# Mayonnaise **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 3, 2009, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayonnaise/512481 "2009-10-03T20:54:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8edcca/32.png) [@Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superfluous_Parentheses)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2009, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayonnaise/512481/61 "2009-10-04T21:10:46Z")
> [@salinqmind](#): > > I’ve seen it on the British Food shelf in the International Foods section of grocery stores alongside Heinz baked beans and something called Brown Sauce! Oooh HP Brown Sauce. I love that stuff. Ironically, since they moved production of HP sauce to this country, I haven’t been able to find it. _not to self: check the UK imports shop_. ---
**Author:** ![Mother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/76d3ee/32.png) [@Mother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mother)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2009, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayonnaise/512481/62 "2009-10-04T21:17:36Z")
I’m a Hellman’s fan. I’ve had Duke’s but something is different. I think it’s the texture. I’ve never had the opportunity to try Blue Plate, but would if I could. The other product, Miracle Whip, is what my mother used and called it “mayonnaise.” Bless her heart, she was on a tight budget. Miracle Whip does taste good in or on certain things, but for me, homemade potato salad, for example, must be made with Hellman’s I tried making homemade once, several decades ago. 😃 It came out just fine, but it was too salty and I never tried again. ---
**Author:** ![big\_alex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e56c9b/32.png) [@big\_alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/big_alex)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2009, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayonnaise/512481/63 "2009-10-04T21:21:25Z")
Is this Miracle Whip anything like our UK salad cream? ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2009, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayonnaise/512481/64 "2009-10-04T21:43:03Z")
> [@big\_alex](#): > > Is this Miracle Whip anything like our UK salad cream? Ingredients: WATER, SOYBEAN OIL, VINEGAR, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, SUGAR, SALT, ENZYME MODIFIED EGG YOLKS, MUSTARD FLOUR, ARTIFICIAL COLOR, POTASSIUM SORBATE AS A PRESERVATIVE, PAPRIKA, SPICE, NATURAL FLAVOR, DRIED GARLIC, BETA CAROTENE (COLOR). CONTAINS: EGG. [Link](http://www.kraftfoods.com/kf/Products/ProductInfoDisplay.aspx?SiteId=1&Product=2100064504) ---
**Author:** ![Phedre\_no\_Delaunay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/839c29/32.png) [@Phedre\_no\_Delaunay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phedre_no_Delaunay)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2009, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayonnaise/512481/65 "2009-10-04T23:43:08Z")
Blue Plate is the best. It’s much tangier than others. When I lived outside the Blue Plate distribution area, I’d have my parents bring me a case when they visited. Blue Plate is de rigueur in the deep South. I’ve made my own, and Blue Plate is almost as good as homemade. ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2009, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayonnaise/512481/66 "2009-10-05T00:46:15Z")
Duke’s is now my favorite. I find myself feeling like a traitor for saying that, having grown up in a very confirmed and dedicated Best Foods household, and having carried on that tradition for my whole adult life. Until I moved to Carolina and tasted mayonnaise made _ **without sugar** _. That’s right. Duke’s contains no sugar, nor any sugar substitutes. Just oil, eggs, water, salt and vinegar. Oh, yeah, and paprika. And “natural flavors” and EDTA. Makes a hell of a difference when making macaroni salad and coleslaw (see adjacent thread)! Miracle Whip is not mayonnaise. Naming it in a mayonnaise thread is against all rules. The fact that it tastes like something dredged off the bottom of a slough is not helpful, either. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2009, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayonnaise/512481/67 "2009-10-05T00:57:39Z")
> [@DSYoungEsq](#): > > Miracle Whip is not mayonnaise. Naming it in a mayonnaise thread is against all rules. The fact that it tastes like something dredged off the bottom of a slough is not helpful, either. I just find it to be sweet, and mayonnaise should not be sweet. MamaPlant used Miracle Whip. I spent a couple of months at home again in my 20’s, and bought mayonnaise. Mama would eat it, leaving her MW. I complained about it, and she promised to buy mayo, but got MW. When I left there were three jars of MW in her fridge, and one of mayo. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2009, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayonnaise/512481/68 "2009-10-05T00:59:21Z")
