Pumps' Perplexities

I remember the smell from the Gulden's Mustard factory in
lower New York City.....Take a ride on the 3rd Avenue El
and you passed it, in lower Manhattan, on the way to
the Brooklyn Bridge station......

Well mustard has come a long way since then.....More brands,
some corporate and some from smaller private companies....
Mustard seeds are being combined with almost anything else
these days in order to create a new flavor......

Years ago mustards always came in a big wide mouth jar,
so you could easily remove its contents......Today more and
more brands, including Gulden's, are now on the supermarket
shelves in plastic squeeze bottles......."Just squeeze it on your
hot dog."...........

Today's modern problem is that all the mustard does not come
out of the squeeze bottle......Forcing you to throw away mustard
and buy a new bottle......An other problem is that you get 12 oz.
for $1.79 in a squeeze bottle and, if you find a wide mouth
bottle, you can buy 24 oz. (1-1/2 pounds) for, the same price of,
$1.79........

I wonder how much money a "young household' could save by
using the "olde mustard knife"?......

Years ago you would find mustard on the center of the table
in any European style restaurant.....It was in a small crock
with a cover which allowed room for the little wooden
dispensing spoon......Today it's in a squeeze bottle......Pumps