Christmas Cooking...Putting the old Norge thru its paces.

[joelippard]

For Shame!

Down here in the south the word Hellman's is like a curse word to your grandmother.  'Round here it's only Dukes or JFG.

 

[danemodsandy]

Joe:

You may be being too hard on Hellman's.

If you're an eighty-year-old Long Island grandmother who wants to put mayo on canned pears and maraschino cherries and call it a fruit salad, I think Hellman's is as good as it gets for the purpose.

P.S.: I was never a JFG fan. If you'll look at the ingredients, one of them is lemon oil. For that down-home Lemon Pledge taste, I guess.

 

[polkanut]

I'm with Sam on this one.  My deviled eggs taste flat with mayo.  Miracle Whip or the Aldi's version makes them taste so much better.

 

[danemodsandy]

Tim:

Someday, try this for deviled eggs:

Mash up the yolks with finely minced onion, finely chopped stuffed green olives, salt if needed (the olives may make it unnecessary), fresh, coarsely-ground pepper, and a quality mayo. Now stuff the eggs with this mixture.

The word "flat" will not come to mind, trust me.

 

[polkanut]

Sorry,

I don't care for green olives, only black ones, and then only in a salad or on a pizza.

 

Marilyn's Deviled Eggs:

(my cousin)

12 hard-boiled eggs

1/2 cup salad dressing (like Miracle Whip)

2 tsp prepared mustard

1/4 tsp salt (I use Pleasoning seasoning instead)

1/4 tsp each onion powder & garlic powder

Peel eggs.  Cut in half lengthwise.  Remove yolks and place in small Mixmaster bowl.  Coarsely mash yolks with a fork.  Add salad dressing, mustard, salt, onion & garlic powders.  Beat until smooth.  Pipe or spoon mixture into egg white halves.  Garnish with paprika, olives, or small shrimp.

 

Pleasoning is an all-purpose seasoning made in LaCrosse, WI, and sold regionally.  They also do a brisk mail-order business.  The link is to Pleasoning's website.  Several of their seasoning blends are MSG free.

 

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Pleasoning Gourmet Seasoning

Creators of the PLEASONING® blend and other seasoning blends and spices in La Crosse, WI, since 1952

www.pleasoning.com

 

[appnut]

I roasted a boneless pork loin (with brown sugar, cinnamon, garlic powder, onion powder, and paprika rub); dressing, roasted cauliflower, steamed zucchini, yellow squash and stewed tomatoes, and gingerbread cake with custard sauce.

 

[norgeway]

Re deviled Eggs!

The best thing to do with them is DONT MAKE THEM..LOL!!I wont even put boiled eggs in potato or tuna salad!

 

[tomturbomatic]

Hans, is it because of taste, allergy or aftereffects?

 

[ken]

Hans,

Im with you. I'll make deviled eggs but never eat them. And I never add hard boiled eggs to potato or macaroni salad.

 

[norgeway]

I wont eat!

Eggs except in cakes etc, I just never have liked them.

 

[ken]

Ditto

People look at me strange but I dont like eggs or milk. Havent since I was little. Im not a picky eater but those are two things I will not eat. Straight anyway. If used as an ingredient in something thats different.

 

[circlew]

Sandy

I rarely see Duke's Mayonnaise around here, but saw it somewhere just the other day. Something makes me think it was at Menard's (they have quite a few hard-to-find items in their food area). You may want to check there if one is near you.

 

[danemodsandy]

Tom (CircleW):

Thanks for the heads-up - we do indeed have Menard's here and they are already my source for my favorite coffee, Chase & Sanborn, which is impossible to find anywhere else.

Hopefully, they'll have Duke's. What was weird was that Family Dollar had it for a very short while, like maybe a month. No more, of course.

 

[vintagekitchen]

Best of both worlds, a jar of jfg mayonnaise and a jar of miracle whip I the fridge. Jfg mayo for sandwiches and potato salads, miracle whip for tuna salad, chicken salad, and macaroni salad. Either one for deviled eggs depending on if I follow my aunts recipe or my grandmothers. Grandma always had jfg mayo and miracle whip both on hand. Each for specific uses, and I've followed suit.

As a side note, no other coffee will ever be as good to me as jfg. I guess it all depends on what u grow up with.

 

[polkanut]

I saw Duke's mayo in 8oz jars at my local Dollar Tree yesterday.  Didn't get any though because we're a Miracle Whip household.

 

[mixguy]

Mayonaise

The only brands I see around here are Hellmans, Kraft's Mayo and Miracle Whip, store brands, and Blue Plate. At some specialty stores like Whole Foods, Fresh Market or Trader Joe's there may be other brands of which I am not aware. I like the taste of a freshly opened jar of Blue Plate, so I buy it 8 oz. size. Up until about 10 yrs ago it was prepared in New Orleans. Now it is made in Tennessee.

Funny how these threads drift in topic. Interesting how much were vary in brand and taste preferences too.