Now for a truly contentious subject...The Mayonnaise Wars

Streetwiseguy said:

Reduced calorie or light or low fat or whatever Miracle Whip.  Gotta love the tangy zip of Miracle Whip.

I will never understand people who eat dry sandwiches.

There are much better tasting things than mayo for sandwiches. BBQ sauce for one. Or use quality meats and fresh bread and hey, no dryness to need to counteract.

CJ (FS) said:

A favorite of our friends north of the border.

 

"Creamy"?

Mixing fruits and veggies in mayo seems kinda gross to me, but not as much as the idea of "chunky" mayo.

Pete. (l33t FS) said:

CJ (FS) said:

A favorite of our friends north of the border.

 

"Creamy"?

 

Mixing fruits and veggies in mayo seems kinda gross to me, but not as much as the idea of "chunky" mayo.

Not sure which border that is north of, but I'm north, and that is both unfamiliar and repulsive to me.

In reply to Streetwiseguy :

It's also Photoshopped.

(agreed on the repulsive part)

If you ever do Shake 'n Bake chicken, squirt a Tsp to Tblsp of Siracha Mayo into the egg mix before rolling in the crumbs.

Adds a bit of zip to your lip!

In reply to Duke :

Even the Dukes part of it.  

In reply to Streetwiseguy :

Here is what it really looks like:

Banana ketchup was surprisingly not bad. I'd use it long before Mayo

Being a northern transplant in the South... there has been great pressure to accept Dukes Mayo and denounce all others. There are many southern things I have accepted, Vinegar BBQ, Pork & Pickles, Biscuits for all occasions, saying "Bless it".

However with Dukes I have yet to do so and prefer Hellmann's. Post Christmas Ham Salad just wouldn't be the same with a different homogenized fat holding it together  

RevRico said:

Streetwiseguy said:

Reduced calorie or light or low fat or whatever Miracle Whip.  Gotta love the tangy zip of Miracle Whip.

I will never understand people who eat dry sandwiches.

There are much better tasting things than mayo for sandwiches. BBQ sauce for one. Or use quality meats and fresh bread and hey, no dryness to need to counteract.

The mayo isn't there to counteract dry bread, it's there because mayo is delicious.  Same reason I use A1 sauce on a pork chop, barbeque sauce on something that's been perfectly dry rubbed, or horseradish on a melt-in-your-mouth pot roast.  The main attraction doesn't "need" anything else but I get yelled at when I eat condiments with a spoon.

Grew up in a Miracle Whip house, converted to Mayo. I'm not picky. I tend to buy Wegmans store brand because it's cheap but I'll use anything. 

mtnbiker4evr13 said:

Being a northern transplant in the South... there has been great pressure to accept Dukes Mayo and denounce all others. There are many southern things I have accepted, Vinegar BBQ, Pork & Pickles, Biscuits for all occasions, saying "Bless it".

However with Dukes I have yet to do so and prefer Hellmann's. Post Christmas Ham Salad just wouldn't be the same with a different homogenized fat holding it together  

Forgive my ignorance, what is "ham salad?"

Is this like chicken or egg salad, but with ham? I've never seen or heard of anyone doing such a thing.

*Fair point, I'm from and live in Oklahoma, where we have some midwest stuff, southern stuff, SW stuff, and hispanic stuff, and more irish and italian stuff than you'd think.

I'm kinda lazy, so something in a squeeze tube. Usually hellmans or target/hyvee brand. Kewpie for at home spicy mayo. Recently I've been using parmesan garlic sauce or Russian/Greek dressing on my sandwiches.

Laugh if you want but Whole Foods organic Mayo is next level amazing stuff. 

wae said:

RevRico said:

Streetwiseguy said:

Reduced calorie or light or low fat or whatever Miracle Whip.  Gotta love the tangy zip of Miracle Whip.

I will never understand people who eat dry sandwiches.

There are much better tasting things than mayo for sandwiches. BBQ sauce for one. Or use quality meats and fresh bread and hey, no dryness to need to counteract.

