# The question of the ages. Mayo or Miracle Whip? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 15, 2005, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-question-of-the-ages-mayo-or-miracle-whip/290276 "2005-02-15T23:23:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2005, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-question-of-the-ages-mayo-or-miracle-whip/290276/1 "2005-02-15T23:23:18Z")
It’s one of the few inane questions that really, for some reason, seems to stir things up. You either reside with one or the other, but never both. Me, I prefer real Mayo over the imposter. I’ve made my choice. I’ve chose my side. I will fight on the side of mayo probably until death. Now choose yours… ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2005, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-question-of-the-ages-mayo-or-miracle-whip/290276/2 "2005-02-15T23:25:11Z")
So Miracle-Whip is like, diet fake Mayo?? When I hear the brand on American TV shows it conjurs images of whipped cream. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2005, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-question-of-the-ages-mayo-or-miracle-whip/290276/3 "2005-02-15T23:26:05Z")
Mayo, of course. ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2005, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-question-of-the-ages-mayo-or-miracle-whip/290276/4 "2005-02-15T23:27:45Z")
Mayo. I was advised once, many moons ago, that Miracle Whip made and excellent face mask. When I saw what it did on my face, any sort of food appeal it had, evaporated. (It turned into a solid, rubber like substance - not pretty.) ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2005, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-question-of-the-ages-mayo-or-miracle-whip/290276/5 "2005-02-15T23:27:59Z")
Miracle Whip is goat-felch in a jar. ---
**Author:** ![butter\_pie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aca169/32.png) [@butter\_pie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/butter_pie)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2005, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-question-of-the-ages-mayo-or-miracle-whip/290276/6 "2005-02-15T23:28:25Z")
I like both, but they do taste totally different to me. I don’t see them as like Mayo and Mayo Lite. With tuna fish, I like Miracle Whip. Burgers and sandwiches either is fine. Mustard, dijon mustard, dijonaisse… it’s all good. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2005, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-question-of-the-ages-mayo-or-miracle-whip/290276/7 "2005-02-15T23:29:41Z")
No, wait. I meant to say that Miracle Whip is _necrotic_ goat-felch in a jar. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2005, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-question-of-the-ages-mayo-or-miracle-whip/290276/8 "2005-02-15T23:31:29Z")
> [@Scumpup](#): > > No, wait. I meant to say that Miracle Whip is _necrotic_ goat-felch in a jar. What **Scumpup** said. It’s mayo all the way for me. Oh, and just for **lobsang** the horror and abomination that is [Miracle Whip](http://www.kraftfoods.com/miraclewhip/) ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2005, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-question-of-the-ages-mayo-or-miracle-whip/290276/9 "2005-02-15T23:32:38Z")
Hellman’s. Or Best Foods as they call it out here (but it sounds like a namebrand). All other mayonnaise is inferior. And Miracle Whip is not meant to be eaten. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2005, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-question-of-the-ages-mayo-or-miracle-whip/290276/10 "2005-02-15T23:35:06Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > Oh, and just for **lobsang** the horror and abomination that is [Miracle Whip](http://www.kraftfoods.com/miraclewhip/) Hellmans do a diet version of their Mayo\* which I would describe as necrotic goat-felch in a jar. [sub]\*It’s very good, except with KFC. I bought a jar for work for whenever they forget to put those little tubs of mayo in. Tried it once. It just wasn’t… _right_[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2005, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-question-of-the-ages-mayo-or-miracle-whip/290276/11 "2005-02-15T23:44:04Z")
Mayo, preferably Hellman’s. Never, ever, _ **ever** _ Miracle Whip. ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2005, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-question-of-the-ages-mayo-or-miracle-whip/290276/12 "2005-02-15T23:45:17Z")
