National Mustard Day is celebrated on the first Saturday of August each year. Mustard has become a popular spice all over the world in its paste form, particularly in the US. Everyone is familiar with the use of mustard in sandwiches, hot dogs and burghers. Due to its immense popularity, a day has been chalked out to honor this popular spice.
This holiday is celebrated at the Mount Horeb Mustard Museum each year on the first Saturday of August. It is a day of fun-filled festivity for the whole family with games and distribution of free hot dogs. It has been observed by this museum since the year 1991.
On National Mustard Day, there are several activities planned like mustard fishing and mustard bowling. The Oscar Mayer Wienermobile, a hot dog-shaped car cruises into Middleton loaded with 3000 hot dogs. The proceeds are given to charity. Several special mustard dishes are served on this day. For example, a restaurant chain in the Midwest, Culvers has invented frozen mustard custard which is served with an accompaniment of chocolate pretzel crunch.
So National Mustard Day is a big event in the annual calendar and definitely an event worth attending. If you want to plan a holiday with a difference for your family, a trip to the National Mustard Museum over the Mustard Day weekend (6th August in 2011), you sure of a fun-filled outing which you and your family will remember for years to come.