matches from our own finger sandwiches

Horseradish

$9.00 for a 9oz jar

Roast beef and Swiss, on pumpernickel if you have it. A sweet base with a mild to medium bite that won't wipe out your sinuses.

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Original Sweet & Spicy

$9.00 for a 9oz jar

Ham and sharp cheddar, on rye. Creamy and sweet, and the 1935 family recipe.

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Hot & Spicy

$9.00 for a 9oz jar

Any sliced meat sandwich that could use a kick. Hot and sweet, with about the heat of a jalapeño or cayenne pepper.

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Turkey and havarti on sourdough goes with any of the three.

Try It Instead of Mayo

Tuna, egg or chicken salad

Tuna, Egg or Chicken Salad with Mustard Instead of Mayo

Make your tuna, egg or chicken salad with our mustard where you would use mayonnaise. Any of the three flavors works.

Works with any of the three: Original Sweet & Spicy Hot & Spicy Horseradish

Prep:
15 min
Total:
15 min
Serves:
4
A chicken salad sandwich on toasted wheat bread, cut in half and stacked, the chicken and celery in a golden mustard dressing, with potato chips and a pickle spear

What you need

  • Tuna, eggs or chicken, and whatever else goes in your usual salad
  • Grandpa Spencer's mustard in place of the mayonnaise: Original Sweet & Spicy, Hot & Spicy or Horseradish
  • Bread for the sandwich

How to make it

  1. Make your tuna salad, egg salad or chicken salad the way you usually do, but use Grandpa Spencer's mustard instead of mayonnaise.
  2. Any one of our three flavors will give the sandwich great flavor, so use the one you like.
  3. Spread it on your bread and make the sandwich.

The same swap works in potato salad and deviled eggs.

Finger Sandwiches

For a platter when company is coming

Finger Sandwiches for a Platter

Three combinations we like, cut into triangles with a fancy toothpick in each: roast beef and Horseradish, ham and Original Sweet & Spicy, and turkey with havarti.

Mustard: Horseradish Original Sweet & Spicy Hot & Spicy

Prep:
30 min
Total:
30 min
Serves:
8
Finger sandwiches cut into triangles on a wooden board, roast beef on dark pumpernickel and ham and cheese on lighter bread, each held with a colored toothpick

What you need

  • Pumpernickel bread, roast beef, Swiss cheese and Grandpa Spencer's Horseradish Mustard
  • Rye bread, ham, sharp cheddar cheese and Grandpa Spencer's Original Sweet & Spicy Mustard
  • Sourdough bread, sliced turkey, sliced havarti cheese and any of Grandpa Spencer's three mustards
  • Fancy toothpicks

How to make it

  1. Make the pumpernickel sandwiches with roast beef, Horseradish Mustard and Swiss cheese.
  2. Make the rye sandwiches with ham, sharp cheddar cheese and Original Sweet & Spicy.
  3. Make the sourdough sandwiches with sliced turkey, sliced havarti and any of our mustard flavors to spice it up.
  4. Cut the sandwiches into triangles.
  5. Stick a fancy toothpick in each one and serve them on a platter or tray.

Surprise your guests with these.

Setting out a board too? Here is how we build a charcuterie board with all three jars.

Breakfast and Grilled Sandwiches

Have some fun with it

Breakfast Sandwiches

A fried egg, ham and cheese on an English muffin or a biscuit, with our mustard on it.

Works with any of the three: Original Sweet & Spicy Hot & Spicy Horseradish

Prep:
5 min
Cook:
10 min
Total:
15 min
Serves:
1
A breakfast sandwich on a toasted English muffin with a fried egg, sliced ham and melted cheese

What you need

  • A fried egg
  • Ham, or bacon, turkey or whatever you like
  • Cheese
  • An English muffin or a biscuit
  • Grandpa Spencer's mustard, any of the three flavors

How to make it

  1. Build a fried egg, ham and cheese sandwich on an English muffin, or try it on a biscuit.
  2. Add Grandpa Spencer's mustard.
  3. Swap the ham for bacon, turkey or whatever you like.

Have some fun with breakfast.

Grilled Cheese with Mustard

Our mustard on a grilled cheese, and maybe some meat too, like bacon.

Works with any of the three: Original Sweet & Spicy Hot & Spicy Horseradish

Prep:
5 min
Cook:
10 min
Total:
15 min
Serves:
1
A grilled cheese sandwich with bacon, pulled apart to show the melted cheese

What you need

  • Bread
  • Cheese
  • Grandpa Spencer's mustard, any of the three flavors
  • Bacon or another meat, if you like

How to make it

  1. Put our mustard on your grilled cheese sandwich.
  2. Add some meat if you want to, like bacon.
  3. Grill it the way you usually do.

Common Questions

About mustard on sandwiches

Can you use mustard instead of mayo?

Yes. In a tuna, egg or chicken salad sandwich, use one of our mustards where you'd use mayonnaise. Any of our three flavors works, and it works in potato salad too.

What mustard is best on a ham sandwich?

Original Sweet & Spicy. Ham, sharp cheddar and Original on rye bread is one of our finger sandwiches, and it's just as good full size.

What mustard goes with roast beef?

Horseradish. Roast beef, Swiss cheese and Horseradish Mustard on pumpernickel is a favorite of ours.

What finger sandwiches can I make with mustard?

Three we like: pumpernickel with roast beef, Swiss and Horseradish; rye with ham, sharp cheddar and Original Sweet & Spicy; and sourdough with turkey, havarti and any of our flavors. Cut them into triangles and put a fancy toothpick in each.

Does mustard go on a grilled cheese?

Try it. Put some of our mustard on your next grilled cheese, and add bacon if you like.

More Ways to Use It

Other foods we put it on

Where to Buy It

Three ways, and we like all of them

Online

The store has all three flavors the whole year round.

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In Person

Farmers markets, craft shows and festivals around the St. Louis metro and Metro East. Free tastings at every one of them.

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At a Shop

Shops across Missouri and Metro East Illinois keep it on the shelf. The list is on the retailers page.

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Next time you make a sandwich, try one of these. Let your imagination go crazy. We appreciate your business.

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