On Friday, June 30, 2017 at 7:45:53 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
> "dsi1" wrote in message
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> On Thursday, June 29, 2017 at 10:19:19 PM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
> > "dsi1" wrote in message
> > ...
> >
> > On Thursday, June 29, 2017 at 12:08:05 PM UTC-10, Julie Bove wrote:
> > > "Roy" > wrote in message
> > > ...
> > > > On Thursday, June 29, 2017 at 4:18:27 AM UTC-6, Julie Bove wrote:
> > > >> "Doris Night" > wrote in message
> > > >> ...
> > > >> > On Tue, 27 Jun 2017 18:31:12 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > > >> > > wrote:
> > > >> >
> > > >> >
> > > >> >>Inedible to us. None of us want to eat something like that. If I am
> > > >> >>putting
> > > >> >>mayo into something, I want it to stay in there. Not leave only
> > > >> >>some
> > > >> >>of
> > > >> >>it
> > > >> >>in there and have the rest drip out. you can't successfully stir it
> > > >> >>back
> > > >> >>in.
> > > >> >>Just leaves it too liquidy.
> > > >> >
> > > >> > I like Miracle Whip in some things, but I have found that it will
> > > >> > separate out when used in tuna salad, potato salad, etc. That's
> > > >> > because the #1 ingredient in Miracle Whip is water.
> > > >> >
> > > >> > When I'm mixing up that kind of stuff, I always use Hellmans mayo,
> > > >> > because it has no water in it - just basically oil and eggs.
> > > >> >
> > > >> > Doris
> > > >>
> > > >> Yes but I can't eat eggs which is why I use Just Mayo. When I was
> > > >> growing
> > > >> up, I thought I hated mayo. We used Miracle Whip at home and my mom
> > > >> called
> > > >> it mayo. She did use it in her potato salad which I also disliked. I
> > > >> found
> > > >> it to be sweet but otherwise bland. I know that she put eggs and
> > > >> potatoes
> > > >> in
> > > >> it but likely not much beyond that. For some reason, hers was the
> > > >> only
> > > >> kind
> > > >> that my dad liked. So any time I made it, he complained that it
> > > >> wasn't
> > > >> right
> > > >> and lacked eggs.
> > > >>
> > > >> I only discovered that I did like mayo after we went out to eat and
> > > >> were
> > > >> pressed for time. I had ordered a sandwich with butter instead of
> > > >> mayo
> > > >> but
> > > >> they did it wrong. Of course I did not know in those days of my egg
> > > >> problem
> > > >> or perhaps I didn't actually have the problem until much later. At
> > > >> any
> > > >> rate,
> > > >> I reluctantly took a bite and liked it. Only then did my mom tell me
> > > >> that
> > > >> she called the Miracle Whip mayo. She also called the margarine
> > > >> butter.
> > > >>
> > > >> I do know that the butter/margarine thing is pretty common, but
> > > >> beyond
> > > >> that,
> > > >> I have no clue why she would do that. She also served us severely
> > > >> overcooked
> > > >> to the point of being rubbery, scallops, telling us they were white
> > > >> fish.
> > > >> To
> > > >> this day neither my brother and I have a severe dislike for fish
> > > >> because
> > > >> of
> > > >> what she did. I will eat occasional fish sticks or tuna. But he won't
> > > >> eat
> > > >> anything along those lines. My dad was convinced that scallops were
> > > >> really
> > > >> just halibut cheeks and nothing could convince him otherwise. We even
> > > >> watched cooking shows together. He would admit that they were cooking
> > > >> scallops on the show but what was available in the store to us were
> > > >> mis-labeled halibut cheeks.
> > > >
> > > > Julie...PLEASE GET OFF THE "ME" PROBLEM. We DON'T care about your
> > > > dislikes
> > > > as we
> > > > have heard them for years. Get onto problems with food in general.
> > >
> > > Gee Roy. Did someone die and put you in charge? The original post was
> > > about
> > > what Target is calling a recall for Just Mayo. It's not a real recall..
> > > But
> > > for some reason, Target is refusing to sell any of the Hampton Creek
> > > brand.
> > > And then we had thread drift.
> >
> > That's Usenet for you. People always want to tell others what to post, if
> > they should post, how to post properly, etc, etc. My guess is that they
> > long
> > to speak freely of their wants and desires in real life but cannot, so
> > they
> > do it here. It's super ironic! What I find fascinating is that mostly it's
> > done by people that have been posting for a long time. You'd think they'd
> > know better by now. I think their senior status gives them a sense of
> > entitlement. The reality is that there is no entitlement on Usenet -
> > there's
> > only what a person allows another poster to have. My recommendation is
> > that
> > you don't give these people shit. Hee hee.
> >
> > ===
> >
> > Well said!!!
> >
> > There are no official monitors here. Perhaps those that don't like the
> > way
> > Usenet operates should go to facebook where it is all controlled.
> >
> > The complainers need to control themselves, not the poster.
> >
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>
> Oh, I can't complain - witnessing a bunch of grownups act like 12 year olds
> holds a kind of sick fascination for me.
>
> ==
>
> *rolls eyes*
>
> If anybody should be screaming it is me <g>
>
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I feel your pain. My super power is that I can observe human behavior without getting involved personally. Capt. Kirk was not supposed to get involved with the alien species he met up with. Near as I can tell, Capt. Kirk failed his primary mission. I guess I'm more like Spock.