Because you are only eating commercial mayo. The "recipe" is pretty much a traditional mayo recipe.

Yes. So the cheese doesn't stand alone. If "American Cheese" is the only option, I hold the cheese, in which case, it will stand alone.

Great thread - let's all work together to save ourselves from this vile condiment. :tu:

Real mayo doesn't have sugar. Just looked at a jar of Hellman's and while sugar is an ingredient it's way down on the ingredient list and rounded down to 0g per Tbsp (15 ml). What does have sugar are viler-than-commercial-mayo imitations such as Kraft Miracle Whip (apparently was first offered as a cheap, Depression-era substitute) and it's probably not even sugar but more HFCS at that). 1g per same TBSP/15ml measure. Less oil too.

You need to try Japanese Kewpie Mayo. The dash of MSG makes all the difference!

That is probably the one mayo that I really dislike. It's sickly heavy. Fine on a California roll, but I wouldn't to use it on sandwiches.

When I moved to the UK I was shocked that so many pizza places would put a tub of mayo in the pizza box for you to slather on your pizza or dip into it. Yuck.

Yes, yes there does. Cheese is heaven...I have never met a cheese that I didn't like although I am sure there are some out there.
Mayo is heaven too.
You people don't know how to eat. :p

Try living with lactose intolerance. I have lactase pills that work *some* of the time. That’s fine if I’m at home and I want to have a slice of pizza. Eating pizza out is like playing Russian roulette. BTW, I don’t have a problem with aged cheese. The lactose turns into something else after 6 to 9 months. And most pizza cheese doesn’t give me a problem. And not because it’s aged. I think it’s because it’s not all really dairy cheese.

I’s the same way in Tennessee but with ranch dressing instead.

Hate mayo -- definitely a challenge to avoid in Europe. Especially on pre-packaged sandwiches. Whenever I'm at a train station or airport, I'm always looking for a nice basic chicken sandwich and then look at the options closely and there is a pound of mayo on the sandwiches.

Pret in particular is bad about this, the bread and sandwich always looks delicious but they just can't help themselves with mayo on everything.

Mayo does not have dairy.
Yes, aged cheese...the longer, the better----most parmesans or aged cheddar.. But also most lactose intolerant people can have goat cheese or sheep's milk cheese. Goat cheese is really good on pizza.

My stomach is churning even as I type this, but I have encountered "salsa golf" also called "salsa rosa" and "salsa rosada." All appear to be the same vile concoction.

I'll never forget the girl at the LHR T5 Pret looking at me like I had two heads because I asked if there were any sandwiches without mayo. After mentally processing what must have been a baffling request to her, she found me one with yogurt.

That Chilean hot dog - is that a standard preparation or would it be ordered/requested the way?

Firehouse Subs is probably worse than Subway with adding mayonnaise to a sandwich. I prefer mustard on a sandwich. Maybe that's why I don't like the sugar in mayo.

OK, so it isn't just me. Recently had my first Firehouse sub and after my first bite, was on the verge of throwing up. It was like "do you want a sub with your mayo?" Except for tuna, egg or pasta salad, I don't put on mayo and even then, very sparingly. I never put mayo on anything else. Firehouse gave me what I normally consume in three/four years all in one shot.

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This is an old Daily Show clip. About 4 minutes in (brought up twice).

You can get the hot dog w/o the mayo. But this is a typical prep - "italiano" (the 3 colors of the Italian flag).

I'm not anti-mayo but I don't want it on everything. My brother however can't stand the taste or texture of mayo (or anything like it) so I try and pay attention so I can warn him what to avoid. One thing we've noticed is that the Japanese places around here LOVE to use mayo in everything - on sushi, in hibachi, as a salad dressing, etc. I haven't encountered this much mayo use in Japanese places elsewhere even in the US, so I'm assuming this is a southern thing. Am I right?

I would suggest you use "no mayo" instead of "hold the mayo, please" - because "hold the mayo" may not be obvious to a non-native English speaker. I know what it means, but it makes literally no sense, unless you know the phrase already.

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