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eat Miracle Whip otherwise it wouldn't have so much coveted supermarket shelf space. But, what I want to know is:
who? Who are the people that buy the Miracle Whip? 'Cuz, in my opinion, it's the most disgusting
condiment ever created. It's even grosser than Kraft "Sandwich Spread" or green ketchup. It calls itself a "salad dressing," but I
couldn't imagine glopping it on to a salad. (It almost makes me gag just thinking about it.) Miracle Whip looks like mayonnaise, but it's so not. Upon close inspection, it is dotted with grains of paprika—that is one way to tell that it is not mayonnaise. The other way is to (blerf) taste it. It is tongue-meltingly tangy and overly cloying at the same time. Once you taste it, it is impossible to remove the after-taste from your mouth. It coats your tongue with its saccharine unpleasantness...blech. Totally heave-making. I just can't see how its overpowering sweetness would add anything to any dish in which it is used. But I know you Miracle Whip-lovers are out there. So tell me, why do you like it? And what do you eat it on...er, with?
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12-29-2005 @6:49PM M-L said... Gech, my mom can't stand MAYO and wants Miracle Whip exclusively. So...I grew up with the tangy zip of Miracle Whip. As an adult however, it um, repeats on me. Mom uses it in her potato salad though and there it has a place, along with sour cream and pickle juice. It's also in her cole slaw, also pretty zippy with lemon juice. I also remember eating fresh-from-the-garden tomato sandwiches with MW on em.
Now though, I've had the same small bottle for months if not a whole year already.
Aside: the "handy" design of the upside-down bottle has a fatal flaw. The 3/4" wide slit through which you're supposed to be able to squirt wide swathes of the stuff onto your bread, is PARALLEL to the hinge, which means you inevitably end up dragging the cap through your freshly squeezed zip. Solution: dispensing slit and hinge need to be perpendicular. Get with the program, Kraft.
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12-29-2005 @6:49PM Sweetspamette said... If you could taste my mom's potato salad, you would be buying Miracle Whip by the case. :o)
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12-29-2005 @7:01PM Stefania Butler said... You can't leave a comment like that without a recipe,Sweetspamette! Cought it up! :-)
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12-29-2005 @7:13PM Scott said... Same here, my dad, who grew up in the early 40s-50s HATED mayo so I grew up w/ MW. I would agree that it is good in the potato salad, etc..., or, when I was a kid, on wonder bread, with bologna and fritos.
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12-29-2005 @7:34PM BILL said... Totally agree. Wouldn't touch the stuff if you put a gun to my head.
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12-29-2005 @7:51PM Andrew said... Seems us Brits have escaped the wonder that is miracle whip. I was brought up on sandwich spread (wonder if it is the same thing...?) and wont hear a word against it. Havent eaten it for decades but still...
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12-29-2005 @8:34PM dria said... Er, I actually use it for making tunafish sandwiches (probably because that's what I grew up with). Other than that, not a thing.
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12-29-2005 @8:51PM John B said... If it is not Dukes Mayo, I'm not touching it!
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12-29-2005 @8:59PM yatesy said... i love me some miracle whip, i really do. but then again, i love all zipppy type stuff like horseradish and the like. whoo.
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12-29-2005 @9:01PM Sir Not Appearing in this Blog said... I once wrote a treatise (now sadly lost due to a particularly unfortunate hard drive crash) on the evils of Miracle Whip, describing its demonic provenance.
I cannot imagine a single application for MW wherinmayonnaise would not perform better with vastly more pleasing results.
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12-29-2005 @9:19PM adam said... my girlfriend loves the stuff so i buy it she says its good with no real explanation. i think its alittle more vinagery tasting than mayo .as far as the salad dressing goes i think they mean the pasta-picnic type salads as opposed to lettuce salads. i just like to mix it up before i get sick of either.
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12-29-2005 @9:28PM adam said... When ever i get below half level (2 months) i buy more and throw out the old jar then i get the new jar home. if your not sure when you got it just remember if the lid is dry sealed shut your out of miracle whip.
