I can’t stand Miracle Whip and insist on real Mayo. My GF is the reverse. So we have a big jar of each one in the fridge.
It’s that “tangy zip”.
Mayo, hands down. But seriously, folks - Hellman’s?? Kraft?? Have y’all never had Duke’s?
A sandwich just isn’t a sandwich without the great taste of Miracle Whip.
Hellman’s
Because it Brings Out the Best.
I’ll buy whatever is cheapest, and if it’s in a restaurant or whatever, I’m fine with whatever they have. But there’s no point if it’s not the full-fat stuff. Low-fat spread just doesn’t add anything, and any fat-based product with a fat-free version is invariably going to be unspeakably vile (this also goes for margarine).
All commercial mayo that I have been able to find has completely unnecessary sugar as an ingredient. That’s why I make my own, and it is the tastiest mayo I’ve ever had.
Quarter cup of olive oil, one and three quarter cups vegetable oil, two egg yolks, one whole egg, a tablespoon of yellow mustard, five tablespoons of lemon juice, pinch of salt, grind of pepper. Pour one quarter cup of oil in a blender, followed by the rest of the ingredients except the oil. Start the blender on “blend”. Let run for a minute, then start drizzling in the rest of the oil very slowly.
This technique has never failed for me. Cleanup is the blender, the tablespoon measure and a two cup measuring cup. Forget all that nonsense about whisks and chilled bowls, this works and works perfectly. The cost of it is a fraction of what commercial mayo costs as well.
I hate Miracle Whip and I WILL NOT TONE IT DOWN!
A kitchen in the South is not a Southern kitchen without Duke’s.
Miracle Whip is vile. When I walk down the aisle in the supermarket, I’m sure I see all the other foods are trying to distance themselves for the jars of MW, lest they be contaminated by its vileness. MW needs its own aisle, as nothing in its general vicinity will ever be purchased.
That’s exactly what I meant when I said that Miracle Whip is an attention whore. That commercial gives me the impression that all of those foods taste mostly like Miracle Whip. It’s not potato salad, it’s Miracle Whip salad (with a potato substrate).
I prefer mayo, but Miracle Whip has it’s place. In high school my best friend and I would have cheddar and Miracle Whip on white bread at her house after school. Total comfort food for me. But on a real, serious sammich, mayo and lots of it.
I prefer a Miracle Whip type spread, although I don’t think I’ve ever actually tried the Miracle Whip brand. I like the touch of sweetness, especially in tuna salad sandwiches --with lots of egg and pickle! I also like that it’s a lot less oily than mayonnaise; restaurant mayo seems to be the oiliest of all. I think I started using “Miracle Whip” because it’s lower in calories than mayo.
Right on! I live in the Midwest and have it shipped in from the Duke’s website since you can’t purchase it at any grocery stores here.
Actually, when I was a lad we sometimes ate Cheez Whiz and Miracle Whip sandwiches at my house. The idea doesn’t sound particularly appetizing to me nowadays.
Duke’s is NASTY. I got the idea from this very board that Duke’s was the brand to buy for mayo. It ended up in the trash. Nobody in this household liked it. We prefer Hellman’s in the squeeze bottle. It’s one of my little grocery splurges, along with Heinz ketchup and. . . I can’t think of anything else!
Bestfoods full-fat mayo.
Although Miracle Whip has its uses, like degreasing engine parts.
Miracle Whip is OK for certain applications. But mayo is better (though I’m not a major user of mayo, either). At a local diner, some months ago, I ordered a BLT, and was surprised when I bit into my sandwich and found that the kitchen uses Miracle Whip. The sweetness (as mentioned upthread) goes, well, strangely, with the bacon, lettuce and tomato aspects of the sandwich.
My hubby loves mayonnaise, and if I ever tried to serve him Miracle Whip instead, I believe he might consider divorcing me. . .
I like both, and switch off between the two. I prefer Miracle Whip for those summer tomato sandwiches and for BLTs (mentioned above), but will change back and forth between the MW and regular mayo.
MW is sweeter than mayo but also is a bit tangy which is a nice change on occasion. Like the poster above, I don’t consume a lot of either, but they each have their applications.
Dutch here. As far as I know, Dutch stores do not sell anything but mayonaise. We do have different brands, of course (Calve being the name brand) but they are all different versions of mayonaise. Some are made with yogurt, with olive oil…
We do have a thing called " slasaus" which is a kind of cheaper, more artificial, thinner, watered down mayonaise.
I don’t know what Miracle Whip is and how it differs form mayonaise.