[COLOR=“red”]In reality, it is the potatoes and eggs in potato salad that can cause foodborne illness. The mayonnaise actually acts as a preservative which protects the potato salad. Commercially purchased mayonnaise is pasteurized and has a high acid content that actually slows bacterial growth. Home-made mayonnaise, which is made with raw eggs, is not safe and should be avoided[/COLOR] IF U NEVER PUT MAYO IN ICEBOX U NEVER HAVE 2! i am 50 years old iv never put mine in an it use to ay on it just that! now IF U HAVE PUT IT IN THEN U CAN NOT LEAVE IT OUT! :p:p:p HAPPY 4TH EVERYONE!
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[COLOR=“red”]In reality, it is the potatoes and eggs in potato salad that can cause foodborne illness. The mayonnaise actually acts as a preservative which protects the potato salad. Commercially purchased mayonnaise is pasteurized and has a high acid content that actually slows bacterial growth. Home-made mayonnaise, which is made with raw eggs, is not safe and should be avoided[/COLOR] IF U NEVER PUT MAYO IN ICEBOX U NEVER HAVE 2! i am 50 years old iv never put mine in an it use to ay on it just that! now IF U HAVE PUT IT IN THEN U CAN NOT LEAVE IT OUT! :p:p:p HAPPY 4TH EVERYONE!
So someone joined up just to yell at us about mayonnaise? Ahhh, the wonders of the internet!
au contraire.
He’s complaining about potatoes and eggs.
I thought he was yelling about Whitman Mayo.
You leave Grady alone!
Welcome to the Straight Dope Message Boards, sas61, glad you found us.
A couple of points:
(1) This forum is for comments on Cecil’s columns. The material you quoted in red, I am unable to locate as either a column or a staff report. Can you please tell us where this is from, so that we can respond reasonably?
(2) In internet typography, all upper case letters is presumed to be yelling or screaming. This explains lawoot’s comment, if it puzzled you. No problem here, I’m just trying to educate you, assuming you are new to this.
(3) On this Message Board, we tend not to like the use of 2 for “to” or U for “you.” Hopelessly old-fashioned, I suppose, but most of us find that texting short-hand hard to read.
Now that will land you in the Mayo clinic.
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Since this doesn’t appear to be about one of Cecil’s columns, I’ve moved the thread to MPSIMS.
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As this is about food, shouldn’t it be in Cafe Society?
I make my own mayo using a blender. Never had it fail, tastes great.
It’s kind of a random thing for a new OP to come in and post, but it is pretty much correct that commercial mayo has an undeserved reputation for causing food spoilage/poisoning, when in fact it is an undesirable environment for food spoilage bacteria. It’s more likely the other ingredients that cause problems.
Still a disgusting foodstuff, though. 
Icebox? You sure you’re just 50 years old? Anyway, you need to put mayonaise into the refrigerator after it’s been opened. Refrigeration of any amount, in any order, will only increase the life of mayonnaise. You are safer putting it in the refrigerator and taking it out than never having put it in.
Then you have missed out on the transcedent pleasure of really good chicken salad.
Can we make it a requirement that all new posters have to put up a $100 dollar/euro bond before they are allowed to post? Then if they post shit like this, the money is forfeit.
This could be gold, Jerry!
I think the OP has been crimsoned by the crimsonist.
Hmmm. I’ll pass that on to Cecil. 
It makes sense. When you buy things at the supermarket, pay attention to what’s in the refridgerated section and what’s not. Personally, I always put stuff like Mayo and Ketchup and Mustard in the fridge, but that’s mostly out of habit, you can leave those stuff out just like at the market.
Leave Mayo out of the fridge? Don’t you do it! It’s got nowhere else to go!