Posted on 11/08/2017 4:11:15 PM PST by Jamestown1630
LOL! I bought a jar of prepared horseradish the other day, because I recently bought the President brand cheddar-horseradish spread/dip and really liked it. I’m thinking I’ll try to copy it.
Oh no!! Too funny!!!
We live and learn and eventually listen to our parent’s. It takes awhile though.
Still have my diaries from middle school and high school. Read them when my daughter started to get squirrelly. (About when she was an 11 y.o.) I couldn’t believe my parent’s didn’t ring my neck!!! I appreciated the fact that they let me live!!
Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is knowing not to use it in a fruit salad. Always live and learn! It ain’t easy.
horseradish is addicting! Love it. Just purchased some myself recently. But now will have to get more stuff to put it on.
omg.. no....Helmans(Best) is the only way to go....
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LOL!
Not sure if it means a thing, but there is a definite division between the two, isn’t there? I’ve really tried to like *real* mayonnaise and I always return to Miracle Whip. DH was raised on *real*, but is now a devoted MW aficionado.
Tomato, tomahto.
If I recall, Miracle Whip is sweeter.
Reminds me of something my husband asked today when we were watching that American Nostalgia video: there was white, creamy stuff back in the 1950s that was simply called ‘salad dressing’ - was that MW, or made of it? or did they call anything Mayo-like ‘salad dressing’?
Not sure, but, while I recall white *salad dressing*, I don’t recall it ever being in our fridge. I definitely recall MW.
There’s also an orangey dressing labeled just “Salad Dressing”, IIRC, but I think that also has a specific person’s name attached?
MW is sweeter and also, IMO, has more tang. In fact, when I was trying to be more upscale in my preference, I would whisk some lime juice into the Hellman’s, which made it closer. As I think about it, I believe I can taste the egg in real mayonnaise (even if I can’t, lol!) and it isn’t the taste I prefer in that product. Of course, my friends who prefer Hellman’s believe MW is “Slimier”.
Has anyone sampled the “new” Nutella? Can you tell the difference? I’ve actually been using the Aldi house brand for a while, so I might be incapable of noticing the change.
I think what I’m recalling was probably what the Brits called ‘salad cream’, and was very mayo-like.
I heard about the Nutella change; but I’ve never really used it. They claim that you won’t notice anything, but my guess is that the aficionados will.
DH and I were debating your Salad Dressing memory and he said there was a sweeter, more watery version of MW he remembers. It was cheap and as a poor student, he tried some. Not impressed.
Nutella and the knock-offs are all about the palm oil, IMO. I don’t care for some of the copycats, but the Berryhill brand from Aldi’s is acceptable. Of course, I just eat them all direct from the jar. I figure a serving spoonful equals a candy bar. I don’t get the Euro habit of chocolate on bread, either, but hazelnut spread is great heated and quickly poured over vanilla ice cream.
We go to Aldi a few times a year to stock up on some things we can’t find elsewhere - I especially like to go near the holidays, because they have such pretty Christmas candies.
But last week we tried something really nice - they have a sort of half-baked sourdough bread that you are supposed to bake in the oven for a little while. It comes out really wonderful, with a thin, chewy crust and tender inside - like having fresh homemade bread without all the work. And it remained good for several days after, till it was gone.
I can’t say how good it is compared with home-made sourdough; don’t have a lot of experience with that. But as bread, it’s a great product.
Same with me. I consistently buy the store brands, but when it comes to mayo I only buy Hellman’s. I don’t like mayo much, but when using it in salads... only Hellman’s.
“Why fight it?” Excuse me? I am not fighting anything. Eat what you want and I will do the same. An opinion is just that, not a call to arms against food.
I think ‘why fight it’ was addressed to me, because I admitted to liking it ;-)
“Salad Dressing” was what you put on things like Aspic.
Is that why it was sweet?
Not much experience with aspic....tomato/beef flavor I think I encountered a few times. IMO, it needed *something*.
A necklace would be nice, or bracelet. Don't have much imagination.
Hunting for that old photo I took of the Czech glass did help me some. It ID'ed the kind of glass generally, and if I persist, there are bound to be more pieces show up now that I know more accurate search terms.
Mine are pink, ‘crackly’ bicones, which I got about 20 years ago - they may be quite old.
I tried to find some more, and couldn’t. But I have enough for something pretty :-)
I don't know what my onions are, nice, my daughter gets my groceries. I'd have to get really hungry for that to make it again, probably never.
Then you describe hollowing out cherry tomatoes! My you have patience. They do sound delicious. I've hollowed out nice ripe firm Big Boys or similar to make stuffed tomatoes. We used to love them. You didn't want to pierce through the skin/flesh part though. In your case, it might hold together by the filling. I don't know if they stil call them hors-d'oeurves or not.
Enjoyed your post!
Dukes tastes more like Kraft mayonnaise, to me. I prefer Hellmans; it seems richer, though it is blander. But I can use any kind for potato salad or macaroni salad, since I can adjust other ingredients to make everything taste right. But for a sandwich, it does make a difference. Dukes seems to have more vinegar. If I have that, and don’t have any miracle whip, I have to sprinkle a little sugar on it or my husband doesn’t like it.
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