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xraytech

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Well it looks as the infamous southern mayonnaise, Duke’s had made its way north of the Mason-Dixon Line.
It is now carried at both Giant Eagle and Shop n Save in the Pittsburgh region.

I’m on my second jar of it. I find the taste to be delightful, and I like that it’s a nice heavy mayonnaise in texture.

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Sam, welcome to the "club".  My partner introduced it to me, don't think I"d ever had the brand all these years until almost 4 years ago.  Now, there's no other as far as I'm concerned. 
 
I'm not a mayo expert at all (my dad hated it so it was rarely used) but Dave loves the stuff and is stuck on Best Foods/Hellman's.  How does Duke's compare in texture?  I tried Heinz once and that stuff was like soup, so I had to hide it in recipes to get rid of it.
 
Dukes is ok, however I still prefer Blue Plate, the mayonnaise of the Deep South. The texture is the same. The Blue Plate uses lemon juice instead of vinegar and it has a fresher taste to me.
Funny how we like our condiments.

I used to say if it ain't Heinz it ain't ketchup. Surprise, French's makes ketchup now that tastes remarkably like Heinz.
 
Del Monte had a major presence in town back when Silicon Valley was known as The Valley of Heart's Delight.  Pickles, tomatoes, fruit/fruit cocktail, all of it locally grown and processed & packed about a mile or so from where I'm sitting.   Del Monte Plant 51 became a loft living scene, and another of their nearby facilities went condo.  Only a few architectural components of that plant were saved, though.

 

I don't know if ketchup/catsup was packed here, though it would make sense if it was.
 
great memories of growing up in this once industrial town.....

Hunt/Wesson processed tomato's, especially ketchup.....and you would see huge trucks of locally grown tomato's go through town, and within hours, the smell would fill the city of stewing tomato's....

Seabrook Farms and Clemente Pappas processed fruit juices, that was a sweet smell...

FourStar foods processed chicken, you would smell chicken soup for days...

Mom was always brand specific when it came to certain foods, Hellmann's was one of them....

I could never stand Miracle Whip, could not acquire the taste for it, plus it always seems more of a liquid goo....
 
I saw Dukes at Shoppers Food Warehouse up here and instantly thought of Hans, but their "light" version had far more calories than the Kraft light and the Kraft was on sale so I went with Kraft. I don't use much of it except in potato salad and a little bit for flavor in cole slaw which I mostly dress with oil and vinegar so it probably does not matter. If Dukes goes on sale, I might try it, but what if I find it so delicious I can't stop eating it?
 
Mayonaise prices

have jumped here. $3.69 for a medium large jar of Hellman's.
Easy to make in a food processor. Eggs, oil, salt, cream of tartar? Chicken prices are up also. Egg prices? Chicken-egg, egg-chicken?
Hubby has been buying the Egglands best pre hard boiled eggs in the packet. Don't microwave them, say in a mixture of rice, chicken, peppers, and cheese or they develop a foul odor. He likes that for lunch.
 
My Mom, always bought Best Foods and so do I. When I was little though my Dad’s parents bought Miracle Whip, and I thought it was delicious and begged Mom to buy it too, but that was a no go! Grandma used to make me sandwiches with Pickle and Pimento Loaf, directly from the butchers counter on white, Wonder bread with Miracle Whip and French’s Yellow Mustard and they were a real treat. Now I wouldn’t touch Miracle Whip, and I can’t recall the last time I saw Pickle and Pimento loaf anywhere.

And as far as ketchup goes, the only one I really like is Simply Heinz, because they use cane sugar, rather than corn syrup, and it tastes so much better. I never liked Del Monte or Hunts. To me they just don’t have the same depth of flavor that Heinz has. I will buy the Target Market Pantry brand once in a while and its not bad, but not as good as Heinz.

I’ve made homemade mayonnaise years ago and its good if you use it right away, but I didn’t think it kept well. And the Best Foods is consistently good, so why go to all the trouble making it from scratch?

I’d give the Duke’s brand a try if it was sold here.

Eddie
 
Duke's Mayonnaise has been available at Kroger for the past couple years, and it's all I've bought since. I used Heinz a few time, and liked it pretty well.

As for ketchup, I usually use Heinz, and just bought some Simply Heinz the other day, and I also have a #10 can of Heinz to use to make salad dressing. I've used French's several times, and like it about as well as Heinz. It's made in Rockford, OH by The Fremont Co. If I remember correctly, Target Market Pantry ketchup is made by Red Gold to Target's specifications. Red Gold/RedPack makes most of the private label tomato products sold in the US. I particularly like the GFS Crown Collection Ketchup made by them. I used to like the Del Monte when it was made with pineapple vinegar.
 
I don't remember my mother ever buying anything but Miracle Whip. I can't say I hated it, but I can't say I recall loving it, either. It was probably mostly used as an ingredient (e.g., potato salad), and not as sandwich spread.

 

I have probably almost never bought the stuff, myself. Part of that is that real mayonnaise may have seemed more interesting, more exotic after my childhood. Also I've become more concerned with ingredients in recent history, and can find mayonnaise that is--I think--healthier. Last time I checked, Miracle Whip had high fructose corn syrup, which I try to avoid.

 

 
 

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