One of our most popular mustard varieties has always been the sweet-hot mustards. As you dip, dollop or dunk your pretzels, etc., into a jar of your favorite honey or sweet-hot, there are a lot of other ways to enjoy these mustards you should consider. Continue reading →

Errrr, make that Texas Hold ’Em — right here at the Museum!

Support the nonprofit National Mustard Museum by playing in our Elm Farm Ollie Day Texas Hold ’Em Tournament on Saturday, February 18, from 6:00 pm until . . . well, until the cows come home (about 11 pm).

Click here to let all of your Facebook friends know you’re planning to attend!

Even if you’re not a poker player, you can enjoy tasty appetizers and snacks and other fun diversions, including a full-contact Mustard Ring Toss Tournament (“Hoops for Koops”) and various board games.

Just $10 gets you in the door, and another $15 will save you a seat at the poker table. It’s a good cause on a glorious day…

… and thank you to our event sponsors: Klements Sausage, University Coin, and Liliana’s Restaurant! (see below for more sponsors and supporters)

To guarantee your seat at the poker table EMAIL THE CURATOR or sign up on our Facebook event by clicking “Join” — or just call, 608-831-2222. Everyone who plays wins a prize.

The tournament winner will get his or her picture immortalized forever. Their portrait will be framed in a POUPON U toilet seat and displayed in a place of honor at the Museum. And a they’ll receive a POUPON U Toilet Seat to take with.

Disclaimer: this is not a gambling event. No portion of the entrance fees or donations will be paid out to players. All prizes are donated items and gift cards from area businesses.

Thanks to these Sponsors and Supporters:

Bucky Book
E Z Office Supply
Full Compass Systems
Klement’s Sausage
Liliana’s of Fitchburg
Madison Computer Works
MustardMuseum.com LLC
Quaker Steak & Lube (Middleton)
Sofra Bistro
University Coin & Jewelry
L&L Foods
Shannon Matthews Salon
Bald Eagle Foods
The Brady Family
Top Promotions
G J Ring

The time has come to once again find the world’s best mustards. For nearly two decades mustards from all over the world have competed in various categories looking to be named a “Gold Medal” mustard, or even the “Grand Champion”.

For more information, including rules, categories, and an entry form, click here.

With the Iowa Caucus complete and the winner determined by 8 votes, we have a similar race heating up here in Wisconsin. Okay, well, not really all that similar with the margin of presumed victory… but you can still cast your mustards in the Wisconsin Mustard Poll. At last check the margin was 95% to 5%, plus or minus 0 margin of error.

But you can influence the Poll with your mustard in the Poupon Plebiscite by buying a jar of these tasty politically charged mustards. What’s this all about? There’s a controversial Governor here in Wisconsin and an effort is underway for a potential gubernatorial recall. With heated debate and often emotional opinions on the issue, there’s a lot at stake. And if you cast your vote with these mustards, there could be a lot on your steak as well.

Show your support for Governor Walker, or show your support to recall Governor Walker. In any case, show it with MUSTARD!

We hear this question every year: “When should I order mustards to be delivered in time for the holidays?”

Sooner is better than later but anything you order this week should have no difficulty reaching friends and family by December 24. Next week gets more complicated but shipments going to addresses in the Midwest ordered by next Tuesday should arrive by UPS Ground without any problems. Even gifts going to the east coast or west coast, if they go out next Monday, should arrive by the 24th.

Do we guaranty timely deliveries? Does UPS guaranty you’ll love your mustard? They should but they don’t. We guaranty we will get into the hands of UPS in time for them to deliver it when they say they will. You can check out estimated delivery times on the UPS website. Our zip code is 53562.

We can always ship Second Day or Next Day Air but it’s expensive. Don’t give your hard-earned money to UPS for rush shipments — give it to us for mustard.

Even if it gets there after Christmas, your friends will be thrilled. As we say here in Mustardland: “Better late than ketchup.”

The best idea yet for beating the rush — order a membership in the Mustard-of-the-Month Club to start with the January mustards. We can email or call the lucky recipient with your greetings and an announcement of good mustards to come. Available in 3 plans: full-year (12 monthly shipments of three mustards each) (MOM2010); every other month (MOM2010B); or quarterly (MOM2010Q).

Nobody can complain about these December greetings…

For retailers, it’s always dicey in December, knowing how to extend appropriate greetings without offending anyone. We don’t want to be accused of waging war on anyone’s holiday so why not let the customer choose his or her own preferred salutation. As you enter the Mustard Museum Gift Shop, you pick up a form with eight possible December greetings. Circle the one you would like to hear and hand it to the clerk when you check out. Here’s what we use (we encourage other businesses to modify these as needed):

(1) Merry Merry Merry Christmas!

(2) Happy Kwaanza!

(3) Happy Hanukkah to you of the Hebrew persuasion.

(4) A lukewarm and not too exciting generic Seasons Greetings to you and yours.

(5) Have a charming little nontheistic solstice celebration, you miserable heathen!

(6) On behalf of George Costanza, have a great Festivus.

(7) May we suggest a stronger deodorant on your next visit?

(8) You think the Curator and Mrs Mustard can live off what you just spent?

And, for those cruising for Condiment Bargains:

Beaver Chinese Mustard 3-Pack $8.00 (BVR102B). Three jars of the Gold Medal Beaver Hot Chinese Mustard for just $8? That’s ridiculous.

Stonewall Kitchen Apricot Mustard Glaze reg. $7.75, SALE $6.75 (STK140). Fruit, tangy, and totally delicious.

Arran Original Mustard reg. $7.75, SALE $5.75 (ARN101). From the Isle of Arran, off the coast of Scotland, this whole seed mustard is full of texture and bite.

Hot Dog & Mustard Tie reg. $18.00, SALE $12.00 (TYE700). Revive the age-old tradition of giving dear old Dad a tie for the Holidays with this Foot Long Hot Dog with Mustard Tie by Ralph Marlin.

Poupon U Toilet Seat reg. $28.00, SALE $18.00 (PPN900). Say no more. But only a few left. Oh, and it’ll fit most standard toilets.