Mayo or Miracle Whip?
A question every new household has to solve. Thankfully Best Foods mayo prevailed in ours! What about yours? Does the label matter to you?
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27 Comments:
Hellmann's mayo is my chioce
JEP at 6:56AM on 09/09/07
Gotta be Hellman's. I grew up on Miracle Whip, and can't stand it! Mom says Miracle Whip is all she likes, and they never buy anything else ... but then, when I make her own ground bologna sandwich spread, she comments on how much better mine is than hers. Go figure ... ;-)
LunaPierCook at 7:16AM on 09/09/07
Hellman's
1stmakearoux at 9:12AM on 09/09/07
Both, in their place.
lemons at 10:08AM on 09/09/07
Is there really any question? If you need 'tangy zip" add lemon, picles, or mustard to your mayo.
Cary at 10:29AM on 09/09/07
Am I right to understand that Best Foods and Hellman's is the same product under different labels?
czken at 10:49AM on 09/09/07
Best Foods and Hellman's are the same thing. Both their jingles are "Bring out the ____, and bring out the best." I won't buy anything else!
LiveToEat at 11:19AM on 09/09/07
if it HAS to be mayo, it has t be hellman's real mayo in my house.
huney_bumper at 11:45AM on 09/09/07
From what I understand, Best Foods and Hellman's are the same exact product, sold under different names in different parts of the country. My boyfriend will ONLY eat Hellman's (he grew up in NY) and I had never even heard of the stuff. Turns out, my mom had been buying Best Foods all those years, and it was the same thing. I forget where we eventually learned this... an episode of America's Test Kitchen, perhaps?
For me, Best Foods/Hellman's lite mayo. Miracle Whip is good for tuna sandwiches, though.
kmnola at 12:05PM on 09/09/07
To my knowledge, I have never eaten Miracle Whip. Weird.
wellred at 1:28PM on 09/09/07
I am ashamed to admit that I LOVE LOVE LOVE Miracle Whip. I grew up on it. I spent 7 years living in England when I was little, we would take yearly trips back to the U.S to visit family and my sisters and I would make my parents lug back 3 giant gallon containers of Miracle Whip because we couldn't get it in England. It would last us almost the entire year. Miracle Whip doesn't go bad, it's indestructible. Thank god the containers never burst in the luggage:)
waterbaby at 4:42PM on 09/09/07
I'm not actually sure what Miracle Whip is. I live in England and the Netherlands, and it doesn't exist in either place. I like Hellman's, and I like proper Dutch mayonnaise (Calve or Remia) and fritessaus (the absolute trashiest - Gouda's Glorie), and I also like salad cream, which is a bit tangier than normal mayonniase. Yeah.... The whole mayo family, basically - I'm a massive fan.
caley at 5:37PM on 09/09/07
Hellman's. All the way.
Christina at 6:02PM on 09/09/07
Well, if all you have is commercial mayo of whatever brand and you want MW for something, for every cup of mayo, stir in a tablespoonful of sugar and a tablespoonful of vinegar to get a close approximation.
lemons at 9:13PM on 09/09/07
Hellman's full fat
Lilla at 10:13AM on 09/10/07
Hellman's Mayo
Dughis at 10:53AM on 09/10/07
Miracle Whip is served in the 7th circle of hell alongside jello salads.
Library Lady at 11:24AM on 09/10/07
There's only one thing that miracle whip is good for, and that's my grandmother's potato salad recipe. For everything else, it's real mayonnaise.
DaveFaris at 12:43PM on 09/10/07
I should add that miracle whip contains sugar, which means that they really aren't and shouldn't be considered interchangeable.
DaveFaris at 12:44PM on 09/10/07
It used to be Hellmann's until I read the actual ingredients on the label, SCARY...I am still shopping around for the best organic replacement. Currently we are using Whole Foods brand I think.
izzy's mama at 12:45PM on 09/10/07
i used to think i hated tuna salad...but then i realized what i actually hated was miracle whip.
that stuff is NASTY.
crafty at 12:55PM on 09/10/07
Dukes all the way!
(Hellmans north of the Mason Dixon line.)
TIGirl at 1:06PM on 09/10/07
Neither! It's Kewpie brand mayo for me. I willingly shell out $7 for it, since I only buy it once or twice a year. It's got an amazing savory edge to it.
www.hundredthings.com at 5:05PM on 09/10/07
mayo - homemade!
dettling05 at 6:19PM on 09/10/07
Best aka Hellmans (in the east) hands down.
mojay at 11:47PM on 09/10/07
Make mine mayo and make it Hellman's. There is no second place.
hatlady at 11:32AM on 09/11/07
Dukes or Blue Plate when I can find it.
Eastbank at 10:07PM on 09/28/07