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Re: Food but not recipes

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To be clear, mayonnaise is beloved in the "South," maybe not in South Florida, but the South. Hell, Duke's mayo is a southern institution: https://www.southernliving.com/dukes-mayo-southern-food. Better than slavery and Jim Crow.

To each his own. Mayo is not inherently bad for you. Everything in moderation. My husband hates it (except when it is incorporated into food he loves so he doesn't know it's in there).
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Blue Plate for us, and it goes in everything, including cake batter.
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It’s an ingredient in the lime crema we make for fish tacos, who knew? It’s also a delivery system for artichokes and asparagus. :mrgreen: I love it…in moderation. I use it more than ketchup.
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filly wrote: Mon May 24, 2021 11:54 am To be clear, mayonnaise is beloved in the "South," maybe not in South Florida, but the South. Hell, Duke's mayo is a southern institution: https://www.southernliving.com/dukes-mayo-southern-food. Better than slavery and Jim Crow.

To each his own. Mayo is not inherently bad for you. Everything in moderation.
Actually, it is bad for you. And I say this as I take a swig of beer. I'm perfectly imperfect.

And since a majority of residents are not from Florida -- but from the "North", we get asked if we want Mayo.
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Mayo is not bad for you in moderation. It is high in fat, sure. It is oil, egg, a tad of mustard maybe, and something acidic like lemon juice or vinegar. Mayo made with Olive Oil is better of course, but any decent Mayo isn't any more "bad" than a couple scoops of real ice cream or an order of fries.

*Dukes is the best damned mayo evah!
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Patagoniagirl wrote: Tue May 25, 2021 12:02 am Mayo is not bad for you in moderation. It is high in fat, sure. It is oil, egg, a tad of mustard maybe, and something acidic like lemon juice or vinegar. Mayo made with Olive Oil is better of course, but any decent Mayo isn't any more "bad" than a couple scoops of real ice cream or an order of fries.

*Dukes is the best damned mayo evah!
You are trying to qualify Mayo. Not seeing it. I saw you tossed in the mustard defense. Um...
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What does dry mustard have to do with it? It's a spice.
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I just don't get Neon's vicious character assassination of delicious, yummy, mayo. :nope:

Now, if it was Miracle Whip, that I could understand. :boxing:
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Estiveo wrote: Tue May 25, 2021 12:39 am I just don't get Neon's vicious character assassination of delicious, yummy, mayo. :nope:

Now, if it was Miracle Whip, that I could understand. :boxing:
Miracle Whip was invented by the devil. It should be pink or blue or something so nobody, ever, confuses it for mayo.
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Miracle Whip supposedly has sugar blended in it. Why anyone would want sugar in their mayo escapes my unsound imagination.
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zekeb wrote: Tue May 25, 2021 7:16 am Miracle Whip supposedly has sugar blended in it. Why anyone would want sugar in their mayo escapes my unsound imagination.
My baby sister loved Miracle Whip sandwiches -- just Miracle Whip alone on bread. It's fake mayo, but maybe because I made so many sandwiches for her that I have an aversion to anything mayo-ish. :sick:
Miracle Whip is made from water, soybean oil, high-fructose corn syrup, vinegar, modified corn starch, eggs, salt, natural flavor, mustard flour, potassium sorbate, spice, and dried garlic.
It's the nasty high-fructose corn syrup as the sugar component. They put that crap in everything. One reason I quit drinking sodas years ago.

They load stuff up with sugars because it's highly addictive.
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Re: Food but not recipes

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Estiveo wrote: Tue May 25, 2021 12:39 am I just don't get Neon's vicious character assassination of delicious, yummy, mayo. :nope:

Now, if it was Miracle Whip, that I could understand. :boxing:
Yeah, I don't get that either. Dietary guidance has changed over the years. Unless you have some specific conditions, eating an occasional egg is not "bad for you." Ditto with salt.

I had this discussion with my doctor because Mr. Filly and I went to a nice place for our Anniversary a few years ago and the doctor and his wife were seated right next to us. Mr. Filly was afraid to use salt with the doctor there. I recounted this and the doctor told me that recent studies had shown, counter-intuitively, that salt in moderation didn't really have an adverse effect on blood pressure as was once believed. The only caveats were that if you had kidney disease or congestive heart failure, ixnay on the salt.

So it is fair not to "like" foods but a little mayo is not bad for you unless you have a specific health issue.
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Re: Food but not recipes

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filly wrote: Tue May 25, 2021 12:39 pm
Estiveo wrote: Tue May 25, 2021 12:39 am I just don't get Neon's vicious character assassination of delicious, yummy, mayo. :nope:

Now, if it was Miracle Whip, that I could understand. :boxing:
Yeah, I don't get that either. Dietary guidance has changed over the years. Unless you have some specific conditions, eating an occasional egg is not "bad for you." Ditto with salt.
I just don't like it. It tastes bad and looks like some dude had a major orgasm on my sandwich. (a visual you will never get out of your head ... 8-) you're welcome. )

Now, if you want a nice, creamy, healthy, tasty spread for your food, try some guacamole. :thumbsup:
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I agree that mayo, by itself, doesn't taste pleasant. But I do think that mayo has an elevating effect on sandwiches.

