Ted Nugent Gives Backwoods Mustard Company the Thumbs Up

When people think of Detroit, the first thing that comes to mind is usually music or automobiles.  We have a very rich history in both and Michiganders are very proud of that fact. Ted Nugent, aka Motor City Madman, aka Uncle Ted, aka The Nuge… is one of those music legends that hails from our great state. Born in Redford, MI, Uncle Ted is a Michigan native and a Rock Icon known the world over. His hits date back to the 1970s with songs like “Stranglehold”, “Cat Scratch Fever”, and “Great White Buffalo. 

Ted Nugent is also as well known for his love of hunting and the outdoors as he is for his music.  Being Uncle Ted fans and hunters ourselves, we day dreamed early on of how awesome it would be if we could get a jar of Backwoods Mustard in his hands.  We would consider that opportunity one of the pinnacles of our successes.

Late in October of 2013, the opportunity presented itself.  Uncle Ted would be hunting on his Michigan property with a mutual acquaintance.  We were offered to have some Backwoods delivered straight to his hands.  We of course jumped at the opportunity and assembled a “Backwoods Care Package” that ended up being just in time for breakfast. 

After the morning hunt, Uncle Ted made a breakfast of venison sausage, eggs and potatoes and accompanied his meal with our very own Backwoods Mustard “Sweet Jalapeno”.  As you can see in the photo above, we got a “thumbs up”. 

Thanks Ted for supporting fellow hunters and Michigan small business.  We REALLY appreciate it!

The Uncle Ted Breakfast (Inspired by Ted Nugent)

Venison Sausage Scrambled Eggs and Potatoes.

Ingredients

§  6-7 Red Skin Potatoes (about 5 cups chopped)

§  4 cloves Garlic, Minced

§  1 whole Onion, Peeled And Roughly Chopped

§  2 whole Green Bell Pepper, Seeded And Roughly Chopped

§  2 whole Red Bell Pepper, Seeded And Roughly Chopped

§  1/4 cup Olive Oil

§  1/4 cup of Backwoods Mustard “Sweet Jalapeno”

§  1/2 stick Butter, Melted

§  1 teaspoon Seasoned Salt

§  1/2 teaspoon Cayenne Pepper

§  Kosher Salt And Freshly Ground Black Pepper

§  Venison sausage, diced

§  8 eggs

Preparation

1.      Dice the potatoes with a sharp knife

2.      Using a large bowl, toss together the potatoes, garlic, onion, green bell pepper, red bell pepper, olive oil, butter, seasoned salt, cayenne pepper and some kosher salt and pepper

3.      Heat a deep skillet up over medium high heat. Add 4 tablespoons of butter to the pan. Allow it to melt down. 

4.      Add your contents from bowl to the skillet 

5.      Cover the skillet and let the potatoes cook through. Should take about 15 minutes.

6.      Check and stir potatoes. Make sure you check the potatoes periodically to make sure they don’t burn.

7.      When the potatoes are soft on the inside, transfer to bowl and mix with 1/8 cup of Backwoods Mustard

8.      Using the same skillet and without cleaning,  add diced sausage and let simmer for 3-5 minutes.

9.      Break open eggs and add to skillet

10.  Scramble eggs with venison sausage until eggs are cooked.

11.  Transfer eggs to bowl and mix with 1/8 cup of Backwoods Mustard

Serve and enjoy

Backwoods Mustard BBQ Pulled Pork

As owners in a craft mustard company, we are often tasked with the responsibility of "taste marketing" our product on different foods.  This job is not for the faint of heart but somebody has to do it.  This usually entails a lot of time spent around a grill at home or, if the opportunity arises, we may be required to attend a friend's barbecue to do the same.  Sometimes we are lucky enough to have our fans do their own "taste marketing" and all that is left to do is sample the goods.  That's exactly what happened when we received the recipe below from our friends at JPT Outdoors.  This is a good one!

Enjoy!

Sauce

2 cups ketchup

½ cup Backwoods Mustard

1 cup water

1/2 cup apple cider vinegar

5 tablespoons light brown sugar

5 tablespoons sugar

1/2 tablespoon fresh ground black pepper

1/2 tablespoon onion powder

1/2 tablespoon ground mustard

1 tablespoon lemon juice

1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce

In a medium saucepan, combine all ingredients except mustard. Bring mixture to a boil, reduce heat to simmer. Cook uncovered, stirring frequently, for one hour. After one hour, remove from the heat, add ½ a cup of Backwoods Mustard. Stir and allow to cool completely, store in the fridge.

Pork Shoulder Rub

1 tablespoon kosher salt

1 tablespoon light brown sugar

2 teaspoons paprika

1 ½  teaspoon prepared chili powder.

Mix together, rub on meat, let sit in fridge overnight.

Grill Pork Shoulders over a wood fire, low and slow until internal temp. reaches 190 Degrees. Let rest for one hour. Shred meat, and  add your sauce in a casserole dish. Cover with foil and throw dish back on the grill to warm back up. Serve on a grilled bun.

This recipe is courtesy of our friends at JPT Outdoors.

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Kroger to stock Backwoods Mustard Company products

Backwoods Mustard roots go back over two generations. Originally it was made for the annual deer camp, family members, and friends. But until recently, it didn't even have a name. People use to request our mustard by saying, "Bring some more of that mustard when you come over."  It wasn't until mid 2012 that the name "Backwoods Mustard Company" came into existence with the creation of our company.  The general public wouldn't even hear of Backwoods Mustard Company until our public launch party and charity event at 51 North Brewery on June 15, 2013.

Now just over 4 months later we are in 44 retail stores, bars and restaurants.  Even more exciting, starting this week, Kroger will begin rolling out Backwoods Mustard into 37 of their South Eastern Michigan stores.  We'll be featured on the "Made in Michigan" end caps with other great Michigan-made brands.

Kroger is a Michigan company and they have been one of the champions in the Made in Michigan movement helping bring Michigan-made products to the forefront.  They know how important it is to endorse local products. Kroger calculated that if every household in Michigan were to spend only $10 a week on Michigan-made products, approximately $40 million would return to the state on a weekly basis.

We had a good gut feeling that the product would be successful, or else we would have never taken it to market.  But we never expected to be in Kroger and to be in over 80 stores by Michigan's 2013 hunting season.  To say we're humbled would be an understatement.

The success we've had thus far is largely in part to two very passionate communities that we got involved with early on. - the Made in Michigan community and the outdoor community.  Both have welcomed us with open arms and have really bent over backwards with media opportunities, retail store leads, or good old fashioned advice.

If you haven't tried Backwoods Mustard Company's "Sweet Jalapeno" mustard yet, visit our online store or stop by one of our retail partners. For a  full map of our retail locations, click here: http://bit.ly/18tzrYU

Backwoods Mustard Company Michigan retail locations as of 10/21/2013