Dijon Mustard/Grey Poupon Is Not Elitist
Regarding Dijongate, I was in the Alpha Quadrant all day yesterday and haven't really looked at a lot of the material out there on the issue, so I'm sure someone has already beaten me to the punch on this observation.
But can I just point out that Dijon mustard is not elitist? Grey Poupon is made by Kraft Foods (the same people who make Oreos, Cheez Whiz, Kool-Aid, and Corn Nuts) and comes in a 10-ounce plastic squeeze bottle.
Can a product that makes a fart sound really be all that uppity?
Related: What Do You Think of Dijon on Burgers? [AHT]
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I just read about this crap this morning and was appalled. I'm not taking political sides here but if the Republicans (and Fox News) are nitpicking over what kind of mustard our president likes isn't that just petty BS on their part? I guess they are desperate to find something to criticize. It's sad.
arm1970 at 2:17PM on 05/08/09
Just rename it Freedom Mustard and everyone will be happy.
SqueezeBottle at 2:27PM on 05/08/09
Yellow mustard is for sad people who cry themselves to sleep at night because they don't possess functioning tastebuds.
BOOOOO yellow mustard!
Get down with the brown!
(and Dijon is fine, too)
missbhavens at 2:40PM on 05/08/09
I figure if you can get it at a Walmart, it's not an elitist food. Those foods are 3 hours away and unpronounceable.
omarac at 2:46PM on 05/08/09
Mustard on hamburgers is all wrong. Mayo, pickles, onions, tomatoes and tons of Heinz Ketchup - now thats a burger!
marybethlynn at 2:48PM on 05/08/09
They still remember the ad with the two guys in Rolls-Royce limousines:
"Pardon me, would you happen to have any Grey Poupon?"
"But of course."
I believe the soundtrack was a string quartet...
KevinFinnerty at 2:50PM on 05/08/09
OK, I was close on the dialogue after not seeing the ad for about 15 years...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_pGT8Q_tjk
KevinFinnerty at 2:52PM on 05/08/09
I followed the link and I'd swear it was a parody, like some kind of weird parody that doesn't quite hit the funny mark.
Are you telling me that somebody is actually trying to make a story out of this?
kevster at 2:53PM on 05/08/09
The link is to an original Grey Poupon ad from years ago.
The "somebody" trying to make a story is Sean Hannity. Enough said.
KevinFinnerty at 2:57PM on 05/08/09
@SqueezeBottle: You totally just made my day.
littlestcapy at 3:06PM on 05/08/09
Republicans are grasping at straws, since they have no platform other than fear.
simon at 3:06PM on 05/08/09
More like grey poop-on, amiright?
(Useless comments are allowed on Friday afternoons, no?)
capndesign at 4:36PM on 05/08/09
more like guitar queero...yeah, i know it's offensive.
kevinfinnerty pretty much covered the whole issue in his three posts above. they are trying to manufacture a story knowing that people (of a certain age) think of those commercials when they hear dijon. apparently those party rebranding sessions have been pretty successful.
sloppy at 5:37PM on 05/08/09
It's doubly ridiculous when you consider that all Grey Poupon mustard sold in the US is made in the United States, with mustard seeds from Canada and white wine from upstate New York. Kraft owns Grey Poupon, and for at least 20 years, it's been distributed from (and probably made in) New Jersey.
The Grey Poupon you buy in other countries (including Canada) is probably a product of France, but American Grey Poupon is entirely a North American product.
mdeatherage at 5:52PM on 05/08/09
@mdeatherage - whoah slow down there, too many facts! Those pesky things take the fun out of good old fashion hate mongering and demagoguery.
simon at 5:59PM on 05/08/09
LOL simon!!
I love a good dijon mustard just as much as the next foodie, but I also Think there's a place for the yellow stuff (especially on a hot dog). So sue me.
This thread reminds me of a T-shirt I saw and loved, which read: "Pardon me, do you have any cheap, yellow mustard?"
buffy at 6:26PM on 05/08/09
"with mustard seeds from Canada[...]"
Pinko socialist mustard seeds from Soviet Canuckistan!
There you have it folks. What more proof do you want?
SqueezeBottle at 7:57PM on 05/08/09
my dad's a republican [i can forgive him because he's my dad], a 100% mccain-votin-NRA-card-carrying republican, but even he can respect a man who likes some variety in his mustards! a real man likes mustard! all kinds of mustard! yellow mustard may be "all american" but any man who's eaten a brat knows yellow mustard is for pussies.
redzerostar at 1:46AM on 05/09/09
Yes. Yes, even you President Obama. You must conform! It is my sworn duty to see that you do conform!
This is America, Land of the Free. Not Dijonistan.
Final at 2:09AM on 05/09/09
Dijon mustard is delicious and versatile, and I'll wager that French plebes love the stuff--there goes the elitist argument. There are plenty of reasons to knock Obama, most of them political, IMO, so critiquing his choice of condiment is silly.
I'm one of those desperate, grasping at straws republicans, and I put it on everything :)
soyviz at 7:46AM on 05/09/09
I kind of want to go to Cornell and heckle from the back row during one of that guy's classes.
Maybe the White House should just heat up Hot Pockets for every meal including State Dinners. That'll show them how un-elitist Obama is. (As long as he doesn't dip it in Grey Poupon of course. Oh noewwwws.)
wunami at 11:01AM on 05/09/09
That guy needs to go back to grading papers and stop worrying about what kind of mustard the President eats.
nrkelly at 2:27PM on 05/09/09
I know that I am 105% in the Obama 'tank' but I have to admit that I do think Dijon Grey Poupon is pretty good.
HeartofGlass at 8:20PM on 05/09/09
@missbehavens - your comment rules! What does yellow mustard taste like anyway, vinegar? just buy that why doncha! LOL
I'm all about full-grain hot mustards! mmmm....
hungrychristel at 11:38AM on 05/11/09
This might be a generation thing, but whenever I hear Grey Poupon I think of Wayne's World making fun of the original commercial.
sfuller84 at 4:19PM on 05/11/09