As far as things that are "bad for you," I'm sure someone out there would tell me that my current snack of brown sugar smoked salmon from the local fishmonger on top of cream cheese on a Wheat Thin is probably not "good for me." However, it tastes amazing, so those people can bite me just as much as people who insist on being tedious and reminding me that my very occasional indulgence in large steaks and even more infrequent smoking of a cigar are unhealthy. These things bring me pleasure, without which life is not worth living.
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neonzx wrote: Tue May 25, 2021 12:59 pmNow, if you want a nice, creamy, healthy, tasty spread for your food, try some guacamole. :thumbsup:
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Estiveo wrote: Tue May 25, 2021 1:26 pm
neonzx wrote: Tue May 25, 2021 12:59 pmNow, if you want a nice, creamy, healthy, tasty spread for your food, try some guacamole. :thumbsup:
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Had to look up the Miracle stuff, don't remember to have seen it in Switzerland, but Germany has a local production facility. Maybe sufficient US soldiers based in the country?
Wikipedia wrote:Ingredients

Miracle Whip is made from water, soybean oil, high-fructose corn syrup, vinegar, modified corn starch, eggs, salt, natural flavor, mustard flour, potassium sorbate, spice, and dried garlic.[6]


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miracle_Whip
According to the Wiki the "miracle" name came from a newly invented emulsifying machine in the early 1930s taged as such.
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neonzx wrote: Tue May 25, 2021 1:29 pm
Estiveo wrote: Tue May 25, 2021 1:26 pm
neonzx wrote: Tue May 25, 2021 12:59 pmNow, if you want a nice, creamy, healthy, tasty spread for your food, try some guacamole. :thumbsup:
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neonzx wrote: Tue May 25, 2021 12:27 pm My baby sister loved Miracle Whip sandwiches -- just Miracle Whip alone on bread. It's fake mayo, but maybe because I made so many sandwiches for her that I have an aversion to anything mayo-ish. :sick:
Yeah, you may have found your heavy aversion. I don't use it very much, but when I have it on something, it works, most of the time.

Please tell me she made sure she had her Miracle Whip sandwich with Wonder Bread.
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Patagoniagirl wrote: Tue May 25, 2021 12:02 am Mayo is not bad for you in moderation. It is high in fat, sure. It is oil, egg, a tad of mustard maybe, and something acidic like lemon juice or vinegar. Mayo made with Olive Oil is better of course, but any decent Mayo isn't any more "bad" than a couple scoops of real ice cream or an order of fries.

*Dukes is the best damned mayo evah!
Homemade is the best mayo evah! It's not that hard to make, just makes a mess of all the doodads used to make it. But oh so worth it.
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northland10 wrote: Tue May 25, 2021 2:23 pm Please tell me she made sure she had her Miracle Whip sandwich with Wonder Bread.
Oh no, it was definitely store brand bread. *see "frugal" discussion elsewhere in the forum
(it's not that we didn't have the money -- it was my father grew up without so he was always conscious --- he even bought white label beer (white cans with just word "BEER" emblazoned upon them -- from the Falstaff Brewing Co)
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Many years ago, I was watching my dad prepare sweet and sour pork (or chicken, I forget which). He was adding the powder from a yellow box into the bowl with the meat. However, to his consternation, it was not thickening like usual. He kept at it, and still, not much thickening. He was worried that he does not have any more left as he was finishing off the box. I said, no, there's another box in the cupboard. He says no, he's positive we do not but gets up to check. As he opens the cupboard he says, "see, no more" and I said, "no it's that yellow box right there." He said, but that's not corn starch to which I mentioned, um, neither is the box you were using.

He turns in horror to see the yellow box on the counter which was clearly labeled....
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"sweet and sour"

It's definitely going to have the "sweet" part... :lol:
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neonzx wrote: Tue May 25, 2021 12:22 am
Patagoniagirl wrote: Tue May 25, 2021 12:02 am Mayo is not bad for you in moderation. It is high in fat, sure. It is oil, egg, a tad of mustard maybe, and something acidic like lemon juice or vinegar. Mayo made with Olive Oil is better of course, but any decent Mayo isn't any more "bad" than a couple scoops of real ice cream or an order of fries.

*Dukes is the best damned mayo evah!
You are trying to qualify Mayo. Not seeing it. I saw you tossed in the mustard defense. Um...
My dietician says the only foods that are “bad for you” are high fructose corn syrup, trans fats, artificial sweeteners, artificial colors, and ... there’s one more that I can’t remember (it wasn’t mayo). Everything else in moderation, according to one’s individual needs.
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northland10 wrote: Tue May 25, 2021 2:40 pm Many years ago, I was watching my dad prepare sweet and sour pork (or chicken, I forget which). He was adding the powder from a yellow box into the bowl with the meat. However, to his consternation, it was not thickening like usual. He kept at it, and still, not much thickening. He was worried that he does not have any more left as he was finishing off the box. I said, no, there's another box in the cupboard. He says no, he's positive we do not but gets up to check. As he opens the cupboard he says, "see, no more" and I said, "no it's that yellow box right there." He said, but that's not corn starch to which I mentioned, um, neither is the box you were using.

He turns in horror to see the yellow box on the counter which was clearly labeled....
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