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Most people don't know that back in 1912, Hellmann's mayonnaise was manufactured in England. In fact, the Titanic was carrying 12,000 jars of the condiment scheduled for delivery on May 5th in Vera Cruz, Mexico, which was to be the next port of call for the great ship after its stop in New York.

This would have been the largest single shipment of mayonnaise ever delivered to Mexico. But as we know, the great ship did not make it to New York. The ship hit an iceberg and sank, and the cargo was forever lost.

The people of Mexico, who were crazy about mayonnaise and were eagerly awaiting its delivery, were disconsolate at the loss. Their anguish was so great that they declared a National Day of Mourning, which they still observe to this day.

The National Day of Mourning occurs each year on May 5th and is known, of course, as Sinko De Mayo.

And now you know where the name originated!

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Karen C
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Tastes NOTHING like I grew up with!!!!! Definitely an American taste! Americans can believe anything (r.d.&h)

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Gillian Murray

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Belinda Alene

DD volunteers weekly at the SPCA, and since Cinco de Mayo fell on a Sunday she was there to celebrate Cinco de Gato....all rescue cats only a $5 adoption fee. I thought that was pretty clever!

Changing the subject - rather, following up on the second line of inquirty - lately I hear raves about Duke's mayo....opinions? I've never tried it - we don't use much mayo at our house, and we've switched to the olive-oil based kind. But dang, Duke's is expensive compared to store brand!

sue

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Susan Hartman

We use very little Mayo, but have tried it. Cannot be a true judge, because it isn't something I grew up with. To my mind they all taste the same, Mayo, MW...give me real butter any day!

Gillian

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Gillian Murray

But not in tuna salad...

Sara

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sara

You can keep your tuna, Sara. I'll take ham salad, thank you! Made with Miracle Whip, not the tasteless mayo.

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Joan Erickson

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Fran

Cute

I buy the Hellmans Olive Oil mayo at BJ's in the "Big but not Stupid Big" jar. Lasts us about for about 40 cans of tuna salad plus the odd chicken or turkey salad or tomato sandwich.

C
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Cheryl Isaak

my stomach turns just thinking about it!

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Cheryl Isaak

that does work - at summer camp we made spam salad with pickle relish, MW and yellow mustard. Now I kind of want some!

C
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Cheryl Isaak

Sounds similar to a sandwich I make that uses the above except with a can of corned beef in place of the Spam. Put some on on a bun, butter the outsides (top & bottom), put on a hot waffle iron and squash and heat until the bun is toasty & filling is hot. Yummmmmmmm!

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Joan Erickson

I have simple tastes and prefer 'Blue Plate' mayonnaise over Kraft, Helmans or store brand. I grew up being fed Miracle Whip in place of mayonnaise. Once discovering that Miracle Whip was not mayonnaise I did a taste test of the brands available in my local grocery. Now I really dislike Miracle Whip having finally had real mayonnaise.

I no longer use as much mayo as once I did, having lost interest in the extra calories. Yet summer is coming so it is time to begin making egg salads for cool lunch on hot days.

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Belinda Alene

I've gone to cream cheese and sour cream for my devilled eggs. Still put mayo in my sandwich salads -- I think. It's been a while since I made one.

One of these years I'm going to try the recipe for "cooked dressing" in an old home-ec book I found. I remember Mom making boiled dressing, but don't remember eating it. The book suggests it for all the uses we now make of mayo, and treats it as a fundamental recipe -- white sauce and cornstarch pudding had taken over that role by the time I took home ec.

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Joy Beeson

For a truly awful taste try Heinz "Salad Cream" - reminiscent of the home-made "mayonnaise" served at my old school (1955-59), utterly revolting and with a thin layer of vinegar on top.

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Bruce Fletcher

a little late to the party.... just got a new computer and I am still fooling with the settings and catching up on newgroups...

but anyway I think Duke's has more of an 'oil' taste while Hellman's has more of an 'egg' taste. (I ofter just taste it straight out of the jar)

Rich

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Rich

Thanks for sharing this useful information. I think most people are not aware about National Day of Mourning and its history

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DarrenBailey

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