In article >,
"Julie Bove" > wrote:


> The person narrating the show said mustard never goes bad. I beg to differ!
> This was prepared mustard. It has an expiration date on it. And I know
> from experience that if it is really old it gets a watery part and a solid
> part. Not good! I also know from both MIL and mother's cupboards that
> really old dry mustard hasn't got much flavor. So I would think the
> prepared would lose its flavor after time too. Oh and the husband had to
> remind her that he doesn't even LIKE mustard. She just laughed.

Many decades ago we went to my mother-in-laws's for a visit. She made a
meatloaf disaster one night. It was raw in the middle after 1.5 hours
in the oven! A couple of days later she tried to rescue it as
sandwiches, cutting the meatloaf into slices and frying them in a pan.
It was not good. I asked if there was any mustard. My wife just
laughed. She said there had never been mustard in the house, ever. My
MIL looked confused, and said she thought there was mustard in the
fridge. So my wife and I went to the fridge, and sure enough, there was
a small jar of prepared mustard. I put some on my sandwich and it
helped. My wife asked her mother why she had bought it and when. Her
mother had no idea. I flipped over the jar, and the date on the bottom
was over ten years prior!

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Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA