On Sat, 29 Oct 2005 20:40:24 +1300, Daisy >
wrote:

>I'm so sorry if I hit a nerve. It was totally unintended. I have
>to admit to not being a sweet-tooth, and I really and truly do find a
>lot of food additives in the US overly sweet. When one is travelling
>or vacationing in condos, etc. purchasing mayonnaise to accompany
>salads is essential. And this was where I found the American stuff so
>very sweet.

These things happen. I have traveled quite a bit and there is always
something surprising in cuisines one finds abroad. Take, Thai food,
for example...it is a fine balance between sweet, sour, spicy, salt
and bitter. The sweetness, balanced as it is, has always struck me as
odd...though not so much that I have not done my best to cook Thai at
home and do my best to achieve the particular balance that each dish
requires.


>>
>>> I can't tolerate American
>>> mayonnaise because of the sugar content either.
>>
>>
>>If it has sugar in it, then I don't think it is mayonnaise. Neither the
>>mayo in my fridge or the most common US brand have sugar. There is
>>something called Miracle Whip which some people like. It looks like
>>mayo and is used in similar ways. It has sugar in it:
>>
>>Ingredients: WATER, SOYBEAN OIL, VINEGAR, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP,
>>SUGAR, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, EGGS YOLKS, SALT, MUSTARD FLOUR, ARTIFICIAL
>>COLOR, POTASSIUM SORBATE AS A PRESERVATIVE, SPICE, PAPRIKA, NATURAL
>>FLAVOR, DRIED GARLIC.

There is, indeed, sugar in the most popular may in the US. IT is
called Hellman's in the eat here, and Best's in the west from their
webpages:


"INGREDIENTS: SOYBEAN OIL, WATER, WHOLE EGGS AND EGG YOLKS, VINEGAR,
SALT, SUGAR, LEMON JUICE, CALCIUM DISODIUM EDTA (USED TO PROTECT
QUALITY), NATURAL FLAVORS."
>>
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Boron