Baseball and hot dogs just go together. League Park sold lots of frankfurters and pretzels and wanted a signature mustard to call their own. Bertman did what he always had done, and experimented with various mustard concoctions until he had one he was happy with. He put his brown mustard product into glass gallon jars and sold it to his baseball client. The Indians concession staff would return the bottles to which they were washed and then refilled.
At the time, the Indians would play night, weekend and selected games at Municipal Statium before becoming a full-time tenant in A typical game will sell thousands of frankfurters wrapped in foil. Mustard is derived from the seeds of various types of mustard plants and is considered a spice. Origins of the condiment mixed old wine with crushed seeds removed from their seed coats that formed a paste or sauce as a flavor enhancer.
There are over 40 varieties of mustard plants that produce seeds including yellow, mild white, black, and many varieties of brown seeds. The most common source of brown seeds come from the Brassica juncea mustard plant. Dwoskin became enamored with the brown mustard since attending an Indians game when he was 12 years old.
Eventually, he convinced Bertman to offer the mustard to retail outlets cost 19 cents a bottle and handled this aspect as Bertman concentrated on the institutional side of the business. Then in , the two men had a major disagreement. Dwoskin had seen first-hand the immense popularity of the brown mustard and then made a similar version himself under the Stadium name.
What Dwoskin did for his product was he sold directly to supermarkets and mom and pop stores making the product available to consumers into their own households. Folks no longer had to go to sporting events in order to eat this concoction that they had devoured for decades. Both products come out of their bottles creamy and smooth unlike other brown mustards which are usually more coarse.
The list of ingredients for the two products is similar - but different. So neither products add any preservatives.
Both mustard products are a Cleveland product. Stadium claims it does not need any refrigeration. Bertman Ball Park Mustard Since The Bertman Original Product Line. Horseradish Sauce Horseradish makes the perfect complement to our brown mustard. A friend of mine who is a displaced Cleveland native brought me back a bottle after a visit home, and it was love at first bite!! Since then I have been ordering your mustard from the National Mustard Museum not only for myself, but for several other family members who were equally impressed as I was.
Well Done! Even word choice here opens up a can of worms. You know if you prefer one or the other. The mustard Clevelanders have been so familiar with for nearly a century is spicy, brown, and vinegar-based.
The Bertman brand clings to its secret mix of spices for its success. A hot dog is a natural vehicle for either product — those who enjoy mustard on a dog find a more mellow flavor than yellow mustard, and a slight sweetness to contrast with the salty hot dog, without too much heat. Though the condiment is generally pervasive in Northeast Ohio, odds are most sports fans have experienced it at a stadium.
Even ushers at the field are trained to field questions about the mustard, including facts about his history and where out-of-town fans can find it outside of the park. It all started in , when Joe Bertman first founded the company as a wholesale grocery firm out of his garage, producing spices and pickles in the mids, it was known as Bertman Pickle Co.
According to the Encyclopedia of Cleveland History, Bertman himself says League Park was his first big customer in , but other sources show it first being sold in Until the early s, it was only sold in gallons, but afterwards began to appear in supermarkets.
As the Cleveland Indians changed homes, Bertman went with it. Though I was only 12 years old, the taste never left me. Years later, he went back as an adult and realized it was the same mustard.
Dwaskin approached Bertman and began working as a sales rep, selling the mustard to retailers. His Davis Food Company originally partnered with Bertman, but the companies parted ways in the early s. Dwoskin now sells his own version of the mustard under the Stadium brand, producing it both wholesale and retail. Today, Stadium Mustard can be found in stadiums and arenas across the country, and continues to grow its presence through online sales.
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