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South Carolina mustard barbecue sauce
Carolina gold barbecue sauce · mustard barbecue sauce
South Carolina mustard barbecue sauce is a yellow-to-golden sauce built on prepared mustard, balanced with vinegar, sweetness and spice, and associated with the Midlands of the state.
What it is
South Carolina mustard barbecue sauce is yellow to golden in colour and takes its character from prepared mustard. The sauce balances mustard's sharpness with vinegar, sweetness and spices, so it is tangy rather than hot. It is usually thin enough to brush or pour and is one of the sauces most associated with the state's barbecue.
The style is also called Carolina gold in some sources, a name that refers to the colour of the sauce.
Origins and the German question
Mustard sauce is usually placed in the Midlands of South Carolina. The Midlands association is repeated across sources, and one suggestion is that German settlers, who arrived in the Carolina Midlands in the 1700s and brought a love of mustard, shaped the sauce. Some accounts link the Dukes family's German origin to the sauce, and a barbecue site notes that the family's influence is widely repeated.
The sources treat the German theory as plausible but unproven. Destination BBQ calls it conjecture at best, and it notes that the same argument would apply to Texas barbecue, which also has many German families. Other accounts point to the original vinegar and pepper sauce as the starting point.
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How it is made
The sauce is built on mustard, vinegar and spices, with a sweetener. Sources differ on the sweetener: honey, brown sugar or molasses appear in some recipes, and one source describes sugar rather than molasses. Yellow mustard is the usual choice, and some recipes blend several mustards.
The research formulation for this record uses yellow mustard, cider vinegar and honey with spices. It is an untested modern branch, and the sources give no cooking time, temperature or storage limit for it.
Notes
The first recorded mustard recipe and its date are not established by a primary source. The German origin is inference. The sauce is not a preserved product, and the sources give no storage limit.
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History
Mustard barbecue sauce is one of the South Carolina sauces, and modern sources describe it as the most widely known of the four. One barbecue site places the first recorded mustard sauce recipe near Holly Hill in the early 1930s, but that claim is not established by a primary source. The German-settler origin is widely repeated and is inference, not documented fact.
Ingredients
Scaling: quantities are not established; do not scale from this record.
Yellow mustard (prepared)
Amount not stated
The base of the sauce; quantity not given in the research briefCider vinegar
Amount not stated
Quantity not given in the research briefHoney
Amount not stated
Other sources use brown sugar or molasses; quantity not givenSpices
Amount not stated
Named in the research brief without quantitiesMethod
Risks and precautions · Standard risk
The research formulation is untested and is not validated for room-temperature storage.
- Combine the yellow mustard, cider vinegar and honey with the spices.
- Mix until smooth. The research formulation is an untested modern branch; the sources give no cooking time, temperature or storage limit.
Places
South Carolina
Traditional use · Region evidenceThe Midlands association is repeated in sources; the link to German settlers is an inference that the sources do not prove.
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Destination BBQHistory · Method
Carolina Gold mustard barbecue sauce historyCalls the German-settler theory conjecture at best; places the first mustard sauce recipe possibly near Holly Hill in the early 1930s; describes mustard-vinegar sauce sweetened with honey, brown sugar or molasses.
Cited in: What it is; Origins and the German question; How it is made; Notes
WikipediaHistory
Dukes Bar-B-QueAssociates the Dukes family's German origin with mustard barbecue sauce as a possible influence; the sources treat the link as a suggestion.
Cited in: Origins and the German question
Tasting TableMethod
The 4 Types Of South Carolina Barbecue Sauce, ExplainedTypically built on yellow mustard and apple cider vinegar, sweetened with sugar rather than molasses.
Cited in: What it is; How it is made