PrintQuestion of the Day: Mayonnaise, Miracle Whip, or a soy alternative?
Gotta be Hellman's here, or I have to head to the store to get more.
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41 Comments:
I love Hellmans, and also vegan mayonnaise (I really like the Plamil one with garlic), which tastes more like salad cream to me. I have also made aioli at home, and found it to be infinitely rewarding.
caley at 7:20AM on 05/04/07
Stay away from Nayonnaise!!! Consider this the only warning you need! Blecch.
Littlebluesiren at 7:27AM on 05/04/07
Hellmans!
savvy at 8:54AM on 05/04/07
I never understood why the Japanese were so crazy about mayonnaise until I tried THE Japanese mayo of choice, Kewpie—and then I totally got it. Kewpie is just sooooo good, it's super rich and creamy and tasty and once you've given it a try you can't go back. I keep a squeeze-bottle in my refrigerator at all times, Kewpie + rosemary + a dash of Sriracha + roast chicken = best chicken salad sandwich you'll ever have.
Lia Bulaong at 8:58AM on 05/04/07
I love Dukes mayonaisse. Call it a southern thing.
lenaliu at 9:07AM on 05/04/07
Blech. Mayo in general is gross unless it's homemade or in Tuna salad. I'm like the guy in the movie "Under Cover Brother" who has the special squirt watch filled with hotsauce as an antidote to all the mayo that white folks slather all over everything. I make a chicken salad with yogurt, toasted cumin and cilantro (and some lemon and garlic) that makes you forget you ever tasted chicken salad with mayo.
To me, store bought mayo tastes like the edible equivelent to Elmers glue. But real mayo, real aioli is a thing of beauty.
Mischiefdish at 9:20AM on 05/04/07
Hellmans and I even like Hellmans Light.
KItkat at 9:26AM on 05/04/07
I've tried all kinds, but keep coming back to Hellmans, even though there's sweetener in it.
Ever try making your own? Jacques Pepin makes it look very easy.
hereandthe at 9:31AM on 05/04/07
I was raised eating Miracle Whip and can't eat anything made with Hellmans. I now use Miracle Whip light.
chuck at 9:48AM on 05/04/07
Hellmans! I grew up on whatever was on sale....but now it's Hellmans for me. One of these days I am going to try to make my own!
mepolo at 9:53AM on 05/04/07
Both mayo and Miracle Whip for different things...but I've learned that equal parts sugar and vinegar added to mayo will Miracle-Whip it up if you're out of MW. Just for fun, try cutting a ham sandwich in half and putting mayo on one part and MW on the other. (This is also interesting with two different mustards, BTW.)
lemons at 10:02AM on 05/04/07
I'm not a fan of mayonaise. I've made my own before and I'm still not a fan.
Ash at 10:02AM on 05/04/07
Hellman's, Hellman's Light. I've made my own on occasion, but it's just not right. I read a very funny discourse (will try to find source) on French chefs in NYC stocking up on Hellman's to take back to France. I like Kewpie in a Japanese context; otherwise, I find it too sweet.
BaHa at 10:11AM on 05/04/07
I grew up on Miracle Whip LIght and frankly nothing else will do. I find real mayo so heavy! That said, I use very little of this in anything these days. Just potato salad during bbq season or the occassional turkey sandwich.
psychsarah at 10:17AM on 05/04/07
My head says Hellman's (and with a little more thinking, homemade) but my heart says Miracle Whip. It makes for a good bare-bones tuna salad sandwich in the privacy of your own home.
AlexRaine at 10:22AM on 05/04/07
Hellmans or nothing!
JerzeeTomato at 10:29AM on 05/04/07
Nayonnaise. I like it and it's not terrible for you. I also like to make my own. If you have a food processor, it's really easy!
rockchick at 10:43AM on 05/04/07
Duke's for any type of salad, potato, macaroni, tuna, cole slaw. Hellman's for sangwiches.
nelson5757 at 11:20AM on 05/04/07
I am not a fan of mayo for the most part but I do enjoy a homemade aioli on sandwiches. When I was a kid I always stuck to the Hellmans and the THOUGHT of Miracle Whip used to make me gag. It still does.
kplays at 11:36AM on 05/04/07
there's a time and place for mayo. and one of those few times and places for me is the day after thanksgiving with big pieces of bird on white bread. oh, and Duke's mayo is the way to go down here in geo-giah.
french tart at 11:50AM on 05/04/07
I also grew up on Miracle Whip and can't stand regular mayo. If a sandwich comes premade I have to make sure the mayo is in a packet, not on the bread or I won't eat it.
July at 12:13PM on 05/04/07
Kewpie kicks ass, better than anything, including some homemade versions (depending on skill/preferences of cook). Miracle Whip is not mayonnaise, and it's mostly gross.
As far as bastardized mayonnaise variations, it's a struggle for me not to eat rouille with a spoon. Not the kind made with bread, the kind that's just spicy, garlicky, saffron-infused mayo.
