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From: Cindy Hamilton <chamilton5280@invalid.com>
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Subject: Re: coleslaw
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2024 13:38:53 -0000 (UTC)
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On 2024-11-25, songbird <songbird@anthive.com> wrote:
> Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> ...
>> Miracle Whip is made from water, soybean oil, high-fructose corn syrup,
>> vinegar, modified corn starch, eggs, salt, natural flavor, mustard
>> flour, potassium sorbate, spice, and dried garlic.
>>
>> That's why I use Hellman's:
>>
>> Soybean oil, water, whole eggs and egg yolks, vinegar, salt, sugar,
>> lemon juice, calcium disodium edta (used to protect quality), natural
>> flavors.
>>
>> And I'll forestall Bruce.  In addition to being a preservative,
>> "Calcium disodium edta, also known as edetate calcium disodium, is a
>> medication used to treat lead poisoning, hypercalcemia, and digoxin
>> toxicity."
>>
>> See?  It's good for you.  ;-)
>>
>> The natural flavors are probably something garlic-adjacent.
>>
>> I've got a bottle of Kewpie in the fridge, but it's too eggy for most
>> uses (for me):
>>
>> Soybean Oil, Egg Yolks, Water, Distilled Vinegar, Salt, Sugar, Mustard
>> Flour, Red Wine Vinegar, Rice Vinegar, Yeast Extract, Natural Flavors
>
>   some things i don't worry about that much.
>
>   i don't really like plastic, but the world has taken to
> using a lot of it including items that come in contact
> with foods.  i think that is a much worse thing than a
> once in a while ingredient (nearly constant and frequent vs. 
> perhaps once a week).
>
>   as i'm also not too particularly fond of my previous
> attempts to doctor Hellmanns it is also a convenience item.
>
>   and then the obvious point, manufacturers can hide quite
> a bit under "natural flavors".

My biggest disagreement with Miracle Whip is that it's too
goddamned sweet.

It's funny.  Where I shop, Hellman's is $6.39; Miracle Whip
is $5.79; Meijer (store) brand mayo is $3.75.

Miracle Whip is mostly water and costs nearly as much as Hellman's.
Meijer Brand is nearly indistinguishable from Hellman's.

Guess which one I buy?

-- 
Cindy Hamilton