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Is mayonnaise the new ketchup?

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Ichinisan said:
When I think of mayo haters, I think of stupid spoiled kids that have NO $#%^ING IDEA what they are missing out on.
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That is what I think of too, kids that think that putting ketchup on everything makes it better.
It is just a way to mask the flavor of real food so everything tastes like the HFC Syrup they are accustom to eating at McDonalds.
 
Fritzo said:
Haha...you know what goblin cum tastes like.

And remoulade is basically just mayonnaise, sweet chopped pickles/peppers, mustard, and a bit of sugar if it's not sweet enough. Kind of a sweet tartar sauce. Miracle Whip mixed with sweet relish and a bit of mustard is actually a pretty close approximation.
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D:

where's the capers, the finely chopped onion, carrot, cabbage, terragon and other herbs?

real remoulade needs to scream "Bitch, I'm not a fucking condiment, I am your meal, now drink a cool pilsner so I may bathe in the nectar of the gods!"
 
Broheim said:
D:

where's the capers, the finely chopped onion, carrot, cabbage, terragon and other herbs?

real remoulade needs to scream "Bitch, I'm not a fucking condiment, I am your meal, now drink a cool pilsner so I may bathe in the nectar of the gods!"
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"Real remoulade", as you call is, is a simple home condiment. It sounds like you experienced it in an upscale restaurant where they fancied it up.
 
Fritzo said:
"Real remoulade", as you call is, is a simple home condiment. It sounds like you experienced it in an upscale restaurant where they fancied it up.
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nope, my grandmother makes it herself. I have the recipe somewhere but I'm too lazy to make it myself.

edit: just went to read the label on some storebought in my fridge, even that has onions, carrots, different kinds of cabbage, curry and other spices.
 
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Mayonnaise is blah. Ketchup is blah.

Mustard is where it's at.

A nice good hot brown mustard or honey mustard goes awesomely with fries.
 
Broheim said:
real mustard or that yellow american stuff ?
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real stuff when avail

yellow stuff is still prefered over ketchup


and when i dip i dont load up on tons of it, just enough to get some flavor but not enough to overpower everything

for example 2 packets of ketchup from a fastfood place would be more than enough for a large fry
i dont use ketcup just trying to give you an idea of volume
 
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Anubis said:
real stuff when avail

yellow stuff is still prefered over ketchup


and when i dip i dont load up on tons of it, just enough to get some flavor but not enough to overpower everything

for example 2 packets of ketchup from a fastfood place would be more than enough for a large fry
i dont use ketcup just trying to give you an idea of volume
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I don't mind (good) ketchup but I never make my fries sail in a sea of it either, just a little but for some extra flavour and that's it.
 
Outside of the US ketchup is rarely used. Even curry ketchup, which is nothing like regular ketchup, isn't used that often where it is used.
 
I hate mayo... will only eat it if it is hidden really well in sandwiches but the sight of it makes me gag.
 
Fritzo said:
Mayo is actually not that bad for you. It's egg whites (high protein, omega 3's, and vitamin E), oil (unsaturated fat-good fat), and lemon juice (vitamin C).
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I probably would eat more mayo if I made it myself. These ingredients dont sound too bad.

I'm not a mayo fan and if I do use it, it is in very specific situations and when I do, I don't like to slop it on. There is nothing worse than biting into a sandwich drenched in mayo and having it drip and slop all over your hands. For this same reason I don;t really like potato salads or cole-slaws that use heavy mayo dressing. Only place where I use mayo is on roast beef sandwiches but I usually also grate some horseradish in with the mayo. Such a great combo. BLTs sometime get a little mayo. Another place for mayo is on the bun of a burger mixed with ketchup although I usually use straight ketchup.

Coworker of mine told me that he lived with 2 Canadian roommates and for breakfast, they made toast with mayo instead of butter or cream cheese <barf>

The only mayo I have truly enjoyed was one I found in an asian market. They set up a sample station where you dipped pieces of dried squid in Wasabi mayo. Excellent
 
I had mayo on fries once, it wasn't awesome but it was a grease overload situation. I didn't really like it better than ketchup of vinegar though and its obviously way worse for you.

I only really like mayo on chicken sandwiches and coldcuts, basically only on things that don't have a large amount of fat to begin with.
 
NetWareHead said:
I probably would eat more mayo if I made it myself. These ingredients dont sound too bad.

I'm not a mayo fan and if I do use it, it is in very specific situations and when I do, I don't like to slop it on. There is nothing worse than biting into a sandwich drenched in mayo and having it drip and slop all over your hands. For this same reason I don;t really like potato salads or cole-slaws that use heavy mayo dressing. Only place where I use mayo is on roast beef sandwiches but I usually also grate some horseradish in with the mayo. Such a great combo. BLTs sometime get a little mayo. Another place for mayo is on the bun of a burger mixed with ketchup although I usually use straight ketchup.

Coworker of mine told me that he lived with 2 Canadian roommates and for breakfast, they made toast with mayo instead of butter or cream cheese <barf>

The only mayo I have truly enjoyed was one I found in an asian market. They set up a sample station where you dipped pieces of dried squid in Wasabi mayo. Excellent
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Would you be OK if they ate fried eggs on toast?

It's basically the same thing, just in a different form.

BTW- mayonnaise is actually not too hard to make if you have one of those "Magic Bullet" mixers or some type of food processor. Here's a quick 2 minute video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=GbPF_rLpd9o

Couple of notes:

1) I DO NOT separate egg yolks like that. I crack the egg in half and then transfer the yolk back and forth between the shells. Much cleaner.
2) Neutral oil is something like soy bean, grapeseed, or peanut. You could use extra virgin OO, but it might affect the taste.
3) You have whip the hell out of it for a minute or two, or 5-10 minutes if doing it by hand.
 
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Fritzo said:
Would you be OK if they ate fried eggs on toast?

It's basically the same thing, just in a different form.
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How is it the same thing? Custard is also made primarily with eggs and so is an omlette...would you compare that to mayo? There is far more oil percentage-wise in mayo vs for example the amount of oil used to fry an egg. Mayo is a blended condiment containing eggs, oil etc... and compared to a fried eggs. I'd rather dip my toast into delicious egg yolk than mayo.

IMO eggs are breakfast food while mayo is a condiment for any other meal, usually lunch.

Mayo is gross to me if I can taste it. Which is why I use it sparingly, just to provide a bit more oil/grease to my sandwich/burger etc... When you eat mayo on toast, its a main and only component.
 
Dipping fries in a Garlic Aioli >>>> Mayo. And just about anything you put Mayo on will be much better with a Garlic Aioli.
 
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