slo’s MONDAY 1/9 poll - Mayonnaise/Miracle - Spread vs. Squeeze

[BrianL]

Yes, you have to spread it anyway, so jar is better. I hate when I have to use the little packets! My trick is to squeeze it out, then rub the bread peices together to spread it around if I don't have a plastic knife handy.

 

[MamaMermaid]

Either works!

 

[1420Elexismc]

I have been stuck on the olive oil based mayo for years...our grocery store has their own store brand of it, so I don't have to buy name brand

 

[Smugpugmug]

I usually buy the jar and use a knife to spread the mayo, but I'll buy the squeeze bottle if the brand I like (Hellman's Light Mayonnaise) is sold out. I also use a squeeze bottle of Heinz Mayoracha, which is SO good and is also hard to find in stores near me. It's always sold out

 

[nw6675]

Either one.

I buy Hellman's (or occasionally Duke's) when it's on sale, and sometimes you don't get the choice. If given the option, jar.

This. Except reverse the Hellman's to Duke's.

And Miracle Whip is just plain old disgusting and an offense to all humans

 

[TCRAIG]

I don’t typically put mayo on sandwiches; I use other condiments. Mostly use it for tuna salad and other salads, and it’s easier to scoop out a larger quantity from a jar. I buy the light variety of Hellmann’s or the store brand. Never had Miracle Whip.

Same - except it’s got to be Hellman’s - nothing else tastes as good

 

[leebee]

Mayo, whichever brand (including store brand) is on sale. I'd never heard of Duke's mayo until I went to Florida- it's not carried in New England, as far as I've seen. I also insist that a spoon be used to get the mayo out of the jar but a knife is used to spread it. Do NOT track crumbs, food particles, etc. back into the mayo jar. It's gross, and also how some food poisoning gets its start.

 

[loves to dive]

I'm not a huge mayo fan and only eat it on certain things (ham and cheese sandwich and put a tad in potatoe salad) so I don't care. Hubby buys it in our house and I'm pretty sure he just buys what is on sale but does normally buy the squeeze bottle. I do insist he buy the lower fat version of whatever he is buying.

 

[Dan Murphy]

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I have my new word of the day, leebee, thanks.

This creates an anaerobic condition- a situation where there is no oxygen- at the food/mayo interface. Many food-borne infections need an anaerobic condition to grow, so if these bacteria are on the surface of the food particle, voila! You've just created a jar-o-misery instead of a jar-o-mayo. I

You sound like a university professor, leebee.

 

[Micca]

Jar for me, Hellman's. Generally not a fan of squeeze bottle anything due to the waste mentioned previously. I will make an exception for the old-school diner yellow and red squeeze bottles they'd set out on the tables.

 

[ncc1701]

Prefer the jar but have purchased the squeeze. As a PP said the squeeze bottle always seems to have remains you can't get out. It has to be Mayo , not Miracle Whip. I usual buy Hellman's. I don't use it often and they have it available in a 8oz jar or a 6oz squeeze.. Duke's is now available at my local stores but only in the 16oz jar or large squeeze bottle.

 

[bobbiwoz]

My grandfather worked for Best Foods, Hellman’s and thats what we use. I spread or scoop it. DH likes it more on sandwiches that I do. However I mostly use it for home made potato salad.

 

[DeeBee3]

If I use mayo it has to be Hellman's. Mayo and Ketchup (Heinz for life) are my brand loyalties, although I use ketchup far more often.

 

[Disneylover99]

I buy both mayo and Miracle Whip. I usually buy the spread because it’s cheaper.

 

[BrianL]

Dukes is good, but something in it gives me a mild food allergy, so I don't tend to use it. My friends swear by it though.

 

[Kitty 34]

I do Miracle Whip and DH does Hellman's. We both knife it or scoop depending on how much we're using.

 

[JLTraveling]

Only the mayonnaise with olive oil, and always the squeeze bottle. It's way more sanitary, plus with only two of us in the house it's a nice manageable size that gets used up well before it goes bad. It's also super easy to put on sandwiches, which is the main thing we use it for.

 

[tvguy]

Miracle Whip ONLY!! I can’t stand anything else !!! Scoop & spread person here !!! Love my Miracle Whip !!!!

My mom made potato salad once with Miracle Whip. I asked her what was wrong with the potato salad. She threw if all in the trash, which says a lot for someone who grew up in the depression, but it was awful.
I get why people bought is in the 1960's, it was half the cost of mayo, but I'm not sure it's even food

 

[Ensusieasm]

Mayo, whichever brand (including store brand) is on sale. I'd never heard of Duke's mayo until I went to Florida- it's not carried in New England, as far as I've seen. I also insist that a spoon be used to get the mayo out of the jar but a knife is used to spread it. Do NOT track crumbs, food particles, etc. back into the mayo jar. It's gross, and also how some food poisoning gets its start.

Yes! This is why I always get the squeeze bottle!

 

[MIGrandma]

Knife and spread. Used to buy Hellman’s and another name brand I can’t think of, with olive oil. But then tried Duke’s and that’s all I buy now. Love the tang it has.