We first met Lisa Latshaw of Buckeye Mustard at one of the many North Market events that go on here in sunny Columbus, OH. Lisa has created a burgeoning family of products that started with this product, called the Sweet & Spicy Buckeye Mustard. This mustard is available at numerous grocers and vendors throughout Ohio, and we were glad to pick up a jar all for ourselves which we recently cracked open to give it a chance with some of our cooking uses.

Lisa prides herself for the quality and freshness of her products without the use of added preservatives. This is pretty obvious if you see this composite list for this mustard:

Ingredients: Vinegar, Ground Mustard, Horseradish Root, Sugar, Mayonnaise (Soybean Oil, Water, Whole Eggs and Egg Yolks, Vinegar, Salt, Sugar, Lemon Juice, Natural Flavor, Calcium Disodium EDTA), Pasteurized Eggs, Salt.

Taste: How ’bout that? A mustard that really is both sweet and spicy. When I say spicy, however, it’s not in the way that most of the spicy mustards we try happen to be spicy. The horseradish heat is more of a “tickle your nose hairs” kind of heat rather than the “roast your palate” heat that chile peppers provide. Is it spicy? Not that much, really. The emphasis with this mustard is truly on flavor, but we’ll give it a 3/10 on our subjective heat scale for its horseradish “heat.”

As for its flavor and uses, it’s hard to go wring with this mustard, either as a condiment (where it excels) or mixed into foods and recipes. We adored this mustard slathered over our favorite lunch sandwiches, mixed into egg and potato salads, and even mixed into some plain ol’ BBQ sauces and marinades for a spicy mustard-y kick. Try it with deviled eggs! Yum!

Overall recommendation: Lisa’s creation, the Sweet & Spicy Buckeye Mustard, is well worth your effort to try. Don’t just focus on whether or not it’s hot and/or spicy, but realize that it’s simply damn good. Incredibly useful, utterly tasty, and surprisingly addictive, you’ll find that one jar may not last you all that long. It didn’t with us! Enjoy!

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