I hate it.

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    8 months ago

    I see a few responses on here about “miracle whip”. For those ignoramuses amongst us, what is this thing?

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      8 months ago

      It’s a brand name for a “whipped dressing” product. It’s similar in color and texture to mayonnaise, but it has a different flavor. It’s usually vegetarian ingredients, as opposed to mayo which uses egg

      When I was growing up, my mother thought it was healthier, so we never had mayo. So I was used to the flavor of Miracle Whip and generally prefer it.

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      8 months ago

      It’s so much better than mayo, because a little hit of lemon juice giving it some flavor, some tartness, instead of the congealed snot of mayonnaise

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      8 months ago

      I always thought it was like a Mr Whippy, but I’m guessing not from this thread! Maybe it’s like salad cream?

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      8 months ago

      Essentially Americanized mayo. Cheaply produced and processed in massive quantities with lots of added sugar. Personally I find it disgusting (why would you want something savory so sweet?!) But my American grandfather loves it. If you would like to imagine it’s flavor, imagine mixing vanilla ice cream with normal mayo.

      It’s one of those American staples that is a cheaper, more readily available, version of European staples that the American public continues to love and eat out of familiarity. American chocolate is similar, though more popular amongst younger Americans. I’d say miracle whip is less popular because quality mayo is now also readily available and very few prefer the cheap imitation. Quality chocolate is still much harder to find thus American chocolate remains popular.

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        8 months ago

        Huh. My experience as an American is never having seen “quality” mayo, but switched to only quality chocolate decades ago