When I was a kid growing up, we always used miracle whip, not mayo. In fact I remember one time while living on the sailboat my Dad wanted some cake. We didn't have eggs or oil on the boat at that time but we had miracle whip. My dads thought was " it's made with eggs and oil, it should work." It didn't. You would think that cake is cake and really is there ever bad cake? I can tell you that, yes there is! It's name is miracle whip cake.
Now as an adult I use the real mayo stuff in almost everything, but I do like miracle whip in tuna fish (Don't ask why! I just do!) So I keep a small jar in the fridge. Well, the other day I must have been a little homesick as I was craving a magooslum sandwich ( Family name for grated spam, pickle and onion ) I thought that I would make it with miracle whip like Mom did back when I was a kid. It will be so good! Wrong! You can't go back with some things. It was way to sweet and I was bummed.
Being that I was bummed, the next day I made my Mom's style of sloppy joes. That just browned hamburger with a can of tomato soup and a squirt of yellow mustard. It was delish! So maybe you can go back?
Hey Alicia? Remember that day when Mom made it just for you and me? And we got to eat the whole thing? It was like that!
3 weeks ago
My mom used to use Miracle Whip too. Just recently I developed a taste for real Mayo. It's funny how the sense of taste can take us back to when we were kids.
ReplyDeleteThe kids just called me the other day and asked for magooslam recipe. I'm going to make some soon, that sounds good!
ReplyDeletethe only mayo is Best Foods Real Mayo. All others are cheap substitutes.
Just so you know Patty
ReplyDeleteBest foods and Hellmens are the same brand. Just one is called hellmens east of the Rockies.
Your conversations about mayo verses Miracle Whips is so funny because just today I made Tuna Melt sandwiches for lunch. I used two cans of tuna...one can went into the bowl with Miracle Whip and one Tuna can went into the bowl of mayo with pickle relish!!! Ted & I like mayo and Chris like Miracle Whip.....am I a good mom or what?
ReplyDeleteThat Magooslam sandwich sounds good. We all like Spam at my house!
I hope you had fun at the Menomonie Market today.
There are cake recipes that call out mayo - I have never been able to bring myself to try making one! I also did find a recipe for chocolate cake that was made with tomato soup - another one I can't bear to try.
ReplyDeleteI'll stick with baking with my butter and sugars and flour. :)
K. I have also seen them, I just cant bring myself to do it! You be brave and then let me know how it turns out! I think that if you used mayo mayo. NOT miracle whip that it might ok...Mayo is eggs and oil....Miracle whip has that " ZIP"
ReplyDeleteI totally remember that day when we ate as much sloppy joes as we wanted. We must've been playing outside all day and were super hungry! It was just you and me eating it all up!!
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