The mayo isn't there to counteract dry bread, it's there because mayo is delicious.  Same reason I use A1 sauce on a pork chop, barbeque sauce on something that's been perfectly dry rubbed, or horseradish on a melt-in-your-mouth pot roast.  The main attraction doesn't "need" anything else but I get yelled at when I eat condiments with a spoon.

This.

z31maniac said:

mtnbiker4evr13 said:

Being a northern transplant in the South... there has been great pressure to accept Dukes Mayo and denounce all others. There are many southern things I have accepted, Vinegar BBQ, Pork & Pickles, Biscuits for all occasions, saying "Bless it".

However with Dukes I have yet to do so and prefer Hellmann's. Post Christmas Ham Salad just wouldn't be the same with a different homogenized fat holding it together  

Forgive my ignorance, what is "ham salad?"

Is this like chicken or egg salad, but with ham? I've never seen or heard of anyone doing such a thing.

*Fair point, I'm from and live in Oklahoma, where we have some midwest stuff, southern stuff, SW stuff, and hispanic stuff, and more irish and italian stuff than you'd think.

Yes.  It's surprisingly not bad on a sandwich.  Finely diced ham and pickle and maybe something else and mayo.

High school girlfriend insisted that nothing with a binding element should be called a salad.  I kind of agree, but ham flavored goo-spread doesn't quite have the same appeal.

In honor of this thread, what I have been snacking on since Wednesday.

(looks at the page count)

Four pages and you guys are still talking about mayonnaise?

First place for me is Miracle Whip by a landslide.  Second place is Dukes.  There is no third place awarded in my house for mayo wars.

Miracle whip is not a Mayo, that stuff is horrid.

hellmans is my go to, it was all we ate until moving to Ohio. My dad married a lady who ate miracle whip. It ruins everything it touches

In reply to dropstep :

You are right, and I stand corrected.  Miracle Whip is what Mayo wishes it could be some day!

As the son of a NY deli clerk it's Hellman's and never Miracle Whip.

einy (Forum Supporter) said:

In reply to dropstep :

You are right, and I stand corrected.  Miracle Whip is what Mayo wishes it could be some day!

Making it taste like miracle whip would quickly stop me from eating it. I would have to eat some mustard on my sandwich 

Pete. (l33t FS) said:

z31maniac said:

mtnbiker4evr13 said:

Being a northern transplant in the South... there has been great pressure to accept Dukes Mayo and denounce all others. There are many southern things I have accepted, Vinegar BBQ, Pork & Pickles, Biscuits for all occasions, saying "Bless it".

However with Dukes I have yet to do so and prefer Hellmann's. Post Christmas Ham Salad just wouldn't be the same with a different homogenized fat holding it together  

Forgive my ignorance, what is "ham salad?"

Is this like chicken or egg salad, but with ham? I've never seen or heard of anyone doing such a thing.

*Fair point, I'm from and live in Oklahoma, where we have some midwest stuff, southern stuff, SW stuff, and hispanic stuff, and more irish and italian stuff than you'd think.

Yes.  It's surprisingly not bad on a sandwich.  Finely diced ham and pickle and maybe something else and mayo.

 

High school girlfriend insisted that nothing with a binding element should be called a salad.  I kind of agree, but ham flavored goo-spread doesn't quite have the same appeal.

Yep thats it basically. Pickle relish, ham, mayo... seasoning. Might be a more southern Ohio-West Virginia thing, beet pickled eggs, fried corn mush, etc.. 

Also goo spread is texturally problematic... salad is way better.

dropstep said:

einy (Forum Supporter) said:

In reply to dropstep :

You are right, and I stand corrected.  Miracle Whip is what Mayo wishes it could be some day!

Making it taste like miracle whip would quickly stop me from eating it. I would have to eat some mustard on my sandwich 

You say that like it's a bad thing.

But since you brought up mustard in a mayo thread, I think I'm contractually obligated to post this.

(tl;dw: there is mustard in it)