getting off topic but my goddaughter at 10 reveled in the fact that some of the food items in my pantry were older than her
― Dan S, Thursday, 24 September 2020 00:15 (three years ago) link
I find gochujang a bit tricky to work with in general because it tends to be a bit stiff and sticky
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Thursday, 24 September 2020 01:57 (three years ago) link
the key to mayonnaise in general is to whisk or blend the oil in very slowly, so that the egg and other ingredients and oil can emulsify...
― Dan S, Wednesday, September 23, 2020
Don't forget the final step to perfect mayonnaise: once the ingredients are nicely emulsified, rinse the resultant paste down the sink and never speak of it again.
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Saturday, 26 September 2020 03:37 (three years ago) link
i've found turning it into a sauce makes it handy for many applicationsBibim Sauce: 1/4 cup gochujang 2 tablespoons toasted sesame oil 2 garlic cloves, minced 2 tablespoons agave or maple syrup 2 tablespoons rice vinegar 2 tablespoons waterxp
― scampos sacra fames (outdoor_miner), Saturday, 26 September 2020 14:48 (three years ago) link
it's great mixed with sauteed veg, tofu, have used to glaze salmon, too
― scampos sacra fames (outdoor_miner), Saturday, 26 September 2020 14:49 (three years ago) link
it sounds good
― Dan S, Saturday, 26 September 2020 21:00 (three years ago) link
A review of mayos by the LA Times.
https://www.latimes.com/food/story/2020-10-08/the-best-mayonnaises-you-can-buy-a-nostalgia-proof-taste-test
― nickn, Thursday, 15 October 2020 04:58 (three years ago) link
The winner was Kraft for those that don't (or can't) read it.
― nickn, Thursday, 15 October 2020 04:59 (three years ago) link
And a sidebar on Kewpie mayo.
https://www.latimes.com/food/story/2020-10-09/people-love-kewpie-mayonnaise
― nickn, Thursday, 15 October 2020 05:08 (three years ago) link
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/nov/08/joe-biden-irish-relatives-celebrate-ballina-county-mayo
― the burrito that defined a generation, Sunday, 8 November 2020 18:04 (three years ago) link
"Joe Blewitt, 41, a plumber who is a third cousin of Biden."
stunning news
― rob, Sunday, 8 November 2020 18:09 (three years ago) link
so there i was, fixing to scramble an egg, when i discovered i had no milk. nor cream, nor sour cream, nor creme fraiche, nor nothing. “but that’s terrible, cat! whatever did you do?” well i’m posting in this thread so you already know what i did: spat into the eye of G*d and scrambled an egg with mayonnaise. then cooked it. then ate it. it was fine but i can no longer be buried in consecrated ground.
― hundreds of millions of (cat), Thursday, 7 October 2021 05:11 (two years ago) link
It starts from desperation, but it'll end with you slathering mayo on pastrami sandwiches and licking the knife afterwards.
― nickn, Thursday, 7 October 2021 06:48 (two years ago) link
it will end with me shambling out into the street excreting mayo from every pore, slimetrail of mayo in my wake, feebly grasping at passers-by with my greasy mayo fingers while i weep fat mayonnaise tears
― hundreds of millions of (cat), Thursday, 7 October 2021 06:57 (two years ago) link
The road to hell is paved with BLTs.
― earlnash, Thursday, 7 October 2021 07:27 (two years ago) link
this is a safe space
well, at least it used to be
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 7 October 2021 09:58 (two years ago) link
Whenever I'm eating it, I'm convinced leftover roast chicken and mayo is the best flavour combo there is.
― chap, Thursday, 7 October 2021 16:33 (two years ago) link
Yes! I discovered it eating some leftover Thanksgiving turkey on bread, and graduated to using it (a chili spiced version) on fish sandwiches. The key is to use it sparingly.
― nickn, Thursday, 7 October 2021 16:57 (two years ago) link
yeah I love leftover bird and mayo on a sandwich.
― 《Myst1kOblivi0n》 (jim in vancouver), Thursday, 7 October 2021 16:58 (two years ago) link
The key is to use it sparingly.
Lol I slather it on.
― chap, Friday, 8 October 2021 08:40 (two years ago) link
sandwich shop in Southampton used to do rolls with coronation chicken (mayo + curry powder) which was actually spicy and had halved grapes, absolute heaven.
