# 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:** 10\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2012, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayo-vs-miracle-whip/635473/61 "2012-09-27T00:27:52Z")
> [@drewtwo99](#): > > 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. As I said upthread, I don’t _hate_ Miracle Whip (nor do I particularly dislike it, either), but I honestly haven’t found one single application I prefer it in to mayo or tarted up mayo. ---
**Author:** ![DummyGladHands](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/49beb7/32.png) [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2012, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayo-vs-miracle-whip/635473/62 "2012-09-27T02:43:36Z")
Jumbo (bologna), wonder bread and miracle whip sandwiches-a staple growing up Miracle Whip makes a boring turkey sandwich wonderful. ---
**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2012, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayo-vs-miracle-whip/635473/63 "2012-09-27T02:44:29Z")
> [@Ruby](#): > > I voted both but usually prefer Miracle Whip. It was my understanding that MW was a midwestern thing, says the card-carrying Hoosier. That is my understanding too, says the person from Illinois. Who doesn’t mind mayo but will always choose MW over it. If I’m buying a sandwich at Subway or Jimmy Johns to take home I will get it plain so I can put MW on it. ---
**Author:** ![obfusciatrist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4af34b/32.png) [@obfusciatrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obfusciatrist)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2012, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayo-vs-miracle-whip/635473/64 "2012-09-27T05:01:42Z")
My first wife’s family, who were all MW people (and they may both be good for different purposes but there was never mayo in the house, just MW and I don’t personally know any mayo houses where you’ll find MW) were all from Vancouver, WA, born and bred. ---
**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 27, 2012, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayo-vs-miracle-whip/635473/65 "2012-09-27T13:13:12Z")
I forgot to mention: When I was a kid, I loved Cheez Whiz and Miracle Whip sandwiches! ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2012, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayo-vs-miracle-whip/635473/66 "2012-09-27T13:27:36Z")
Miracle Whip. Real mayo just tastes too fatty or something. We use light MW instead of the regular or fat free kind. To me, using real mayo is like getting used to skim milk and then trying to drink whole. ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2012, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayo-vs-miracle-whip/635473/67 "2012-09-27T13:57:21Z")
They have different applications. BLT - Mayo. Turkey sandwich - MW. Egg salad, tuna salad, shrimp salad, macaroni salad, chicken salad, deviled eggs - Mayo. Now that I think about it, the only thing I use MW on is a turkey sandwich. ETA - now I want to make chicken salad. DAMMIT!! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2012, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayo-vs-miracle-whip/635473/68 "2012-09-29T05:54:58Z")
Miracle Whip is good in one thing: tuna salad. It allows me to not need to add sweet relish, and I don’t really miss the fat. It’s still better than any knock-off sandwich dressing, though. EDIT: I don’t get people liking MW with turkey. They’re both sweet. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2012, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayo-vs-miracle-whip/635473/69 "2012-09-29T06:00:43Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > Miracle Whip. Real mayo just tastes too fatty or something. We use light MW instead of the regular or fat free kind. To me, using real mayo is like getting used to skim milk and then trying to drink whole. Except they don’t add sugar to skim milk. It’s closer to what I did as a kid with a milk allergy. My parents got me a certain brand of liquid non-dairy creamer, one that is sickening sweet to my modern tastebuds. Because I used that, I absolutely hated the taste of milk when I lost the allergy\*. \*I do indeed wonder about that–but I was tested. The right way, with the pinpricks. Those allergy shots seemed to work. Only this past year have I had problems with milk again, and some of that’s clearly lactose intolerance. ---
**Author:** ![Curiosity\_Kills\_Her](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@Curiosity\_Kills\_Her](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Curiosity_Kills_Her)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2012, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayo-vs-miracle-whip/635473/70 "2012-09-29T06:07:00Z")
> [@Rachellelogram](#): > > 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. I had a similar experience, although I didn’t really “not like” Miracle Whip. It was ok, but I didn’t love it. I never had real mayo until I was an adult, and it was like someone turned the lights on. I never ate Miracle Whip again. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayo-vs-miracle-whip/635473.md?page=3)