Miracle Whip rules! Mayonnaise is…_French_. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2009, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayonnaise/512481/69 "2009-10-05T01:20:36Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Mayonnaise is…_French_. Sit down, Guy. Have a beer. Now despite the fact that the French helped the USA out in the revolution, they lost to the Brits in the Napoleonic Wars, to Prussia in the Franco Prussian, and we had to help them out in a couple of World Wars. French waiters are downright ugly. But the French know about sex and food. Give them the benefit of the doubt on food. ---
**Author:** ![Caprese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9a28c/32.png) [@Caprese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caprese)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2009, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayonnaise/512481/70 "2009-10-05T09:17:58Z")
> [@DSYoungEsq](#): > > That’s right. Duke’s contains no sugar, nor any sugar substitutes. Just oil, eggs, water, salt and vinegar. Oh, yeah, and paprika. And “natural flavors” and EDTA. Makes a hell of a difference when making macaroni salad and coleslaw (see adjacent thread)! > > . Yeah, all of the “top” mayos hover around the same statistic levels in terms of sodium, sugar, fat and cholesterol, but Duke’s does not contain any sugar at all. Compared to the others, Duke’s has lower sodium, too. [Link](http://www.livestrong.com/thedailyplate/nutrition-calories/food/dukes/mayonnaise/) I think the sugar content in the others is fairly negligible–in the Blue Plate jar, it is the 6th ingredient–but that _is_ probably why we were not crazy about Duke’s–just not used to it, our sandwiches didn’t taste like what we had as kids. I embraced no-sugar, natural peanut butter, and I have made my own mayonnaise, but when I am in the store, my main objective is to get some tasty mayo without paying an arm and a leg. Blue Plate ably fulfills this objective. But the next time I am in the store, I will do another price check. Maybe I should try Duke’s again. ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2009, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayonnaise/512481/71 "2009-10-05T11:18:41Z")
I had the same conversion with regard to peanut butter. I grew up a dedicated Skippy fan. Loved the stuff. Can’t even eat it unless forced, now, because it’s too sweet. Less sugar in our diets, not more, is a good thing. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Loisseau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/2bfe46/32.png) [@Loisseau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loisseau)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2009, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayonnaise/512481/72 "2009-10-05T14:22:51Z")
Used to a Hellmanns fan, but Trader Joes’ mayonnaise has my vote now. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2009, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayonnaise/512481/73 "2009-10-05T14:25:17Z")
> [@Loisseau](#): > > Used to a Hellmanns fan, but Trader Joes’ mayonnaise has my vote now. I have both in the fridge now. I still prefer Best Foods. ---
**Author:** ![Loisseau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/2bfe46/32.png) [@Loisseau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loisseau)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2009, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayonnaise/512481/74 "2009-10-05T14:31:36Z")
I think Hellmanns is a bit tart to the tongue; Trader Joes has more umani; a nice long finish. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2009, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayonnaise/512481/75 "2009-10-05T16:03:20Z")
> [@Saltire](#): > > America’s Test Kitchen did one of their tasting panels on mayo. They were not in the least surprised that Hellmann’s was number one with Kraft a close second. All others barely got any votes. They concluded that mayo is all about what you’re used to, and is not something people can judge completely objectively. Most everyone just likes what their mother served them as children. > > I am a man of rough tastes, with little delicacy. I use whatever’s on sale the day I go looking for some. I don’t think I could tell the difference between mayos in a taste test. Same thing when they rated ketchup - Heinz won handily because it “tastes like ketchup” - in other words, it’s what you grew up with. Nobody liked the gourmet ketchups, although I’m sure if they were supposed to be rating “tomato-based sauces” it would have been different. When I reach for ketchup, I want _ketchup_. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2009, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayonnaise/512481/76 "2009-10-05T16:06:32Z")
Actually, **Hunt’s** won, not Heinz. But the point still stands. ---
**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2009, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayonnaise/512481/77 "2009-10-05T16:21:24Z")
Duke’s. I always wondered why people thought homemade mayo was “a totally different product”, until I tried Hellmann’s & Kraft. Yeah, I can see why you’d say that. I still think homemade is better than Duke’s, but they’re clearly related products. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayonnaise/512481.md?page=3)