Will The Real Mayo Please Stand Up!

[ilovewindex]

Pickle and Pimento Loaf Sandwichs with Miraclewhip

OMG..I forgot about these treats.. With wavy lays or sun chips...on toast

 

[washerboy]

I hate the stuff..but

I will use it to make tuna salad, potato salad and deviled eggs. Only buy Helman's but I really dont have a problem with Kraft. I've tried Dukes, Blue Plate, Hinez and the Kroger brand but they are [too me that is] way to sweet.

 

[mixguy]

Blue Plate fan here

I have tried Hellmanns, Kraft Mayo, Miracle Whip, and even make my own for certain occasions but I keep coming back to having Blue Plate on hand. No longer being made in New Orleans, their only plant is in Memphis.

 

[supersuds]

Not that it's a big deal, but Blue Plate is made here in Knoxville, not Memphis.

The same factory makes JFG mayonnaise. I've never tried them side by side to see if they're the same, though.

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-rele...tandards-for-6th-straight-year-300085267.html

 

[mattl]

Miracle Whip here, liked it much more before they "improved" the formula about a decade ago.  Still hate mayo, way too bland.

 

Now, a turkey sandwich with big slab of Vidalia onion on it has to have Miracle Whip - nothing else will do.  And it can't be processed turkey, needs to be home roasted...

 

[sudsmaster]

I've never tried Miracle Whip. I remember when I was a kid, seeing it advertised on TV, and asking my mother about it, and she got sort of irritated and said it was a waste of money. That said, she was extremely sparing with the real mayo. I don't recall her ever using it on sandwiches, but I guess she used it in tuna salad.

 

I happen to love real mayo. Especially after reading Adelle Davis in the 70's; she enthused about how much healthier mayo was than margarine or butter. Well, she was right about the margarine. As was Julia Child.

 

I have made mayo. It's not difficult if you have a blender or Cuisinart. That little hole in the bottom of the Cuisinart food processor pusher is for dribbling oil in at the correct rate.

 

I studied nutrition for a while at Cal and the fears about mayo being unsafe are largely unfounded. The acid (vinegar) in mayo is bacteriostatic. It actually helps keep foods mayo is mixed with stay safe longer. Of course if you mix spoiled tuna or chicken in with mayo, the mayo won't kill what's already there. Same with making mayo from spoiled eggs. I figure the stuff on the shelf in the store is pasteurized and as safe as any.

 

Mayo on fries... can't say I've tried it or want to. Sounds a bit like poutine, lol.

 

Oh, and Best Foods here is more or less the gold standard. Recently I read a review, Consumer Reports, I think, and Costco's house brand mayo came in equal rating with Best Foods. I get the Costco version because I like the jar shape better.

 

[a440]

Mixing Mayo and Ketchup for Fries or Chips! We called it "Neptune Sauce" as a kid. Tasty.

Kind of like mixing peanut butter and jelly and stirring it up. Some how it tasted different. Or even more sweeter.

 

[angus]

Went to Fresh Market in Westport Saturday and in addition to a sale on Graeter's Ice Cream for $4.99/pint (not widely available in the northeast since Graeter's is a regional producer based in Cincinnati) I found Duke's Mayonnaise for $3.99/32 ounce jar. So bought one to try and will be opening it later this week as soon as I finish the open jar of Hellman's currently reposing in the refrigerator and will report back. I guess it makes sense that they would carry this since they are a North Carolina based company.

Also noticed in Shop Rite this week that their brand of Miracle Whip is made with sugar instead of high fructose corn syrup. Might have to give that a try as well since I occasionally like Miracle Whip for certain things.

 

[mixguy]

Reily Foods--Location

Thank you for that information, Knoxville is some considerable distance away from Memphis. I used Swans Down Cake flour from them for years! I just bought some King Arthur cake flour to try for the first time, plan to see how it compares soon after I deplete my old stock. Lots of great recipes on their website! Not planning to defect my brand loyality but have to see for myself.

 

[dingobully]

Miracle Whip?

I'll never understand why Miracle Whip is included in those "What's the best Mayo" ratings posts. Miracle Whip is not and never has claimed to be Mayonnaise. I grew up with Miracle Whip until one day our family visited my grandmother who sent us with a bag of sandwiches for the trip home. I mentioned how good it was over Miracle Whip and Mom started buying Mayo for sandwiches (probably a generic brand, I can't remember.) I've used Burman's for years because it is half the price and tastes good to me. But if I'm bringing a dish to a party I will splurge for the real Hellman's (called Best Foods when I lived in California but now I'm back in Wisconsin.) I made a potato salad with Duke's lately on the exuberant advice from a friend, but I thought my Hellman's potato salad was better. Anyway for me it's Burman's 99% of the time because I can afford it and my wife and I like it. Still I pick up Miracle Whip once in a while for a few things Mom made when I was a kid. Something you haven't tasted in a long time sure can bring back some happy nostalgia!

 

[justjunque]

I grew up on Hellmann's, and so did the wife. So, needless to say, that's all we ever buy.
I wouldn't be opposed to trying other brands. But, since we know we both like Hellmann's, I'd hate to buy a whole jar of something different, and end up hating it.
I think I've tasted Miracle Whip, the un-mayonnaise, at someone else's house, but probably not since childhood or something. I have no recollection of what it tastes like.

Barry

 

[ea56]

Miracle Whip isn’t mayonnaise, its salad dressing.  I has more vinegar and sugar giving it a distinct sweet sour flavor.  Its great for Cole Slaw because you can use it straight out of the jar and really not need to add much else to the shredded cabbage.

 

My paternal grandparents used it instead of mayonnaise, and when I was little I loved it, because I equated it with visiting my beloved grandparents.  They made us delicious sandwiches on fresh white Wonder bread with bologna or pickle and pimento loaf and Miracle Whip.  To me these were heavenly!

 

 Until I was about 11 or 12 I hated mayonnaise.  My Mom always bought Best Foods, the West of the Rockies equivalent of Hellmans.  And thats all I buy too.  I have noticed for about the last year or so that Best Foods has a less firm consistency than it used to.  It tastes the same, but its definitely not the same consistency. 

 

Eddie

 

[DADoES]

 
Miracle Whip was the staple in my childhood.  I didn't know for years that mayonnaise is a different thing.

 

[polkanut]

At our local Dollar Tree stores they have small jars of Duke's mayonnaise if anyone is curious to try it without having to buy a larger size.

 

[Ultramatic]

 

 

We were always a Hellmann's household, until I tried Dukes. Now it's always Dukes. On occasion my husband will whip up some homemade mayonnaise. It's part of his Catalan background. It's quite common to make your own in Spain.

 

[sudsmaster]

I don't believe I've ever had Miracle Whip. At least I've never bought the stuff.

I like Mayo. Back in the 70's I started reading Adelle Davis' books on nutrition, starting with "Let's Eat Right to Get Fit". At the time I hadn't a clue and was thin as a rail. Her books helped me up my game considerably. Anyway, she sang the praises of mayo because it has unsaturated oils etc. But where I disagreed with her was when she also pushed margarine.

Like Eddie, we've got Best Foods out here, and that's usually what I buy. I think I bought some health food versions of mayo back in the day, but haven't seen those on market shelves. But really, any mayo made traditionally will do, IMHO. Recently got a jar of Best Foods made with EVOO. Haven't tried it yet, but it should be good.

When I run low on mayo I've been known to use Hidden Valley Ranch dressing instead. It works, although it's sort of runny.

YMMV