# Hold the Mayo... **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [November 1, 1999, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-the-mayo/16904 "1999-11-01T10:11:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Satan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Satan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satan)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 1999, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-the-mayo/16904/1 "1999-11-01T10:11:00Z")
Mayo or Miracle Whip? I’m a Miracle Whip man myself… I love the taste of it with just about anything. In fact, I only have that in my house… What do you prefer? * * * Yer pal, Satan ---
**Author:** ![Phaedrus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@Phaedrus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phaedrus)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 1999, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-the-mayo/16904/2 "1999-11-01T10:43:00Z")
I like either HELLmann’s Mayonaise or Miracle whip. It depends on my mood or what I am eating at the time. Variety is the spice of life. Satan, YOU like MIRACLE whip? I would have thought HELLmann’s, huh? Go figure! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 1999, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-the-mayo/16904/3 "1999-11-01T12:29:00Z")
Miracle Whip on sandwiches, mayonnaise for cooking. Don’t ask me why; I’ve always done it that way. Just like dear old mom. * * * **Dopeler effect:** The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly. ---
**Author:** ![Fantastic\_User](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ccd318/32.png) [@Fantastic\_User](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fantastic_User)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 1999, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-the-mayo/16904/4 "1999-11-01T13:51:00Z")
- Miracle Whip mixed with shredded lettuce and chopped onions makes a great topping for burgers - Miracle Whip in potatoe salad, tuna salad - Mayo makes a better base for homemade tartar sauce ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 1999, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-the-mayo/16904/5 "1999-11-01T14:16:00Z")
I can’t stand both. Miracle Whip tastes like mayonnaise that someone pissed in, and mayo tastes like congealed liposuction goo. I can’t eat either of them straight, or just on things. Mayo, however, I will use IN things from time to time, especially salads and hot dips. So I guess I prefer mayo, because I don’t think I’ve ever bought or used Miracle Crap in my life. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 1999, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-the-mayo/16904/6 "1999-11-01T15:10:00Z")
I use mayo.By the way,Satan,miracle whip works well as a lubricant!heh heh 😉 ---
**Author:** ![David\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/51bf81/32.png) [@David\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_B)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 1999, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-the-mayo/16904/7 "1999-11-01T15:22:00Z")
Miracle Whip. Definitely. Even the fat-free Miracle Whip is better than mayo. Fantastic User said: > [@](#): > > Miracle Whip in potatoe salad Aha! We’ve figured you out, Mr. Quayle! Came to hide on this message board after your most recent failed presidential run, eh? ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 1999, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-the-mayo/16904/8 "1999-11-01T15:32:00Z")
Mayo Mayo Mayo Mayo Mayo NEVER Miracle Whip. Best Foods, if you are west of the Mississippi, Hellman’s if you are east of it (it’s the same stuff, different name). Of course, homemade tastes even better! (going off to clog my arteries some more with mayonnaise injections…) ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 1999, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-the-mayo/16904/9 "1999-11-01T15:33:00Z")
David, Mr. Quayle is indeed here. After all I think I shoved him up Satan’s ass in another thread. * * * **Dopeler effect:** The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 1999, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-the-mayo/16904/10 "1999-11-01T15:36:00Z")
I think Mr. Quayle is heather’s spelling coach! Could not resist,Too good! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![gypsy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bbce88/32.png) [@gypsy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gypsy)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 1999, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-the-mayo/16904/11 "1999-11-01T15:39:00Z")
Miracle Whip all the way…mayo is just so…bland! * * * Unforgiven ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 1999, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-the-mayo/16904/12 "1999-11-01T15:42:00Z")
David and UncleB, see [www.xmission.com/~mwalker/DQ/quayle/qq/quayle.quotes.html](http://www.xmission.com/~mwalker/DQ/quayle/qq/quayle.quotes.html) ---
**Author:** ![metroshane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/aeb1de/32.png) [@metroshane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/metroshane)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 1999, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-the-mayo/16904/13 "1999-11-01T16:14:00Z")
I don’t like either, but i like the commercial where the dog fixes his master a sandwich, but tosses it b/c no miracle whip. that’s hilarious * * * All this science, I don’t understand. It’s just my job 5 days a week-- Rocketman ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 1999, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-the-mayo/16904/14 "1999-11-01T16:24:00Z")
I’ve always used mayonnaise exclusively, as a matter of snobbish pride. Don’t think I’ve ever had Miracle Whip in the house. It doesn’t appear in my food reference books, either. I always thought of it as some kind of mayonnaise substitute…does it not have eggs in it? A different kind of oil? Just what the hell IS Miracle Whip? * * * Uke ---
**Author:** ![LongHrn99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a88e4f/32.png) [@LongHrn99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LongHrn99)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 1999, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-the-mayo/16904/15 "1999-11-01T16:37:00Z")
Re: What is Miracle Whip? As my roommate says, “Jizz in a jar.” * * * “There are many sweeping generalizations that are always true” -Space Ghost ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 1999, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-the-mayo/16904/16 "1999-11-01T16:42:00Z")
Mayo–nothing else even comes close. When I was a kid, and I first heard about the “Guinness (sp?) Book of World Records” and that some of the records entailed eating various foods–I had a fantasy of someday having my name entered as a result of having set the record in mayo eating. No joke, I liked may that much. (waxing more nostalgic) A favorite food of mine growing up was a may sandwich (nothing else, just a huge dollop between two pieces of bread) cut in half and soaked in chocolate milk. Those were the days. ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 1999, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-the-mayo/16904/17 "1999-11-01T16:55:00Z")
Okay, I think I should stay away from this thread. If I puke on these keyboards, I’m the one who has to clean it up. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 1999, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-the-mayo/16904/18 "1999-11-01T17:06:00Z")
No, no kidding. What IS Miracle Whip? Don’t make me go to a deli over lunch and read a jar! ---
**Author:** ![whc.03grady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a6a055/32.png) [@whc.03grady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whc.03grady)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 1999, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-the-mayo/16904/19 "1999-11-01T17:09:00Z")
## DSYoungEsq–Hellman’s is BestFoods west of the _Rockies_, not the Mississippi. I think it even says so on the label. Mayonaisse is better. Don’t ever try to make Ranch dressing with Miracle Whip, please. Come to kindly terms with your ass, for it bears you. ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 1999, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-the-mayo/16904/20 "1999-11-01T17:09:00Z")
I wouldn’t lube my lawnmower Miracle Whip **or** commercial mayo. Homemade mayo is the only way to go. -andros- [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-the-mayo/16904.md?page=2)