― edited to reflect developments which occurred (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 8 October 2021 08:56 (two years ago) link
was convinced this revive was as a result of this god-tier tweet
To those asking why… They want us to put mayonnaise in our coffee. I won’t tolerate it. https://t.co/JbZUcHLjBc— Dionne Warwick (@dionnewarwick) October 7, 2021
― Critique of the Goth Programme (Neil S), Friday, 8 October 2021 09:10 (two years ago) link
long past time to ask dionne the viking question
― mark s, Friday, 8 October 2021 13:55 (two years ago) link
while i am grateful to have experienced that ground-breaking tweet, i am curious as to why dionne warwick was following a mayonnaise’s twitter in the first place
― hundreds of millions of (cat), Saturday, 9 October 2021 20:45 (two years ago) link
a quiet thursday evening, winds from the northwest at 5-10 mph, fire danger moderate. i am asked to conjure up my famous fridgehoarder pie (the debased step-nephew of shepherd’s/cottage/tamale pies, exclusive to those whose refrigerators groan with produce on the edge). i will oblige.
the amalgamated base laid in the baking tray, i turn to preparation of the mashed potato lid. a chance to finish off a half-empty bag of potato flakes; how prudent, how frugal, how virtuous.
the measure of potato flakes is sufficient.
boiling water i have in abundance, gods be praised.
the dregs of a carton of flaxmilk supply one third of the milk called for, cow juice the rest.
for the unctuous component, the last of a stick of butter and the scrapings from a jar of ghee yield … half … of what is needed.
what do i do. what do i do?! the olive oil is gone. we haven’t opened the new jar of coconut oil yet, and i can’t despoil a fresh grocery item for fridgehoarder pie, it goes against the entire ethos. i scan the pantry, i scan the fridge, i rifle through drawers, i come back to the fridge again and i see it. the old upside-down squeezie bottle of mayonnaise. down to just a few spoonfuls now, but enough for what i must do. forgive me.
― Toxoplasmosis Jones (cat), Friday, 8 April 2022 13:11 (two years ago) link
May God have mercy on your soul.
― nickn, Friday, 8 April 2022 16:03 (two years ago) link
my fridge clearing go-to is thai vegetable curry, and I am sure one could replace the the can of coconut cream with watered down mayo.
― Michael Flatley's (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 8 April 2022 16:44 (two years ago) link
one most certainly could not, without the earth falling off its axis!
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Friday, 8 April 2022 20:47 (two years ago) link
Mayochup is where it's at.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Friday, 8 April 2022 20:55 (two years ago) link
Best Non-Fiction Writing 2022
― change display name (Jordan), Friday, 8 April 2022 20:58 (two years ago) link
One could, but why would one?
― nickn, Friday, 8 April 2022 21:26 (two years ago) link
so i'm making a sandwich, right? quick & practical, who doesn't love a sandwich.
i don't mind a little mayo on my 'wich, but last time i only used a dab & consequently my sangwidge was unacceptably dry, so this time i'm laying down the mayonnaise with a free hand. as i do so, i amuse myself by envisioning wafer-thins wisps of bread laden with snowy drifts of mayo, inches thick -- wouldn't that be a laugh, i chortle, unaware of the horror to come.
with my bread generously slathered, i retrieve cheese from the fridge & center a single perfect slice on my foundational lubed-up bread, just so. next up, the meat. but what's this? my vegan luncheon meat alternative has vanished! someone* must have polished it off without telling me.
well, all is not lost. i reach into the veggie drawer for that lovely tomato i saw just the other day and, oh. it's squishy. hm.
with a familiar sense of creeping resignation, i poke around for the head of romaine lettuce which has, naturally, been whittled down to a nub and returned to its receptacle on the bottom shelf.
i stand & close the refrigerator door. on the counter, triumphant, is my cheese & mayonnaise sandwich.
* you know who you are
― forever & over (cat), Wednesday, 19 April 2023 16:01 (eleven months ago) link
maybe i should just assemble all my ingredients *before* i start cooking
― forever & over (cat), Wednesday, 19 April 2023 16:05 (eleven months ago) link
Eugh!!
I have rarely been so nauseous as the day I found out there was a product called Hair Mayonnaise.
― Hideous Lump, Wednesday, 19 April 2023 18:15 (eleven months ago) link
thanks for sharing!
