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Mustard Recipes

Grandpa Spencer's mustards can go into all kinds of recipes. Here are the ways we use them at home.

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Start With What You're Serving

Pick the food, we'll tell you which jar

Of course the usual is on hamburgers, bratwursts, hot dogs and sliced meat sandwiches. But our mustards can go into all kinds of recipes, and the ones below are the ones we actually make at home.

Which Flavor for What

What each one is good for

Original Sweet & Spicy

$9.00 for a 9oz jar

Creamy and sweet. This is the 1935 recipe my Grandmother Adora started it all with. It's the binder on our pulled pork, and it's the one I put on ham and cheddar.

Buy a Jar of Original Sweet & Spicy

Hot & Spicy

$9.00 for a 9oz jar

Hot and sweet, with about the heat of a jalapeño or cayenne pepper. Stir it into chili or a BBQ sauce, or set it next to the summer sausage.

Buy a Jar of Hot & Spicy

Horseradish

$9.00 for a 9oz jar

A sweet base with a mild to medium horseradish bite that won't wipe out your sinuses. Try it on roast beef. It's also our best seller.

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Every Recipe

The ways we use it at home

A Few More Ideas

Short ones, straight from our notes

Potato Salad with Mustard Instead of Mayo

Make your potato salad with one of Grandpa Spencer's mustards instead of the mayonnaise.

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

Prep:
15 min
Cook:
20 min
Total:
35 min
Serves:
6
A bowl of potato salad in a golden mustard dressing, with celery, red onion, chopped egg, parsley and a dusting of paprika

What you need

  • Potatoes and the rest of your usual potato salad ingredients
  • One of Grandpa Spencer's mustards, in place of the mayonnaise

How to make it

  1. Make your potato salad the way you always do, and use one of Grandpa Spencer's mustards instead of mayonnaise.

Deviled Eggs with Our Mustard

If you make deviled eggs, try our mustard in your recipe.

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

Prep:
20 min
Cook:
15 min
Total:
35 min
Serves:
6
A plate of deviled eggs with piped filling, dusted with paprika

What you need

  • Eggs and the rest of your usual deviled egg ingredients
  • Grandpa Spencer's mustard, any of the three flavors

How to make it

  1. Make your deviled eggs the way you usually do, using Grandpa Spencer's mustard as the mustard in your recipe.

Mustard Marinade for Chicken or Fish

Thin one of our mustards with wine, orange juice or apple juice and let it soak into chicken or fish overnight.

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

Prep:
10 min
Cook:
25 min
Total:
8 hr 35 min
Serves:
4
A grilled, glazed chicken breast on a plate with a lemon wedge and fresh herbs

What you need

  • Chicken or fish
  • One of Grandpa Spencer's mustards, any flavor
  • Some wine, orange juice or apple juice to thin it

How to make it

  1. Pick one of Grandpa Spencer's mustards and thin it with some wine, or orange or apple juice.
  2. Coat your chicken or fish and let it soak in overnight in the refrigerator.
  3. Cook it for a delightful main course at dinner.

Homemade Chili with a Little Kick

Stir 2 or 3 tablespoons of Hot & Spicy into a big pot of homemade chili.

Mustard: Hot & Spicy

Prep:
20 min
Cook:
1 hr
Total:
1 hr 20 min
Serves:
8
A bowl of chili with ground beef and kidney beans, topped with shredded cheese

What you need

  • A big pot of your homemade chili
  • 2 or 3 tablespoons of Grandpa Spencer's Hot & Spicy Mustard

How to make it

  1. Make a big pot of your homemade chili.
  2. Stir in 2 or 3 tablespoons of Hot & Spicy for a little kick. Not too much unless you like jalapeño.

I like to make a big pot of this in the fall.

The jar for this one

Hot & Spicy

$9.00 for a 9oz jar

Buy a Jar of Hot & Spicy

Common Questions

The ones we get asked at the table

What can I make with Grandpa Spencer's mustard?

Put it on burgers, brats, hot dogs and sliced meat sandwiches, or use it instead of mayonnaise in tuna, egg, chicken or potato salad. It goes in deviled eggs and in a pot of chili, it's the binder on our smoked pulled pork, and thinned with wine or juice it makes a marinade for chicken or fish.

Can you cook with Hot & Spicy mustard?

Yes. I stir 2 or 3 tablespoons into a big pot of homemade chili, and it works in BBQ sauces too. It has about the heat of a jalapeño or cayenne pepper, so add a little at a time.

How do you make a mustard marinade?

Thin one of our mustards with some wine, or orange or apple juice. Coat your chicken or fish, let it soak in overnight in the refrigerator, then cook it.

Are your mustards gluten free?

Yes. All three of our mustards are gluten free.

Can I taste them before I buy a jar?

Yes. We give free tastings at every live event, usually on a pretzel. The events page has where we will be next.

Where to Buy It

Three ways, and we like all of them

Online

The store has all three flavors the whole year round.

Visit the Store

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.

See the Shops

These are our favorites so far. Let your imagination go crazy. If you haven't tried a jar yet, come find us at a market and we will hand you a pretzel. We appreciate your business.

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