Mayonnaise or Miracle Whip?

[Praying Colonel]

One of the many ways DW has retrained me. I grew up in a Miracle Whip house, but I'm now mayo-only.

 

[BlueStarryHat]

I use mayo mostly, and I don't care what brand it is but my aunt insists I buy only Hellmann's. The only time I use something other than mayo is for soft pretzels or liverwurst-then I use whole grain mustard. Miracle Whip I tried once. I don't remember if I liked it or not.

 

[gmi3804]

NB: Miracle Whip is sold as "salad dressing."

 

[tvguy]

Is Miracle Whip even fit for human consumption?

Did find this product description on the Walmart website. Checking the label of mayo, it is a zero carb food and it is Keto friendly, so this makes no sense..


Miracle Whip: Mayo-like Dressing, for a Keto and Low Carb Lifestyle

 

[CynBeth]

Whatever type DH gets is fine with me.

 

[TippyThomas]

Pretty sure the FDA ensures that Miracle Whip is safe to eat.

 

[tvguy]

Pretty sure the FDA ensures that Miracle Whip is safe to eat.

They approved cyclamates too. Until they found out they weren't actually safe.

 

[TippyThomas]

They approved cyclamates too. Until they found out they weren't actually safe.

Okay.

 

[NotUrsula]

afaik, Miracle Whip has never crossed my threshhold, either before or after I came into grocery-shopping control of my house. No one I've ever known would ever touch it with a 10 foot pole; too sickly sweet.

(I know that *someone* must be eating it, unless Kraft is still paying grocery stores to stock it, like they did when it first came out, but I've never actually seen a jar of it outside of a grocery store shelf. When it was invented during the Depression it was designed to cost significantly less than real mayonaise, but those two products have been pretty much the same price all my life, so price wasn't a reason to buy it. Maybe now it's cheaper again, now that mayo has had a big price hike due to egg shortages. All I know is that after enduring the awful things that were passed off as "food" during the shortage periods during and after WW2, my parents wouldn't ever allow any kind of ersatz "substitute" into our house once the real stuff again became available.)

We didn't eat margarine, either. Mom & Dad didn't trust it. (During the War, "margarine" was usually petroleum jelly dyed yellow. Technically, petroleum jelly is safe to eat in small quantities, but it tastes like exactly what it is.)

 

[CdnCarrie]

My husband buys Hellman's Mayo. I don't mind it but really never use it. He puts it on sandwiches but I never bother the rare times I make a sandwich. I have diabetes so don't eat a lot of bread products.

 

[Cogswel_Cogs]

I will buy helmans if on good sale. If not I buy store brand. I cannot tell difference.

 

[Diznygrl]

When I was a kid I always assumed people bought MW instead of Mayo (like my grandparents) because it was cheaper, but I actually paid attention at the store a while back and saw that MW is often the same price and sometimes even more than Mayo?? How long has this been going on, and...WHY??

 

[AppleDumpling]

I use mayo and have never eaten Miracle Whip (that I know of). Maybe I‘ll try it someday. LOL, seems like people either love or hate it.

 

[PollyannaMom]

Grew up with Miracle Whip, DH grew up with mayo. He won that one.

 

[Babs Johnson]

We didn't eat margarine, either. Mom & Dad didn't trust it. (During the War, "margarine" was usually petroleum jelly dyed yellow. Technically, petroleum jelly is safe to eat in small quantities, but it tastes like exactly what it is.)

I vaguely remember some brand of margarine coming with a little packet of liquid yellow food color. The margarine itself was white and unappealing so you were supposed to add the yellow color to make it less unappetizing. I don’t think it was petroleum jelly but rather vegetable shortening like Crisco.

As for mayo vs Miracle Whip, we usually have both in the house. And sometimes Hellman’s “Sandwich Spread” or other mimics.

 

[fla4fun]

I grew up on MW for potato or macaroni salad. I don’t like a lot of it in the salad though. I prefer the salad on the dry side instead of wet and squishy. I don’t use it for anything else.

I can’t stand mayo at all. I don’t do condiments on sandwiches, and I don’t eat deviled eggs.

 

[PrincessShmoo]

Generally, Miracle Whip. If I'm making a sandwich. If it's for a salad dressing, it could be either mayo or Miracle Whip, depending if the dressing needs a bit of tartness or not.

 

[RedAngie]

I use both. Usually mayonnaise 75/25 ratio.

But one of life’s most exquisite pleasures is a freshly picked local tomato sandwich on white bread with salt, pepper, and globs of Miracle Whip.

 

[MillauFr]

Why do they need to add high fructose corn syrup to Miracle Whip? Not needed.

 

[PrincessShmoo]

Why do they need to add high fructose corn syrup to Miracle Whip? Not needed.

Probably because there's a bit of sweetness in the product. And HFCS is less expensive than sugar in the US.