# Mayo vs. Miracle Whip **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 22, 2012, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayo-vs-miracle-whip/635473 "2012-09-22T04:42:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2012, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayo-vs-miracle-whip/635473/41 "2012-09-22T23:00:39Z")
I don’t mind the taste of MW, but it isn’t something I’d substitute for mayo. The only traits they share are texture and color. Other than that, there’s no place in my life for MW as I don’t like it enough to add it to anything. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2012, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayo-vs-miracle-whip/635473/42 "2012-09-22T23:47:59Z")
Never thought I’d say this, I’ve been pro-mayo and anti-MW forever. But I purchased a chicken salad sandwich that was just scrumptious, and I think it was made with all or part MW. It had just a touch of sweetness. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2012, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayo-vs-miracle-whip/635473/43 "2012-09-23T01:42:39Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Mayo ingredients (in order): Soybean oil, whole eggs, vinegar, water, egg yolks, salt, sugar, lemon juice, natural flavors, calcium disodium EDTA (used to protect quality). Ummm… what are whole eggs and sugar doing in mayo? ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2012, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayo-vs-miracle-whip/635473/44 "2012-09-23T02:25:15Z")
I have to represent my boy, Miracle Whip. I would prefer a dry sandwich to one with mayo on it, but I do like a bit of Miracle Whip - it has a tangy zip, you know. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![MindsEye\_Watering](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindseye_watering/32/3619_2.png) [@MindsEye\_Watering](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MindsEye_Watering)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2012, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayo-vs-miracle-whip/635473/45 "2012-09-23T03:10:56Z")
Miracle Whip? Is that actually edible? I’m deeply suspicious. They’ve been trying to tell me that **grits** are edible, too. Same with durian. I am not fooled. ---
**Author:** ![Hail\_Ants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dc4da7/32.png) [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2012, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayo-vs-miracle-whip/635473/46 "2012-09-23T03:16:30Z")
I guess both will work in the ultimate egg salad recipe. 😃 _“It’s Wing-Fool you fat. I mean Wing-Fat you fool!”_ ---
**Author:** ![Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce7236/32.png) [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lisa_Simpson)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2012, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayo-vs-miracle-whip/635473/47 "2012-09-23T03:22:26Z")
They are not totally Inter-changable, but either will do. However it seems like everyone ELSE has a freaking opinion. Last husband … ONLY MAYO,;this dude, ONLY MW. The thing for me is mayo tastes greasy, and in general I like the tangy zip a bit more. But occasionally things need mayo. However since my husband likes salad coated in miracle whip + vinegar, its the big jar or MW and I only buy mayo if I am planning to use it for something in particular. (never, ever use Miracle Whip in place of mayonnaise for mayonnaise biscuits. :smack:) ---
**Author:** ![Terraplane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@Terraplane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terraplane)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2012, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayo-vs-miracle-whip/635473/48 "2012-09-23T04:25:56Z")
Miracle Whip is gross. The only time I’ll eat it is if somebody else made something with it and I don’t want to hurt their feelings. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2012, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayo-vs-miracle-whip/635473/49 "2012-09-24T17:05:43Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > I did. Yes, you did. Another example of why you should always read a thread all the way to the end before replying to it, kids. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2012, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayo-vs-miracle-whip/635473/50 "2012-09-24T17:15:32Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > No lite mayo-like product is worth using for any purpose. If you want less Calories, just use less of it. Or just forget about it, and go after some of the many things you eat that have many more Calories than a little smear of spread. We use it as coating for chicken coated with cornflake crumbs, where using less is not an option. I can’t tell the difference in taste, since the mayo is used as an adhesive, and the chicken and cornflake crumbs dominate. I don’t use it for making salads or sandwiches. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2012, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayo-vs-miracle-whip/635473/51 "2012-09-24T17:22:38Z")
