Pass the Mustard – and Get a Peek at July’s Gourmet News

Since 1992, the National Mustard Museum has been celebrating National Mustard Day on the first Saturday in August, paying tribute to the Greatest (Condiment) Of All Time. Hubbard Avenue in front of the National Mustard Museum in Middleton, Wis., will be the scene with hot dogs and bratwursts, mustard ice cream, hot soft pretzels, mustard tastings, live music and mustard games for kids of all ages on Saturday, Aug. 6.

Live music begins on the French’s Music Stage at 10 am with The Blue Accordion. Madison’s own Black Star Drum Line will rock the streets with its heart-pounding precision beats at 11 am, followed by afternoon headliners The Dawg Bones. At the Family Tent, the popular Kids Are People Too! will delight the crowds with interactive rock ‘n roll shows, and everyone will want to take part in the new “Pie-Walk” (better than the old-fashioned “cake-walk”) sponsored by the Hubbard Avenue Diner.

Usinger’s of Milwaukee returns as the official sausage sponsor of National Mustard Day. There will be plenty of mustards to slather on your dogs and brats. A special addition this year will be mustard-flavored ice cream from Chocolate Shoppe Ice Cream Company. New activities include a portable rock climbing wall and a mustard speed pitching game. Can you cut the mustard?

Renowned New York artist Steven Marcus will be inside the Museum with his new exhibition of fanciful mustard art.

Details of all the activities and a schedule are online.

The National Mustard Museum recently concluded the annual World-Wide Mustard Competition and on Mustard Day, visitors will have the opportunity to taste many of the medal winning mustards, including the 2022 Grand Champion Tiger Tail Curry Mustard.

The nonprofit National Mustard Museum holds the world’s largest collection of mustards (more than 6,500) and mustard memorabilia. Mustard lovers will have the opportunity to buy the museum’s book, The Art of Mustard, with more than 600 pictures of objects and artifacts in the museum collection. The popular game, Please Pass the Mustard!, will also be available for sale, as are hundreds of mustards and other gourmet foods.

For those unable to attend the festival, the museum will launch a Mustard Day YouTube video, with mustard greetings from around the world, on the morning of Aug. 6. the museum will also host a live Mustard Day Zoom at 5 pm CDT on Aug. 6. Details and links will be available on the Mustard Museum’s web sites, www.mustardmuseum.com and www.mustardmuseum.org, the week before Mustard Day.

In the July issue of Gourmet News: More on the National Mustard Museum and its coveted condiment. The issue will be posted online on July 1. Remember to subscribe so you don’t miss fun features as this!