Real Mayonnaise, Real Food? Or Just Sanctimonious Snobbery?
Real Mayonnaise, Real Food? Or Just Sanctimonious Snobbery?
Shopping for food (Photo credit: C. Bertelsen)
It’s not REAL mayonnaise. You know the one I mean.
Mayonnaise – made with egg yolks, an acidic liquid, a dash of mustard, salt, and oil, usually olive – feels as smooth and soft as a silk pillow, sliding like thickened cream across the tongue. There’re no startled taste buds in the presence of too much acid or too little salt. That’s the ideal, the…