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12-29-2005 @9:32PM devNull said... Wow, I am surprised at the anti-MW sentiments here. I personally think that Mayo is a substance that should be outlawed. It just seems like tasteless sandwhich grease to me. At least MW gives me a zinging taste to go w/ the greasiness of the substance. My wife is a mayo fan and I am a MW fan so often when cooking we go half and half. It works quite well and tones down what some feel is the overpowering zing of MW while giving those of us who love that zing a bit of comfort.
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12-29-2005 @10:54PM Sharon said... I grew up in a Miracle Whip family. I always wondered why tuna sandwiches tasted so much better at my best friend's house... then I discovered that her mother used that most wonderful of condiments (at least to a 10-yr-old) Hellman's Mayonnaise. Yes, Mom still makes her potato salad with MWhip and Yes, it is damned good. But give me mayo with my tuna, please.
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12-29-2005 @11:33PM Rob Brooks-Bilson said... I grew up on the A&P store brand, and I have to say that used in tuna salad with celery and onion, it blows away any mayo based version. I also like it on pierogies and on bologna and cheese sandwiches with mustard (guilty pleasure, on wonder bread no less). It also makes a superior egg salad as well as a good spread for a BLT or pork roll sandwich!
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12-29-2005 @11:35PM Bryan Price said... I grew up on Miracle Whip. While I will eat mayo, I find that if I want potato or tuna salad, I really prefer it with MW. And yes, I have eaten a lettuce salad with MW as well. YMMV
Another difference between the two is that salad dressing is cooked, while the eggs in mayo are still raw. So the MW is the much better choice for something like a potato salad on a picnic. Yes, you still should keep it cool, but it certainly won't go bad as fast.
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12-29-2005 @11:37PM Dmnkly said... I'm a mayo guy. I can't stand MW. I'm not anti-artificial, but it's so artificial TASTING. You're right, it's like this sickly artificial sweetness that only bears a slight resemblance to food. Don't get me wrong, I'm in no position to criticize-- there are plenty of artifically awful foodstuffs I adore -- but MW and I just don't get along.
It does seem as though most MW fans enjoy it because they grew up with it. Which makes me curious, are there any MW converts, by which I mean those who grew up with mayo and later converted to MW? I'm sure there are some out there, but they seem to be in the minority.
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12-29-2005 @11:41PM mpeng said... Hrm...let's write a post to bait for comments! Way to go AOL!
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12-30-2005 @1:40AM Jay said... I am nothing but a Hellman's, or depending on the location, Best Foods Mayonnaise person. No other mayo has the same quality, taste, or texture. How, many recipes ask for MW rather than mayo? To Dmnlky, although I'm not a convert there's a pasta/shrimp/pineapple salad an Aunty made years ago I liked enough to ask for the recipe. I followed her instructions explicitly and I couldn't match the flavor I remembered until I used that godawful MW. And, to Bryan Price! I quote an article from The Good Housekeeping Magazine in 1996, condensed, of course. "If you're concerned about spoilage in salads or sandwiches made with mayo you're blaming the wrong ingredient: Mayo has a clean record! Rumors began decades ago with homemade mayo, which contained raw eggs. Today's product is made with pasturized eggs and have a high acid content (lemon juice & vinegar)which prevents the growth of food-poisoning bacteria. The real culprits are low-acid ingredients and fillings, such as potatoes, macaroni, and protiens such as meat and eggs". Because I'm not the most positive person in the world I keep tidbits like these to prove I'm not just talking crazy! Wow! This is the first time I've used this article since tacking it on my collage board! Thanks, Stephania Butler!
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12-30-2005 @3:01AM Sir Not Appearing in this Blog said... #16: "Another difference between the two is that salad dressing is cooked, while the eggs in mayo are still raw. So the MW is the much better choice for something like a potato salad on a picnic. Yes, you still should keep it cool, but it certainly won't go bad as fast."
Bzzt. The mayo you buy in the store is pasteurised, which means it's been cooked enough to render it shelf-stable. In addition to this, mayonnaise is a high-acid environment, meaning bacteria and other nasty critters will have a much tougher time finding a foothold. If you got sick eating something at a picnic, chances are it wasn't the potato or macaroni salad.
And whoever it was that said mayo has no zing wasn't eating Hellman's/Best Food. Kraft just plain has no flavour.
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