Mark A.Meggs wrote:

> On Sat, 30 Aug 2008 21:58:32 GMT, hahabogus > wrote:
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>>Mark A.Meggs > wrote in
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>>If you own a stick or wand blender the entire mayo can be made at one
>>go...dump everything into a container (including oil) instert stick
>>blender to the bottom, turn it on and bring it to the top...repeat this
>>maybe three time and you have mayo...no drizzling no large food processor
>>to wash. The best container to use is one just a little bigger than the
>>working end of the stick blender...say a jam jar or a unbreakable tumbler
>>of some sort. So effectivly it is dump in ingredients and make 3 passes
>>with the blender. Which cuts time down to under 5 minutes. And reduces
>>your washing up
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> My gut feeling (not backed up by any facts) is that this method would
> significantly increase the chances of the emulsion breaking.

Agreed, I have done this with gravy. To recover it, I had to bring it
back up to a gentle boil, something that you can't do with mayonnaise.

Mind you, my stick blender is a bit of an animal.

Dave