Miracle Whip is clearly the pus of Lucifer.

stewed coot wrote:Miracle Whip is clearly the pus of Lucifer.

seebee, I think I've found you a new signature.

Miracle Whip has not, nor will it ever, befoul my fridge with its presence.

aschie30 wrote:I just don't get the mayo hatred on this thread. Mayo is the best condiment ever invented, a genius of emulsion, and we all owe the French a debt of gratitude for their invention of it.

Don't get me wrong. I love mayo and admire the great culinary alchemist who discovered its creation with egg yolks and oil. I just don't like it on a burger. It's just feels way too greasy to me. And agreed on all counts re: Miracle Whip.

seebee wrote:Anyone wanna have an hour long conversation on the pure, sinister evil of using Miracle Whip and sweet pickles to make tuna salad? How about Miracle Whip and sweet pickles for tartar sauce to go on...FISH?! <gack>

Ha ha ha ha. This reminds me of visiting my grandmother in central IL and having her homemade sweet pickles and miracle whip in every kind of meat salad - tuna, turkey, ham - and almost gagging. I couldn't figure out why she liked that combo of overly sweet, sour, crap. It really ruined turkey and ham salad for me (until I actually had it with mayo).

I've actually grown to like sweet pickles but that miracle whip stuff - terrible.

seebee wrote:So, when I say I love mayo, I'm saying I love REAL mayo - not that disgustingly sweet garbage that a lot of places slop out these days.

Mayo on a burger? ABSOLUTELY, and it's fantastic!
White, sugary glop on a burger? VILE! VILE! VILE!

seebee-

I've got a way for you to get around places that have questionable mayonnaise ethics -



Yes! The mayo packet! Ask for no mayo, and then squeeze some of these babies on your burger!

BTW, I have a kindred spirit in this person, who chronicled the necessity of bike touring with mayo packets. Hellmann's mayo packets, natch.

Pictured mayo packet is property of poster, and resides in the top drawer of her work desk.

LOL.
I totally travel with packets. I actually work near a place (Market Square in Buffalo Grove) that can whip up a MEAN 1/2 lb burger, and an even MEANER Turkey Club (in house roasted turkey.) They choose to use the gross, sugar laden fake mayo. I have a desk drawer full of Kraft Mayo packets. I proudly whip em out when I "dine in" there for lunch. F 'em.
QQ - where can I get me grubby little hands on some Hellman's packets?

I, um, well, I kinda pop in to Famous Dave's BBQ sometimes, grab a handful, well really like three pockets full of the Kraft packets that they have for takeout orders, and then slink back out of the door. Yeah, I'm not proud, but I actually ate there once last year, and I feel they STILL owe me.

seebee wrote:QQ - where can I get me grubby little hands on some Hellman's packets?

If I told you my source, I'd have to kill you.

I will say that, I work at Clark/Wacker. My source is within a 1-block radius of there. It is a public building. Having given off those clues, I bet you still wouldn't be able to find my source.

When I go to my brother in law's (they are totall nut-job healthy types) I'll bring my own ranch over.

And yea, Im pretty sure NAV MAN has never see 'too much' Mayo. I guess if I were in the NBA id be OJ Mayo. Actually maybe not because I hate juice. I guess if I were in politics i'd be Mayo Daley.

aschie30 wrote:

seebee wrote:QQ - where can I get me grubby little hands on some Hellman's packets?

If I told you my source, I'd have to kill you.

I will say that, I work at Clark/Wacker. My source is within a 1-block radius of there. It is a public building. Having given off those clues, I bet you still wouldn't be able to find my source.

Bypass the "secret source" and get yourself a 200-count case for $28:

http://www.foodservicedirect.com/index.cfm/S/5/CLID/86/N/3359/Hellmans-Mayonnaise-Packets.htm

Khaopaat wrote:Bypass the "secret source" and get yourself a 200-count case for $28:

Where's the fun in that?

Clark and Wacker you say?

I actually purchased all 3 Angus burgers from McDonalds in one day (okay, one sitting). I found all three to be dry and bland, the one with bacon and cheese was the only one with hope - thanks to bacon. The regular cheeseburgers or QP with cheese taste better, more "juicy" probably thanks to fat grams. I also felt AWFUL afterwards - I admit I didn't finish all 3 burgers, but I have put down the SLAYER at Kumas and felt great afterwards!

I had to recover by going to Kumas that weekend to make up for the dreadfulness I put in my mouth.

NAV MAN wrote:...I hate juice.

Really? Why? Just curious.

This thread reached page 2 in less than 24 hours. Scary.

Obviously mayo is a resonant topic. The thread started with McD's, but the greater percentage, and much greater heat has been devoted to establishing categorical positions on mayo. Interesting.

Off topic observation, spurred by the curious intensity of the mayo postings: It seems to me that the Kuma's thread has garnered more postings, by a significant margin, than any other topic that isn't ongoing (e.g. openings and closings). I have to wonder what it is about even a justly celebrated burger joint that makes it so ripe for comment. Ultimately, just how much is there to say about it? It's not even controversial---most everyone loves it, so it's not the usual snake-biting-its-own-tail sort thing as with kids in restaurants, or city trans fat ordinances.

Kennyz wrote:This thread reached page 2 in less than 24 hours. Scary.

Well, someone opened up the mayo jar ...

Khaopaat wrote:Bypass the "secret source" and get yourself a 200-count case for $28:
http://www.foodservicedirect.com/index.cfm/S/5/CLID/86/N/3359/Hellmans-Mayonnaise-Packets.htm

I'm bummed - that link doesn't work, and I can't get to foodservicedirect.com any other way. And here I was all ready to order a gross of Hellman's mayonnaise packets for stocking stuffers ... (and keep the other 56 for me!)

