The French Fry Poll

The horror. To eliminate mayonnaise from one's options is to simultaneously eliminate
aioli, remoulade, rouille, sauce tartare, and lime-flavored meyonesa from one's life.

Let me be quite firm on this: If God didn't want us to eat mayonnaise she would not have invented it!!!

Well said!

Alert, alert - we are in the presence of mayophobes!! They are organized. They even have T shirts.




They are organizing secretly to ban our favourite sauce!

http://groups.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=groups.groupProfile&groupID=102546448&MyToken=68dd4f34-4852-490a-b51a-b5ae2566f3b8

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4176/is_20050921/ai_n15807855

But never fear, we proponents of this sublime condiment are arming to strike back!! There is even a restaurant in Japan - Mayonnaise Kitchen - that glorifies mayo!

They feel so strongly about our wonderful sauce they go all potty mouth when they have to talk about it:

There are only a handful of things I truly hate in this world. One of them is mayonnaise. That white, slimy, gooey, oily mess that people think is delicious. No other single foodstuff makes my mouth feel like it is full of dog shit than mayo. And reading that there is a place in Tokyo called Mayonnaise Kitchen causes me to seizure.

In 2006, Japanese consumed 1.65 kg of mayonnaise per person. I think that shows what they think of the crap. The restaurant caters to “mayoraa” [マヨラー], mayo freaks.. It even serves up the “Mayoty Dog”, which tastes like the vodka-based cocktail Salty Dog but is served in a glass with mayonnaise on its rim instead of salt. I rather get sodomized than drink that putrid concoction. OK, maybe not sodomized but definitely groped and violated.

Maybe we need a new poll with choices - 'Would you rather eat mayonaisse or be sodomized?" (I see you in the back there - no, I will not include a poll choice for 'all of the above'....)

It would seem that talking about how tasty mayo can be, to a mayphobe, is akin to offering a tasty meat pie to a PETA member.

The pro-mayo website: http://www.world-of-mayo.com/Mayonnaise.htm

Bill, Hi....


Well spoken mon frere with regard to mayonnaise. As to those who would sodomize or be sodomized (heterosexually, homosexually or even asexually) perhaps left to a thread one of the many chat rooms devoted to such subjects. Who, after all, are we to cast either the first, second, third or final stone? Me....I'm not in favor of casting stones at all. I do, however, adore fine mayonnaise!!!!!

Ye smiling curmudgeon
Rogov

Cited only as an example of the level of mayophobe dialectic - no other judgement (or preference) express or implied, I assure you. What anyone does or does not do is none of my business as long as they do it in private and don't scare the horses.

Here's a clip of how to make your own mayo (mayophobes should avert their eyes)

http://www.foodinc.ca/recipes/2007/01/make-your-own-mayonnaise.html

The horror. To eliminate mayonnaise from one's options is to simultaneously eliminate
aioli, remoulade, rouille, sauce tartare, and lime-flavored meyonesa from one's life.

Let me be quite firm on this: If God didn't want us to eat mayonnaise she would not have invented it!!!

Rogov, I don't know what Cynthia's and Stuart's reasons are, but an event in childhood involving confusion between mayonnaise and my mother's hand cream created a phobia involving dairy products and cold white goopy dressings that I have been unable to shed. I cannot help it. That said: I love mayonnaise when mixed with lemon juice as a dip for artichoke leaves, and I use mayo to bind my tuna salads. I love these two exceptions, and have enjoyed some of the things you mention in good restaurants. But if you were to spread mayonnaise on my sandwich or put some cold white creamy secret sauce on my hamburger, I'd be absolutely unable to eat it. Don't try to reason with me, it's a phobia: I truly can't overcome this--and I've tried.

What would happen if you dyed it a different color, say bright yellow with turmeric or something?

What would happen if you dyed it a different color, say bright yellow with turmeric or something?

Or dusted the heck out of it with paprika, or....reminds me of adding food colouring to Cream of Wheat to entice recalcitrant children into eating it.

I wonder if she can tolerate rouille? Without which there can be no bouillabaisse.

Jenise, our reasons are that it's pus.

DR, Julia Childs's recipe for remoulade doesn't have pus in it. And my take on that classic was posted a couple of weeks ago, also sans pus.

Jenise, our reasons are that it's pus.

DR, Julia Childs's recipe for remoulade doesn't have pus in it. And my take on that classic was posted a couple of weeks ago, also sans pus.

Of course, you are well aware there are several versions of Remoulade - both French and New Orleanian. The one I prefer has no mayonnaise - because I make the mayonnaise in the process of making the dressing. If pus were the color of my Remoulade you'd be really sick.

Maybe we need a new poll with choices - 'Would you rather eat mayonaisse or be sodomized?" (I see you in the back there - no, I will not include a poll choice for 'all of the above'....)

It would seem that talking about how tasty mayo can be, to a mayphobe, is akin to offering a tasty meat pie to a PETA member.

The pro-mayo website: http://www.world-of-mayo.com/Mayonnaise.htm

How about violate the mayo-freaks? could that be an option?

Wow, topic is primal judging from number of replies! I enjoy the vinegar contrast, but splashing pure vinegar on fries takes the crisp away, so I prefer mustard. But for sweet potato fries, cream style horseradish is the perfect condiment.

Personally, I don't particularly care for French fries. I'll eat a couple curly fries on occasion, if there isn't anything else. I like something hot and spicy on the couple fries I eat, and I have to eat them before they get cold. Not my thing!

Oh my God!!!! It's one thing not to like mayo, but to be indifferent to fries???!!! This is truly beyond my comprehension.

But for sweet potato fries, cream style horseradish is the perfect condiment.

Oh, now that sounds REALLY good.

But for sweet potato fries, cream style horseradish is the perfect condiment.

Oh, now that sounds REALLY good.

Yes, intrriguing!