Miracle Whip: who eats this crap?

by Stefania Butler, Posted Dec 29th 2005 @ 6:03PM

I imagine that there are people in the world who 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?

Filed Under: Food Oddities, Ingredients
Tags: condiments, mayonnaise, miracle whip, MiracleWhip, oddities, salad dressing, SaladDressing, west coast

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12-30-2005 @5:18AM Heath said... I was one of the many kids who grew up thinking Miracle Whip was mayonnaise. I'm sure this came about during an add campaign back in the 50's, when commercialism began to take a foothold in households. I keep a jar of both in my fridge, and use them equally, depending on my tastes at the time.
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12-30-2005 @11:39AM MW lover said... Like yogurt, I like food that is creamy. I hate having to stir yogurt and I hate mayo because to me it looks like I'm spreading pure fat onto my sandwich. Yuck!! Miracle Whip adds that little tangy zip to a boring sandwich. I guess it's like the French say...chacun se gout(each to his own).
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12-30-2005 @1:28PM twolf1 said... I totally agree, MW is foul. Have you ever ordered a club sandwich with mayo at a small-town diner and ended up with MW on your sandwich instead? If no, you are lucky. MW and mayo aren't interchangeable!!! Don't pretend they are the same thing.
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12-30-2005 @4:21PM Huffy said... Another vote for mayo here; just *thinking* about MW makes my skin crawl. I grew up with Best Foods, except for those times when my mama made trips "back home" [to North Carolina] and returned with a couple jars of Duke's stashed in her suitcase. Unfortunately, we can't get it out here, so to whoever mentioned Duke's in an earlier post: You're one lucky gentleman!

Huffy
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12-30-2005 @5:34PM Bryan Price said... re: MW versus mayo and food poisoning.

I heard it on the Food Network. Go blame then.
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1-02-2006 @1:41AM Denise said... Every year at Holiday time my mother would use MW in our Waldorf Salad. It actually taste pretty good.

However, that's the only time of of year we use it. As a matter of fact I think I still have the jar of MW in my fridge from last year, scary.
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1-07-2006 @5:26PM DK said... I had many many roommates during the decade I shared my house...and any of them that brought home MW found that it, well, it just disappeared. I threw it out every time I found it in the refrigerator because I hate it. It seemed that the younger they were the more likely they loved their MW - they grew up with it and wanted to continue to use it.

I think it is overly sweet - another example of too much sugar in everyday foods. I'm a mayo fan.
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1-07-2006 @7:34PM shortytoo5 said... I Freakin' HAte Mayo, it is like sandwich grease and should be outlawed. Now MW ithas that tangy zip just makes your sandwich good. mayo and sandwich spread should be DISCONTINUED''' and never made again. Just imagine bologna on white bread with sandwich spread! UH! GROSS.......
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1-18-2006 @6:46PM Jill said... I did not grow up with Miracle Whip however, I love it and could eat it right out of the jar. It's great on lunchmeat sandwiches and toast as well. When I make potato salad though, I do use Mayo, but to use Mayo on a sandwich or toast makes me ill. I am the only one out of my family (5 kids and parents) who like it though. My mother always had mayo in our house but once I bought miracle whip I was hooked
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1-19-2006 @11:48AM yelena said... i just tried miracle whip for the first time last week.
and really i didn't much like it. i had it on a salad olivier ( a russian potatoe salad with peas and meat), and it just tated wierd. it was too sweet and the the texture was funky. i dunno, but i think imma stay with my regular mayo.
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1-22-2006 @10:39AM Sharie said... Hellmans and Miracle Whip are like comparing pickles and peaches. There's a sandwich or salad for each, and not to be used in place of one another. I grew up with both, and enjoy and use both. Hellmans for potato salad, MW for tomato sandwiches, or tuna.
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1-24-2006 @7:50PM Jill Dolan said... I won't buy or eat anything but MW - the other stuff has no flavor and seems too greasy. I, too, was raised on it.
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