Katie wrote:

Khaopaat wrote:Bypass the "secret source" and get yourself a 200-count case for $28:
http://www.foodservicedirect.com/index.cfm/S/5/CLID/86/N/3359/Hellmans-Mayonnaise-Packets.htm

I'm bummed - that link doesn't work, and I can't get to foodservicedirect.com any other way. And here I was all ready to order a gross of Hellman's mayonnaise packets for stocking stuffers ... (and keep the other 56 for me!)

Odd, worked for me.

mrbarolo wrote:Obviously mayo is a resonant topic. The thread started with McD's, but the greater percentage, and much greater heat has been devoted to establishing categorical positions on mayo. Interesting.

Off topic observation, spurred by the curious intensity of the mayo postings: It seems to me that the Kuma's thread has garnered more postings, by a significant margin, than any other topic that isn't ongoing (e.g. openings and closings). I have to wonder what it is about even a justly celebrated burger joint that makes it so ripe for comment. Ultimately, just how much is there to say about it? It's not even controversial---most everyone loves it, so it's not the usual snake-biting-its-own-tail sort thing as with kids in restaurants, or city trans fat ordinances.

Burgers are cheap, ubiquitous and easily accessible, so everyone has an opinion about them and the places that serve them (that's my theory, anyway).

=R=

Ron, you are a gentleman and a scholar, and I truly enjoyed your company today for lunch at Isaac & Moishe's Deli. Wow, that was some bistec Mexicano, humh? But you are dead wrong about this point. The perverse longevity of the Kuma's Corner thread was preordained from the first moment when I typed up the original post about my lonely, lonely breakfast four years ago, followed by a half-hour chant to Cthulu and generous splashes from a vial of tat ink to each of the Four Cardinal Winds. The Kuma's Corner thread could as well be about ceiling systems as about hamburgers and excessive waiting times, and would not even then perish in your pitiful lifespan (oh, absurd conception!), though the minds of thousands shall be swept screaming into its swirling depths as it pululates its mephitic brown vapor to suffocate the very souls of all good people, into the impenetrable paths and patterns of its web of ancient unspoken evil. Or at least that was my intent.

Yours,
Jim

I was going to post some tripe about the vile loathesomeness of mayo, but you can't follow that. Cheers, Jim.

JimInLoganSquare wrote:Ron, you are a gentleman and a scholar, and I truly enjoyed your company today for lunch at Isaac & Moishe's Deli. Wow, that was some bistec Mexicano, humh? But you are dead wrong about this point. The perverse longevity of the Kuma's Corner thread was preordained from the first moment when I typed up the original post about my lonely, lonely breakfast four years ago, followed by a half-hour chant to Cthulu and generous splashes from a vial of tat ink to each of the Four Cardinal Winds. The Kuma's Corner thread could as well be about ceiling systems as about hamburgers and excessive waiting times, and would not even then perish in your pitiful lifespan (oh, absurd conception!), though the minds of thousands shall be swept screaming into its swirling depths as it pululates its mephitic brown vapor to suffocate the very souls of all good people, into the impenetrable paths and patterns of its web of ancient unspoken evil. Or at least that was my intent.

Yours,
Jim

LOL! I understand now . . . resistance is futile.

So Jim, are you also responsible for this?

=R=

JimInLoganSquare wrote:The perverse longevity of the Kuma's Corner thread was preordained from the first moment when I typed up the original post about my lonely, lonely breakfast four years ago, followed by a half-hour chant to Cthulu and generous splashes from a vial of tat ink to each of the Four Cardinal Winds.

Ia! Ia! Shub niggurath Kuma! Ph'nglui Mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn angus!

Wait, I thought H.P. Lovecraft was a psychedelic jazz-fusion band not a metal band. Anyhow, look at us snooty-pants dilletantes. The top subject all day has been Mickey D's new Angus burger. Jeeez... like if this was Yelp we would all like get free coupons and stuff.

But Mickey D's was just the McGuffin. The real subject was mayo.
(Did very poorly in out-of-town try-outs until they changed it to "roses.")

I used to work at a hot dog/beef stand and about once a week someone would come in and want mayo or mustard on their IB. The first time I heard it I thought it was a joke.

Katie wrote:

Khaopaat wrote:Bypass the "secret source" and get yourself a 200-count case for $28:
http://www.foodservicedirect.com/index.cfm/S/5/CLID/86/N/3359/Hellmans-Mayonnaise-Packets.htm

I'm bummed - that link doesn't work, and I can't get to foodservicedirect.com any other way. And here I was all ready to order a gross of Hellman's mayonnaise packets for stocking stuffers ... (and keep the other 56 for me!)

I like Minimus.biz for individually packet stuff. I don't see Hellmans there, but they have other mayo - http://www.minimus.biz/SearchResult.asp ... mayonnaise

Nice. They actually DO have Hellmans. "Best Foods" brand is the Western U.S. label of Hellmans.

I tried these twice. They were not bad but the mayo was the downside. I like mayo on a burger but this was a bland mayo with no piquancy. And too much mayo. Almost like a sour cream bland taste. And no catsup. I like the catcup mayo combo on Wendy's burger.

In case you need an incentive to try one - On Sept. 23, McDonald's is giving away free commuter passes and coupons for its new Angus Third Pounder burgers. http://www.chicagonow.com/blogs/redeye/ ... asses.html