Begun, the mayonnaise wars have

[firedome]

Used to be Hellman's...

until we tried Dukes, which wasn't available in NY so we used to smuggle it home in the luggage when visiting family in Florida. Now Weis carries it, so have to go there occasionally instead of Wegman's.

As for Miracle Whip: imho the work of the devil and deserves to die!
Mom made everything with that stuff and it made me want to hurl... it wasn't until I discovered real mayo at a neighbor's house that I'd I eat egg salad or tuna salad or anything else that had "salad cream", as the Brits call their version, in it.

 

[firedome]

does anyone else...

like to dip their French Fries in mayo? Love it on those, burgers, hot dogs, kielbasa... you name it!

 

[yogitunes]

besides the typical sandwiches and salads, where else have you used/added Mayonnaise?

added into cake mixes, like chocolate cake recipe, has turned out a very moist cake....

brushed on chicken or pork chops, and then breaded....cook, fry, bake as usual...

some house plants benefit from brushing a layer on their leaves......

I even heard of people using it on their hair as a conditioner....

 

[daveamkrayoguy]

Did I forget to post a pic of the AMKrayoMayoChocolateCake????

 

Here she is:

 

 

 

-- Dave

 

[twintubdexter]

<span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #008000;">I always thought Miracle Whip was supposed to be more of a salad dressing than another mayo. But for those who like it I say go for it. I see that like everything else, Duke's is available on Amazon for $16.49 for 2 quarts (guess it sounds like more if you say a half-gallon) with Prime shipping. That's not cheap but probably worth it since members rave about it. I might give it a try. I'm a Best Foods mayo pig myself. A 1/4 cup's about right for a good-sized sandwich.</span>

 

[countryguy]

I like Miracle Whip and have used it since I was a kid - in egg salad, salmon salad, potato salad, coleslaw, etc. I dislike the taste of mayonnaise.

Gary

 

[arbilab]

Gimmee ham on five, hold the mayo.  Leslie Nielsen, Airplane

 

Hold the mayo... ...between your knees.  Jack Nicholson, 5EP

 

 

Yeh, hold it.  No use for it.  Tartar with fried fish.  Next closest thing I ever keep around is Rainch (sic Ross Perot).  Go through a lot of ketchup and mustard.

 

 

[daveamkrayoguy]

Duke's Mayonnaise--I found at last!

-- Dave

 

[angus]

Duke's is available in most Fresh Market Stores - we have at least two in Connecticut and one is around 5 miles away from me. I do like it better than Hellman's. Noted that Duke's is still a 32 ounce jar and while it is $5.99 (it has always cost more than Hellmans, Heinz, Kraft, and other national brands), the price of Duke's has only gone up a little in the past year compared to the now regular price of $5,99 per 30 ounce jar for Hellmans and the others. Hellmans has gone from $3.99 to $5.99 per jar.
Haven't tried Burmans yet but since there is an Aldi near me, I will give it a shot. I use a fair amount of mayonnaise so the savings may be worth it.
Don't have much use for Miracle Whip. No particular reason - just not a taste I grew up with. but I guess to each their own.

 

[combo52]

Aldi's tastes fine, I have been buying it for years With Mayonnaise it is normally mixed into something, it simply is not worth paying 2-3 dollars more for something you can not taste and if you can taste it 1/2 the people will probably prefer the Aldi's anyway, LOL

 

John L.

 

[chachp]

Reply #27

 

<span style="font-kerning: none;">Don't have much use for Miracle Whip. No particular reason - just not a taste I grew up with. but I guess to each their own. </span>

 

<span style="font-kerning: none;">I have to agree on Miracle Whip.  We grew up on Hellman's and that's all I ever buy.  We didn't use a lot in our house until we got a panini maker.  Now that we make those fairly often, we use a lot more.</span>

 

<span style="font-kerning: none;">I have heard a lot of good things about Duke's and.  I saw it somewhere.  Maybe it was Whole Foods.  I'm not sure but if I see it again I am going to try it.</span>

 

[circlew]

When I was a kid, my mom used Miracle Whip almost exclusively. Occasionally when visiting Mississippi, she would bring back a jar of Blue Plate Mayonnaise, as that was what all the relatives there used. After I was older, she started buying Hellmann's more often.

In the past few years I've bought Duke's or Heinz mostly. Kraft is OK, and I also like Ken's really well, though I've only seen it in gallon size or squeeze packs.

I've not had Aldi's. I wonder who actually makes it for them? I thinking it's probably Ventura Foods, Bay Valley, Ken's or possibly Marzetti.

 

[combo52]

Just was at Aldi's a few hours ago,

 

A 30 oz jar of mayonnaise is only 1.94 I would never pay 3 times that for something that makes no difference in the finished product.

 

John L.

 

[ea56]

When Only the Best Will Do Use Best Foods

I buy Best Foods, the West of the Rockies equivalent of Hellmans. I’ve used it all my life and don’t intend to change. Its now $4.99 at Target for the 30 oz. jar. My brother lives on Sea Ranch, about 65 miles north of here and he tells me that a 30 oz. jar of Best Foods mayonnaise is $12.49 in the nearest grocery store to him. Thats simply outrageous!

When I spend good money on the ingredients for a Potato or Macaroni Salad, or lunchmeat for a sandwich I don’t want the off taste some bargain brand of mayonnaise may give the finished product. And I can tell the difference and so can my husband David.

Eddie

 

[luxflairguy]

I live these days in Wilmington NC. I know Duke's in the mayonnaise "of choice" down here, but I find it lacking in flavor and thin in spreading. Give me Best Foods/Hellman's any days! Greg

 

[sudsmaster]

I concur with Eddie. Out West here the western equivalent of Hellman's is Best Foods. It's very good.

 

I'm a big fan of mayo. It started when I was a starving college student and learned that mayonnaise is a health food: it includes vegetable oil with all its benefits, such as omega 3 fatty acids, as well as eggs. No sandwich seems complete without mayo. I also put it on burgers.

 

[daveamkrayoguy]

Miracle Whip, I keep that jar of—handy to have but little difference in taste between it and a well-made Mayo, Duke’s seems to offer, though a chain’s private label offers the same thing cheaper…

Sandwich spread such as Kraft or a store’s private label is a way I would often go, while my daughter in her experimental fashion bought an all-vegetable mayo, only to lose internet leaving me to finish her big jar of veganayonaise …

— Dave

 

[petek]

It's not as good a BLT without Miracle Whip. However I can no longer eat it because it's loaded in sugar so it's Hellmans only these day.

 

[awooff]

Homemade

Just about now finished with my first jar of mayo (havent bought mayo in years). -Had a weakness at the store for soybean oil mayo and picked up a jar for 5 bucks lol.

Been making and freezing olive oil mayo for a while now. Its so damn easy to make in a food processor! -Can flovor it anyway you want ie garlic, pepper, italian seasoning, you name it!

 

[circlew]

I was in GFS today, and saw they had Duke's Heavy Duty Mayonnaise. It comes in a one gallon jar, and was somewhere around $18. Good if you're making a lot of potato or macaroni salad. I was surprised that Miracle Whip was more expensive for the same size.