Homemade mayonnaise is not necessarily sufficiently acidic to retard the growth of pathogenic bacteria. Commercial mayonnaise is.

... that just can’t be right. My jar of Best Foods (Hellman’s in the West has to be Best Foods for some reason) says to refrigerate after opening. Besides even if it’s safe, commercial mayonnaise separates at...

and corn on the cob with mayonnaise, red pepper and cotija.) I was admittedly pretty hungry, but I think even without hunger as a sauce, the ribs were surprisingly excellent: meaty, tender, fatty, but not too fatty. Very smokey...

For the little it’s worth, early in the Zankou era, I asked about the sauce. I was told it came from an “outside” source. I later learned that it is basically a garlic mayonnaise, although I never figured out...

Some places use a commercially prepared mayonnaise from Vietnam which is similar to the Japanese Kewpie brand (thinner and sweeter than American jarred mayo), others use a house-made mayo-like dressing which is basically an...

When I lived in Nashville I used to buy quarts of pasteurized whole egg at Robert Orr/Sysco, the local equivalent to Smart & Final. I used it mostly for preparations that require uncooked egg, such as mayonnaise, to avoid having...

mayonnaise, but all I’ve been able to find here has been egg-white “product”.

I was going to make the same point about mayonnaise. Commercially produced mayo is very low risk of going bad, even when it sits out at room temperature. The mayonnaise “myth” stems from the days of homemade mayo,...

(1) Eggs are not dairy. (Dairy products are from cows.) (2) Commercial mayonnaise has preservatives and chemicals in it that keep it from spoiling (unlike, say, homemade mayonnaise, which contains raw eggs, which could spoil if...

with iced tea and plenty of napkins. You might find it more prudent to eat this sandwich over the sink. You could use turkey bacon, and some of the “infused’’ commercial mayonnaises are wonderful—the red pepper...

like, but f=keep separate form the sandwich until you eat it, same with the dressing. And red grapes goes great with that sandwich, too. If you don’t make your own aoili, add a touch of garlic into a good mayonnaise and mix...

Since there is no mayo in this, it is great to take to a picnic. ~~~~~~~~~ it’s a common misconception that mayonnaise is the culprit when in cases of bacteria/food poisoning from summer salads that have been sitting around...

inactivation rates in four commercial mayonnaise products. J. Food Protect. 54 (12):913-916 Glass, K. A. et al. (1991) Fate of Salmonella and Listeria monocytogenes in commercial, reduced calorie mayonnaise. J. Food Protect. 54...

Question! I am going through the sauce chapter now, and when the ingredient list says Mayonnaise, do we think he is calling for something like Hellman’s or home-made? I ask because commercial mayonnaise has its own set of...

That is the reason I hate most North American commercial mayonnaises except for some small producers with no sugar. I never put sugar in mayo when I make it – is it because they add too much vinegar or other acid to...