Live from Jungle Jims…

I’ve been walking around the show trying old and new products and I came across one company I haven’t tried before…Lee’s Hot Mustard. While I liked all of Lee’s products, one stood out for me. It’s called Lee’s Key Lime.

Ingredients: Granulated sugar, lime juice powder, jalapeño peppers & salt.

I tried this product as a dip. Here is the recipe on the container: Cream 8oz. cream cheese with half of the contents of package. Blend well. Spoon into serving crock or bowl. Serve with crackers.

I tried this with these wonderful graham crackers and it was like having a slice of key lime pie. The difference was the nice little tingle after. While this is not hot, hot…it does have a nice little kick to it. Honestly, when it first hit my palette, I had no idea this was a spicy product. You know, if you’ve been to these shows just about everything is marketed including sweet things with absolutely no heat. When I walked away and felt the tinge of jalapeños, I was very, very pleased. The booth was pretty crowded at that time so I waited and went back later. It was not hard to compliment this product, especially because I love just about anything with key lime.

Apparently, Lee has been in the business for a few years. I haven’t seen him at any shows I’ve attended so he was very new to me. He’s just about the nicest guy you’d ever want to meet and like so many others in the business does this as a second job. Lee is actually a middle school principal. Funny, but I don’t remember my principals being that nice. Anyway, you really have to try his other products. The mustards are pretty amazing. I really like the sweet one as that’s what I like on egg rolls. It gets tiring mixing things from asian restaurants to satisfy my taste. It’s so much nicer just to pull something from the shelves and be done with it.

In closing I’ll give you one little tidbit of information you might not have known. Today, Saturday, August 4 is National Mustard Day. Check out how our friends, the other Levenson’s, are celebrating at their Mount Horeb Mustard Museum. (Hi guys…wish we could be in two places at once) Oh, and you can purchase Lee’s stuff there in addition to his site.

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