Yuck! Mayonnaise!!! :(

[Xanadu]

I like my salads lightly covered in dressing. Don't really like a strong vinegar taste.

 

[Xanadu]

Although Greggs the Baker has started doing sandwiches mayo free.

Their piri piri chicken oval roll thingy inspired this thread

 

[marco mark]

mayo and tomato ketchup mixed is fab on just about everything

 

[Xanadu]

I have never, in all my time on Urban, agreed with a post as much as I agree with the OP

Thankfully, if there's ever a burning need for a pre-made sarnie, Sainsbury's do a really nice Onion Bahji, mint yoghurt, salad and mango chutney one in their "Around the World" range.

I saw that sainsburys sandwich once, but I wasn't 100% certain it'd taste great. Since you agree with me so much on the mayo thing, I'll trust your judgement on it

 

[pengaleng]

fucking nasty vile filth

 

[Maggot]

It is the best, but if it keeps curdling it may be becausze you have the painters round? According to my great-aunt women can't make mayo when they are on the rag.

*shrugs*

I'm sure that Skim hasn't got the painters round at the moment!

 

[Skim]

I'm sure that Skim hasn't got the painters round at the moment!

Did we have to bring my ovaries into it?

The cheek of these people.

 

[votisit]

The thing is, there are two kinds of mayonnaise; the kind with eggs and olive oil which is fantastic, and the kind with corn starch and guar gum which is like beagle-jizz.

I agree, I was going to say that you can easily make your own mayo with proper extra virgin olive oil and fresh egg yolks. Its delicious, and far better for you than anything you buy in a jar.

 

[Maggot]

Can someone put up a mayo recipe then?

 

[votisit]

working off the top of my head I can give you a basic one

1 level teaspoon of english mustard powder
1 egg yolk, try to remove the skin
1 pint Extra Virgin olive oil
dash of sherry vinegar
salt and pepper to taste

Using either a hand held blender or a food processor put all the above ingredients in the bowl and mix until you form a smooth paste. Whilst the blender is still on, add the olive oil very slowly dribbling it in, half way through add the vinegar, I use about 3 tablespoons for this amount of oil. Then incorporate the rest of the oil.

The whole thing takes less than 10 minutes from start to finish and you are left with a delicious mayo.

Just add less oil if you only want a little mayo.

 

[Vintage Paw]

Mayonnaise - I could eat it by the spoonful !!!

 

[Skim]

add the olive oil very slowly

This is where it all goes wrong for me

 

[Gavin Bl]

Foul

Salad cream, foul? Are you mad? Creamy and tangy - if it was called Creme de Salade, you'd luv it, you know you would

 

[votisit]

This is where it all goes wrong for me

Try adding half a cup of the oil first, then the vinegar to liquify it a little more, then add the rest of the oil.

What happens to the mayo? what does it look like?

 

[rennie]

I like mayo but the sandwich makers put TOO MUCH in sandwiches.

 

[tarannau]

They only put so much foul white chemical gunk in most pre-made sandwiches because it's the easiest way to keep the sarnie moist.

I was in agreement with Xanadu until he confessed he was looking at the sarnies in Greggs. Mayonnaise is the least of your worries in there...

 

[Xanadu]

I was in agreement with Xanadu until he confessed he was looking at the sarnies in Greggs. Mayonnaise is the least of your worries in there...

Yeah I agree. My opening point still stands though.

 

[ViolentPanda]

I love mayonaise but no where near as much as I love salad cream

Someone after my own (very common) heart!

 

[blues]

mayo and tomato ketchup mixed is fab on just about everything

Or doubly vile if you don't like either! My mate does a similar thing with Domino Pizza garlic and bbq dips - I know they say don't knock it til you've tried it, but *pukes at thought*

 

[lynne8]

not much of a fan of mayo, specially when buying ready made sandwiches or eating out. Butter and dijon mustard is better. I made some garlic mayo thing once with roasted garlic, it was good but the store bought ones are fairly gruesome. I haven't had salad cream since I lived in England a million years ago, I see it sometimes, but I don't know if I could get back my taste for it after all this time. The other imports from England in my family still swear by it, I think it has something to do with me being younger when I came here?

 

[Maggot]

working off the top of my head I can give you a basic one

1 level teaspoon of english mustard powder
1 egg yolk, try to remove the skin
1 pint Extra Virgin olive oil
dash of sherry vinegar
salt and pepper to taste

Using either a hand held blender or a food processor put all the above ingredients in the bowl and mix until you form a smooth paste. Whilst the blender is still on, add the olive oil very slowly dribbling it in, half way through add the vinegar, I use about 3 tablespoons for this amount of oil. Then incorporate the rest of the oil.

How can you add the oil and vinegar when you have already mixed all the ingredients together?

 

[votisit]

You are quite right, its almost second nature to me so I miss things presuming people already know.

You mix everything apart from the oil together and the oil goes in really really slowly, if it looks like it might curdle then you add the vinegar.

 

[Maggot]

Cheers!

 

[The Boy]

Or doubly vile if you don't like either! My mate does a similar thing with Domino Pizza garlic and bbq dips - I know they say don't knock it til you've tried it, but *pukes at thought*

One of the bonuses of working in DOminos when I was there was getting to tuck into any bum orders during 'down time'. Except that one of the drivers used to like mixing all the dips together, in different combos/amounts. Put me right off my pizza*.

*I know that what DOminos sell is not strictly 'pizza' in the 'proper' sense, and is in fact more akin to some sort of savoury pastry tart. I am using the term for simplicities sake.

 

[salem]

Agree 100% on the hating mayo.

I can just about tolerate Marks & Spencer sandwiches as they don't put much in but they appear to have upped the amount recently

 

[trashpony]

I'd make mayo in a food processor - it takes a very long time to add the oil.

I only like aoili - garlicky mayo.

Otherwise it's rank and kills 95% of ready made sandwiches. The worst is grated cheese and mayo. WTF! Why would you mix cheese and mayonnaise?

Not the devil's jizz - it's the devil's pus in my book

 

[spanglechick]

I'd make mayo in a food processor - it takes a very long time to add the oil.

I only like aoili - garlicky mayo.

Otherwise it's rank and kills 95% of ready made sandwiches. The worst is grated cheese and mayo. WTF! Why would you mix cheese and mayonnaise?

Not the devil's jizz - it's the devil's pus in my book

i like mayo - but I had a sandwich today which proudly advertised on the packet: ham, cheese, butter and mayonnaise.

I mean - at least one too many fats there, shurely?

 

[41132n]

Belgium

Chips

Mayonnaise

'nuff said.

 

[Xanadu]

Hellmans mayo. Yuck yuck yuck

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Salad cream - Boo to you you common proles

Mayonnaise (not helmans you oik, real mayonnaise) - Hurrah rah rah