Passing Mustard
I got a funny press release from Kraft Foods, the makers of Grey Poupon, today, May 11, about “Dijon-gate.” It included an open letter to President Obama requesting pardons for anyone ordering a burger with Dijon mustard.
Obama “made news” last week when he and VP Biden dropped in on Ray’s Hell Burger in Arlington, Va., for a surprise lunch out in the real world.
Obama apparently asked for Dijon mustard on his cheeseburger, which got the folks at Grey Poupon all excited.
I found it interesting that the unspoken premise in the press release is that most people usually order yellow mustard, not Dijon, with their burgers.
Well, I’ve had quite a few burgers with Dijon over the years. And though I currrently prefer a brown mustard such as Gulden’s, I wouldn’t think twice about someone who smeared some Dijon on his burger.
Now hot dogs are a different matter. I’ve tried brown mustard on dogs, and well it just doesn’t seem right. Yellow mustard, it must be.
By the way, you can read the letter to Obama at www.greypouponpardon.com.
(Photo from The Associated Press)
