Chicken Salad..

[mrb627]

Dukes commercial...

Makes me laugh.

Guy states he is a chef and it is nothing but Dukes for his potato salad. Too funny. A chef would make his own mayo...

Malcolm

 

[supersuds]

Sandy, I happened to have a jar of JFG mayo in the fridge and FWIW it makes no mention of lemon oil in the ingredients. I am not a mayonnaise aficionado & don't know if it has changed. A newspaper article from a few years ago says it is made in the same facility as Blue Plate so it may be they're the same thing with different labels. Both brands are owned by Reily Foods of New Orleans.

I like JFG, but since it isn't available outside a few upper south states it's an academic issue for most people.

Very interesting thread! I enjoy reading about everybody's home recipes.

 

[danemodsandy]

Suds:

My bad! I mis-remembered; it has been six or seven years since I bought any non-Duke's mayo in Atlanta. The brand I remember for excessive lemoniness is BAMA, not JFG. I didn't like JFG, but it wasn't offensive, as nearly as I can remember, but BAMA had a certain Lemon Pledge quality about it that I found actively unpleasant.

As long as I was in Atlanta and had ready access to Duke's, I usually bought it in preference to anything and everything else. Once in a while, in a fit of misguided economy, I'd buy something else to "give it a try," and always regretted it, with the exceptions of Sauer's and ALDI's Burman's.

A link to the BAMA mayo ingredients is below:

http://www.shopwell.com/bama-mayonnaise-real/condiments/p/5250005803

[this post was last edited: 6/11/2014-13:49]

 

[twintubdexter]

Duke's Duke's Duke's

Never heard of it, but with all these compliments it must be very good. Maybe it's available at some of the pricey markets here like Jensen's or Bristol Farms. I was raised on Best Foods (Hellman's) and although my doctor would tell me to "hold the mayo" I really like it. I recently bought a big jar of Kirkland mayo at Costco and found it to taste exactly like Best Foods. It's not all that less-expensive than the same size jar of BF sitting next to it but I liked the shape of the Costco container better. As far as chicken salad goes, give me a spoon and I could eat my way out of a swimming pool filled with it. It's one of my favorite things, but hold the walnuts, grapes and apples. Thanks for all the good recipes

 

[supersuds]

Sandy, I hadn't seen Bama anything for a long time. I used to buy their jellies, which were a less expensive alternative to the national brands. Now it seems they've been squeezed out by the store brands locally. (Being the official brand of Alabama Athletics wouldn't help them much around these parts -- lol!)

The lemon plot thickens, though.

In Kroger's today, I picked up a bottle of Duke's Light mayo just out of curiosity. It has lemon juice! This store did not have regular Duke's but according to online sources it does not have lemon. Perhaps they added it to the Light to punch it up or something.

This site has made me more mayo-aware than I ever thought possible.

 

[tomturbomatic]

There was some mayo back in the 60s that advertised its having lemon juice, but I can't remember which one. The acid in commercial mayonaise, usually vinegar, actually helps fight bacterial growth in salads and such. Food columns often say that it is not the mayo that causes the food poisoning, even though it is often used in recipes for foods that can easily "go bad" and be blamed as the cause.

 

[firedome]

Duke's is the best!

when the folks lived in Greensboro, became a huge fan and quickly abandoned Hellman's... anyone know if it's available anywhere in upstate NY? If necessary, will order it direct, thanks for that link Sandy!! Woot!!!

 

[norgeway]

Greensboro!

Is also home to one of my very favorite barbecue places, STAMEYS on High Point Road!We go fairly often, it isnt but about 40 minutes from here.

 

[danemodsandy]

Treasure Stamey's.....

....As long as it lasts - so many of these local institutions are dying out.

You should have heard me when I found out that Honey's had closed. Best breakfast on the planet.

 

[joelippard]

Duke's!

Ain't nothing like it, the only mayonnaise to cross this threshold!