My mom, and her mom, always bought Miracle Whip. So I buy it, too. I only ever put it on bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwiches and in tuna for sandwiches. If I were going to make potato salad, I’d use it on that, except I haven’t got around to it yet. I can’t think of another use for it. Certainly not in or on Jello or hot dogs, like those freaks in the US midwest! I tasted actual mayonnaise at some point in my adult life, and it made me gag. I guess it all comes down to what you were raised on. ---
**Author:** ![WCOT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e5b9ba/32.png) [@WCOT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WCOT)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2005, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-question-of-the-ages-mayo-or-miracle-whip/290276/13 "2005-02-15T23:47:17Z")
i always thought that miracle whip was that salad dressing style mayonaisse. i prefer both. usually mayo for salad (tuna, potato, egg) and miracle whip for sandwiches. ---
**Author:** ![SolGrundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2005, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-question-of-the-ages-mayo-or-miracle-whip/290276/14 "2005-02-15T23:50:14Z")
In my house: Miracle Whip, always. It’s all I buy, it’s all I use. On every sandwich, almost every hamburger, in chicken salads, etc. One of the few brands to which I am 100% brand loyal. But I really can’t tell one bit of difference between mayonaisse and Miracle Whip, and think it’s silly to pretend that there is a significant difference. Of course, now I’m probably going to get dragged into the Pit for making such a statement. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2005, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-question-of-the-ages-mayo-or-miracle-whip/290276/15 "2005-02-15T23:53:34Z")
> [@SolGrundy](#): > > But I really can’t tell one bit of difference between mayonaisse and Miracle Whip, and think it’s silly to pretend that there is a significant difference. Of course, now I’m probably going to get dragged into the Pit for making such a statement. You probably can’t tell the difference between beef and fish, either. 😃 Miracle Whip is Satan’s sputum; sugar-added salad dressing, not a condiment. ---
**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:** [February 15, 2005, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-question-of-the-ages-mayo-or-miracle-whip/290276/16 "2005-02-15T23:54:30Z")
> [@Scumpup](#): > > No, wait. I meant to say that Miracle Whip is _necrotic_ goat-felch in a jar. You are incorrect my friend. It is **much** worse than that. (Need a barf smilie here.) Once in college, 35 years ago, I bought Miracle Whip in the student center store - them not having anything else. The horror still lingers. Hellmans all the way - Best Food west of the Rockies. ---
**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:** [February 15, 2005, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-question-of-the-ages-mayo-or-miracle-whip/290276/17 "2005-02-15T23:55:37Z")
Depends on what you’re eating. I like Miracle Whip on chilled asparagus or avocados. It’s also good for liverwurst sandwiches (with mustard). And I like it on sandwiches made with that Buddig sliced pressed beef. Um… That’s all I can think of right now. Mayonaise on everything else (well, as appropriate anyway). I nearly always have mayo in the house, but only buy small jars of Miracle Whip when I want something specific. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2005, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-question-of-the-ages-mayo-or-miracle-whip/290276/18 "2005-02-16T00:05:46Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Miracle Whip is Satan’s sputum; … No, it’s Satan’s semen. After it’s gone rancid. Bleeeecch. ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2005, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-question-of-the-ages-mayo-or-miracle-whip/290276/19 "2005-02-16T00:08:56Z")
Miracle Whip! All the way. I’d stick around and sing it’s praises, but I have a goat-felch tasting to attend (I mean, if I like Miracle Whip, I’m fond of felching goats, right??) Ta Ta ---
**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:** [February 16, 2005, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-question-of-the-ages-mayo-or-miracle-whip/290276/20 "2005-02-16T00:18:52Z")
Only Best Foods Mayonnaise here. None of that “Salad Dressing” stuff for us. Of course, we all know that mayonnaise should be made from four ingredients and four ingredients only: eggs, oil, lemon juice, and spices. A quick check of the Best Foods label does turn up added sugar for some reason. So in the interest of healthy eating, we tried some “organic” mayo from the local Co-Op. I never did try it, but \*\*Rhiannon8404 \*\* assured me that it was disgusting. I would like to try making my own one of these days, just to see if there’s an appreciable taste difference. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-question-of-the-ages-mayo-or-miracle-whip/290276.md?page=2)