At home, I never use mayonnaise and I rarely use Miracle Whip. In a store-boughten sandwich, I probably wouldn’t complain about either. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2012, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayo-vs-miracle-whip/635473/52 "2012-09-24T17:32:22Z")
I was raised on MW, so I generally prefer that. That’s relative, however, as I really don’t like either one in general, and will buy them only to use as an ingredient in something else, such as tuna salad. Didn’t vote, because there was not a “MW, but only if I have to” option. ETA: If you want a real fight, there’ always yellow vs. brown mustard. ---
**Author:** ![Archergal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Archergal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Archergal)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2012, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayo-vs-miracle-whip/635473/53 "2012-09-24T17:48:03Z")
> [@Rick](#): > > Are you freaking kidding? > Mayo and only mayo. Miracle whip is the jizz of Satan. I was trying to think of a way to say this. But Rick pretty much sums up my attitude here. I loves me some mayonnaise. I eat mayonnaise sandwiches. Who needs filling??? ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2012, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayo-vs-miracle-whip/635473/54 "2012-09-24T19:13:22Z")
Oh man, I could rant about Miracle Whip for hours. I grew up with a parent who liked Miracle Whip. I didn’t like it, never liked it. We never had real mayonnaise in the house, only ever MW. I grew up thinking MW was the same thing as mayo for YEARS! Because it looks just like mayo in the jar, and it sits in the mayo section at the grocery store. So I thought I hated mayo for years and years (except when it was on a burger king sandwich, but I assumed they had some kind of magical sauce recipe you couldn’t buy at the store). I didn’t figure out until _college_ that mayo is a totally different thing from Miracle Whip, and it tastes 1000 times better than Miracle Whip\*. \*Nowadays, mayonnaise is my favorite condiment. I love it on sandwiches and fries. If I ever become queen of the world, I plan to seek out and destroy every jar of Miracle Whip in existence. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2012, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayo-vs-miracle-whip/635473/55 "2012-09-24T19:21:00Z")
Considering I and the Mrs only eat the homemade mayo I make and our backup is Best Foods, it’s not even a discussion in our house. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Woo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7c8e57/32.png) [@Dr.Woo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Woo)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2012, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayo-vs-miracle-whip/635473/56 "2012-09-26T23:28:35Z")
I grew up in a MW household, but I’m a mayo guy through and through. I do like to put cayenne pepper in it to spice it up, but it’s gotta be mayo. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2012, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayo-vs-miracle-whip/635473/57 "2012-09-27T00:00:57Z")
I have been a life-long mayo lover. No MW ever sullied our refrigerator. We were, and are, anti-Miracle Whip. However. I had a chicken salad sandwich with a touch of … sweetness…that may have been part Miracle Whip and part mayonnaise. A hybrid. ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2012, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayo-vs-miracle-whip/635473/58 "2012-09-27T00:08:11Z")
I voted both but usually prefer Miracle Whip. It was my understanding that MW was a midwestern thing, says the card-carrying Hoosier. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2012, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayo-vs-miracle-whip/635473/59 "2012-09-27T00:08:47Z")
I will never understand this debate. Ever. Each product is fine for different purposes. Those who claim that one is always better than the other in every single application are just… well… I don’t want to be rude so I’ll stop there. ---
**Author:** ![chizzuk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@chizzuk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chizzuk)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2012, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayo-vs-miracle-whip/635473/60 "2012-09-27T00:24:45Z")
> [@Ruby](#): > > I voted both but usually prefer Miracle Whip. It was my understanding that MW was a midwestern thing, says the card-carrying Hoosier. The only person I’ve ever met who admitted to preferring Miracle Whip was from Nebraska. She also liked Velveeta cheese, a product I was taught to regard with disdain (along with Wonder Bread). I prefer mayo 100% of the time. I’ll eat many brands but if I’m buying it myself, it’s Hellmann’s only. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayo-vs-miracle-whip/635473.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayo-vs-miracle-whip/635473.md?page=4)