But in a pinch, Hellmans.
ren at 12:14PM on 05/04/07
I just checked on Amazon, and it's possible to order this apparently marvelous elixir of KEWPIE, but unfortunately, it costs as much to ship the stuff than it does to buy it. I guess I'll have to keep my eyes peeled for an asian market.
DaveFaris at 1:58PM on 05/04/07
Because I'm allergic to mayo, I never quite got the taste for it or the alternative products... The thought of eating any of them makes me gag...
pbisNOTmyname at 2:03PM on 05/04/07
all three, for different dishes
tgchi at 2:57PM on 05/04/07
Hey pbis ... to which part of the mayonnaise are you allergic? The eggs or the oil?
DaveFaris at 3:33PM on 05/04/07
@ Dave
Its the eggs that get me, but the only time I get a serious reaction is when mayo is in something... The allergist thinks that it is the reaction between the two...
pbisNOTmyname at 3:55PM on 05/04/07
I originally put this question out there partly because, while Hellman's is what my wife and I like, and my kids have decided the same, my parents can't stand it and have had nothing but Miracle Whip almost since it was invented. To me, a cheeseburger topped with Hellman's, chopped green olives with pimiento, lettuce and sliced tomato ("deluxe with olives" as they call it at Haloburger in Flint, Michigan) is really a minimal topping. This is an odd thing for me ... I'll eat just about anything, but when it comes to the mayonnaise question, I get downright picky.
LunaPierCook at 5:12PM on 05/04/07
i don't remember the last time i ate mayonnaise. i like using fage yogurt in tuna salads instead. delectable! and good for you.
tudogostoso at 5:18PM on 05/04/07
I only eat mayonnaise when used to make Mayonnaise chocolate cake---then I use Hellmans
JEP at 6:52PM on 05/04/07
I actually prefer Kraft to Hellman's--maybe it has a touch of lemon? My late aunt, who actually attended Miss Fanny Farmer's School of Boston Cookery in the 1920s, maintained that Miracle Whip was a descendant (and poor relation at that) to something called "boiled dressing."
TruffleHunt at 7:48PM on 05/04/07
I used to buy Hellmans, but now I buy Trader Joe's mayonnaise which has no preservatives. It tastes great. I will confess to liking Miracle Whip well enough, but only on ham sandwiches.
Lia, one of my favorite sauce bases begins with equal amounts of TJ's mayo and sriracha. For tilapia, I add a shot of soy sauce, lemon juice, and a spoon of ground ginger. I love it!
AdamH at 7:58PM on 05/04/07
Hellman's then Japanese mayonaise. A friend bought me a Costco size jug of mayonnais for my birthday once as a joke. But I ate the whole thing! I'm inLOVE with mayonnaise!
Tessa at 8:46PM on 05/04/07
Homemade is best. Mayo should smell and taste like what it's made of-- eggs. There's a good organic one at our local grocer's.
Chef's Wife at 12:30AM on 05/05/07
I love mayonnaise and I am longing to try kewpie, but I haven't been able to find it yet. I forgot to mention in my previous post that I absolutely love Dutch mayonnaise with fried potatoes. I wouldn't want it in tuna salad, but it has a delicate sweet taste that makes it great as a centre piece. It's definitely terrible for you, though.
caley at 3:55AM on 05/05/07
Not a mayo fan, but when it's absolutely necessary, I'm a Hellman's girl all the way. (And Miracle Whip scares me!)
cupcake girl at 7:14PM on 05/05/07
Was raised on Hellman's..love the taste but recently I read the ingredients on the jar of Hellman's Light and I recoiled in horror..plus it may be giving Izzy a rash so I am testing new organic varieties that have real ingredients. Perhaps it is only the Light Mayo that has such unhealthy ingredients, haven't read the orginal ingredients yet. I tried Whole Foods brand which was decent and plan to try the one from T.J's soon.
izzy's mama at 9:28PM on 05/05/07
If she's getting a rash then maybe she's allergic... my allergy wouldn't seem so weird then...
pbisNOTmyname at 2:32AM on 05/06/07
Being a Cali girl, it's Best Foods all the way.
Miracle Whip *cough, cough... gag* is anathema and not allowed in my fridge. EVAR.
It's not even fit to be in the same paragraph, although I once wrote a blog entry about the differences between "Best Foodies" and "Miracle Whippers." I had just discovered I was dating someone who's lips had touched Miracle Whip. We stopped dating a couple of weeks later.
What can I say? It was Asparagus Season (an annual holiday in my book,) and bringing Miracle Whip into my house when I'd asked for Best Foods was the last straw.
Yes. I will dump a man for bad food ways. No. I'm not ashamed of that fact. I mean, how could I trust a Whipper to make a sandwich for me?
Calichef at 7:57AM on 05/06/07
My grandmother used to use both Hellman's and Miracle Whip. Hellman's was for the macaroni salad; miracle whip is for potato salad, and since Miracle Whip is sweet, she'd counteract that with a little pickle juice.
DaveFaris at 10:20PM on 05/06/07
Hellman's RULES. End of report.
DocChuck at 7:01AM on 05/07/07