primitives discuss mayonnaise

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The diet cola primitive:

Tab  (1000+ posts)        Thu Dec-18-08 08:26 PM
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Kinda back a little and a question about mayonnaise

I'm in the interim between chemo and radation (just finished) and surgery in a few weeks, so I'm kinda sorta up and running. Just barely as we just got our frickin' power on the other night after having no power for nearly a week.

Anyway...

I confess to not having investigated this and taking the easy way out, hoping someone here knows, but if not I'll check it out. I'm not a major mayo fan, but I like it sometimes.

Regardless, I've always been curious why mayo, which contains eggs, and normally has a zillion warnings about dangers of being spoiled, is sold at room temperature off the shelf, and the ingredient list just has things like eggs, oil, vinegar, spices - no obvious preservatives (although "spices" could cover a multitude of sins, it's usually not the euphamism used for preservatives, although technically salt is a preservative). Anyone know?

hippywife  (1000+ posts)      Thu Dec-18-08 08:43 PM
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1. Hey, you!

Glad to hear the power's back on. How was that shower?

I'm guessing they can sell it the way they do because it must be packed by some method resembling canning. But I don't know how they could apply heat. I honestly do not know. Now you have me curious.

The empressof all   (1000+ posts)        Thu Dec-18-08 08:50 PM
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2. We miss you

And it does have to do with the "canning" process. It's shelf stable as long as the seal is not broken but once it's opened it needs to be in the fridge.

sandnsea  (1000+ posts)      Thu Dec-18-08 10:10 PM
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3. High vinegar and acid content in store bought mayonaisse keep it from spoiling. It will get icky tasting and looking, but the actual eggs in the potato salad is more likely to be the picnic salmonella culprit than the mayonaisse. Unless people have made homemade mayonaisse.

Mind_your_head  (1000+ posts)      Fri Dec-19-08 02:18 AM
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4. I don't know about the mayonnaise (Maybe that's why Kraft calls their version "Miracle Whip")

More about "Miracle Whip" (the cheap depression era mayo):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miracle_Whip

Yeah, Miracle Whip "salad dressing" sucks.

Mayonnaise is the real thing, the only way to go.

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Miracle Whip  <shudder> 

[franksolich]

Miracle Whip  <shudder> 

I read the wikipedia article.

Apparently while Miracle Whip's sold all over the world about as much as Coca-Cola, it was only ever sold in the United Kingdom for one single solitary year.

I wonder bijou can illuminate us as to why.

[Wineslob]

Miracle Whip is the ONLY dressing for turkey sandwich.



You two are heathens.


 

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Miracle Whip is the ONLY dressing for turkey sandwich.



You two are heathens.


 

no way...a hint of mayo and mustard are a must for a good turkey sammich