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Comebacks are just marketing tricks. What I'd like to see make an actual comeback is the glass jars Hellman's used to use.

I used to mix it into Kraft Dinner. (that's Kraft Macaroni n'cheese to you Americans)

That was a pretty darn good idea when I was 17. Now the thought makes me want to go to the gym.

Mayo never left my side.

I love mayo! On the left coast it was Best Foods, where I am now it is Duke's. I am the chick who, as a child, ate mayo and sugar on white bread. I have used it in my mashed potatoes, baked potatoes, the chocolate mayo cake, as the fat for a grilled cheese sandwich. I like the tangy taste. I have tried changing over to mustard, but I just have to have mayo with my tuna salad.

I love mayo - Best Foods while growing up and Hellmann's the past 15 years of my life...and Kewpie throughout my entire life.

When I am served fries, I make it a point to ask for mayonnaise, ketchup, and yellow mustard. I love fries in my concoction of mayo > ketchup >>> mustard.

Right now, I am eating lunch I brought from home -- yakisoba with fried Spam; cauliflower, broccoli, chicken, and edamame simmered in rayu, shoyu broth, ginger, and garlic; Kewpie mayonnaise; and seaweed.

Last night, I saw a clip of a popular type of ramen served with mayonnaise in Gunma prefecture, IIRC. It looks like shoyu broth mixed with Kewpie mayonnaise. The final *appearance* was similar to tonkotsu ramen. I'm definitely going to try it soon! :)

Hellman's has nothing on Duke's. Thats the way to go.

ditto on the "who knew mayo needed to make a comeback" comments.

I can't get why some people have a huge repulsion to mayo. I worked with a girl once whose parent's owned a bakery, and she actually had a mayo phobia! It totally freaked her out, made her gag, and otherwise made her crazy just having someone say the word. I don't get that. What's wrong with mayo? It's just oil and water, right?

I can understand where you would gag if you saw someone eating mayo plain. That's pretty gross sounding, but to each his own. I know people who eat ketchup straight out of the bottle.

As for putting mayo straight into dishes, what's wrong with that? I mean, I wouldn't put it in every dish, but for certain things, it brings a rich, lovely flavor to the dish. And is it really much different than putting water, oil and eggs into the dish? I would think it would be a great substitute for those things.

Anyway, I think some people are really over reacting to mayo. It's a condiment just like any other, and if you don't like you, that's ok. But there's no need to bash those who do like it.

I love mayo, or at least I did until I fell in love with Hellman's light mayo. This summer I decided I was going back to real mayo, and it just didn't cut if for me. So Hellman's light continues to be the longest ingredient list I eat.

Cooks Illustrated/ATK picks Hellman's.

They also say the Hellman's made with Canola oil is much "healthier", darned near as good straight, and indistinguishable when put in a dish.

That's what I have been buying for the last several months, and it is very good.

@mdeatherage: no need to take me any more seriously than the next serious eater... (p.s., that mashed potato recipe is Dave Pazmiño's, not mine!)

One yolk can easily emulsify a full two cups. There's actually enough lecithin in an egg yolk that once you have a stable emulsion started, as long as your ratio of water to oil is correct, you can make a huge quantity of mayonnaise with a single yolk. I've done as much as two quarts, and I've heard you can do more (this is just hearsay, but I believe that most commercial mayo manufacturers do way more than that in order to keep down the cost of the most expensive ingredient: the egg yolk). The key is to add oil until it looks like it's about to break, then add water to fix the ratio. Just alternate back and forth and you can keep going until your food processor is full (or your whisk-hand has fallen off).

I can only think that Marshall's family from How I Met Your Mother eats mayo with everything. I mean...they eat that crazy salad that is like half mayo and half random junk food.

in a perfect world i would always make my own but i can't really justify it unless i'm making a big batch of potato or egg salad. for everyday it's kewpie all the way although it may be time to give hellman's another chance.