Faux_Pseudo wrote:

> _.-In rec.food.cooking, Wayne Boatwright wrote the following -._
>
>>On Tue 06 Sep 2005 02:02:02p, Lisa Smith wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>>
>>
>>>Hellmann's mayo just does not taste the same to me anymore. Used to be
>>>delightfully eggy, salty and now it tastes a bit too sweet. It's still much
>>>better than the abomination that is Miracle Whip. But it's just not the
>>>same.
>>>
>>>Lisa aka Pagemaster
>>
>>I wonder if that's a regional thing? In the west we have Best Foods mayo,
>>but the same company as Hellmann's. I don't notice any difference.
>
>
> My mother told me that they are the same product. Hallmann's was on
> the east cost they did fine but the PHB's thought that it sounded too
> ethnic (Jewish) for sale on the west coast so they changed the name to
> avoid that.
>
> Personally I prefer either organic mayo or the McCormick's Mayonasa
> (sp?) which is a mexican style mayo with a touch of lime. Goes really
> good on chips (french fries).
>
I wish I could find the Mayonasa (sp). I never even found the
Hellman's with lime. Do they even still make it? And I guess
French's discontinued its chipotle mayo, although it is easy
enough to make chipotle mayo oneself.

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Jean B.