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Wednesday, 19 April 2023 18:21 (eleven months ago) link
it’s positively childish to be anything less than enthusiastic about mayo
― brimstead, Wednesday, 19 April 2023 18:32 (eleven months ago) link
xpThat's right up there with Body Butter.
― nickn, Wednesday, 19 April 2023 18:33 (eleven months ago) link
we'll look i'm not going to get into it but putting mayonnaise in your hair is perfectly legit, and if for some reason you object to your hair smelling strongly of mayonnaise then you can add essential oils to taste
― forever & over (cat), Wednesday, 19 April 2023 18:53 (eleven months ago) link
body butter is the real enemy
― brimstead, Wednesday, April 19, 2023 1:32 PM (twenty-five minutes ago)
this is not the first time i have seen this accusation leveled at mayo-haters, of which i am one. i have truly never felt so harshly judged for such an inconsequential and personal choice. absurd. less absurd in this thread than the other one (because it's about like/dislike the devil's condiment)but absurd nevertheless.
― Piggy Lepton (La Lechera), Wednesday, 19 April 2023 19:02 (eleven months ago) link
I was being sarcastic!! Read my posts itt!!
― brimstead, Wednesday, 19 April 2023 19:48 (eleven months ago) link
I got inappropriately mad in the uncool food opinions thread when flopson said not liking ketchup was childish lol
oh right! i apologize -- i think i thought you were the same person (my bad!!)
i was also insppropriately angry about that hence my pissy post above.
i still think mayo is gross and will never voluntarily eat it. when i was a kid. my mom refused to eat anything with peanuts or rootbeer. she had no rational reason other than these two foodstuffs nauseated her. i can't imagine anyone calling her childish for having culinary aversion to comon foodstuffs. why shit on mayo haters?!
― Piggy Lepton (La Lechera), Wednesday, 19 April 2023 19:56 (eleven months ago) link
oops *common
fwiw a cheese-and-mayo sandwich has been my dad's go-to lunch for decades, probably ever since he became vegetarian in the early '70s. I consequently grew up eating and appreciating them as well, though having good cheese is pretty crucial. These days I jazz it up with lettuce, onions and pickles, but as a base, cheese and mayo is delicious.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, 19 April 2023 20:11 (eleven months ago) link
(literally just had a cheese sammy for lunch today — aged English cheddar lightly melted on a good baguette, with a dollop of Kewpie mayo, lettuce, onion and bread-and-butter pickle. 10/10, would eat again)
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, 19 April 2023 20:14 (eleven months ago) link
Sounds amazing.
― This machine bores fascism (PBKR), Wednesday, 19 April 2023 20:42 (eleven months ago) link
In my experience, picky people tend to deny it and claim that they like everything except one or two things but the more time you spend with them the more you find little exceptions that end up meaning that they have a hard time ordering in restaurants unless they’ve ordered the dish before or else they have to quiz the waiter at length before ordering (usually including special instructions).
― o. nate, Wednesday, 19 April 2023 20:53 (eleven months ago) link
So, I'll say that I think eggs and milk are among the weirdest things human beings eat. Think about it: Another animal's breastmilk and unfertilized (sometimes!) eggs. And the things we have to do to get a steady supply of these things is both unnatural and sometimes horrific. And, mayo is unfertilized egg of a chicken whipped furiously with oil.
Yet, I love milk and eggs. And I love mayo. But I acknowledge that it is objectively, well... it should at least be considered a delicacy. A member of my immediate family who lives in the midwest, eats a lot of casseroles made with canned vegetables, and pretty much every meal is built around ground beef, thinks raw fish is some kind of exotic delicacy which she'd never have the courage to try, yet dumps 1/8 a jar of mayonnaise on her medium rare hamburgers without any acknowledgement of just how weird and gross mayo is on its surface. Not to mention a big side of deviled eggs with pretty much any special meal!
I guess I see it both ways. I hate food shaming on both ends. The picky and those extremely intolerant of others' possibly too sensitive disgust reflex. Food is too fun to be so negative about.
― beard papa, Wednesday, 19 April 2023 23:16 (eleven months ago) link
eggs are probably the favorite food of most creatures big enough to swallow them. they are ultra-nutritious and best of all they can't fight back! even snakes love eggs
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Wednesday, 19 April 2023 23:19 (eleven months ago) link