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Another fan of Dukes. Grew up on it and even though I've been stationed in places where I couldn't get it, I'm finally back in Dukes country.
My mother in law was a Miracle Whip person, though Lord knows why. Though she'd never call it by it's name. She always said "salad dressing." Confused the heck out of me when my wife and I had just gotten married and her mother asked us to get salad dressing at the store. I said sure and asked what kind -- Thousand Island, French, Ranch? -- and she said no, not that, salad dressing. So she went to the store with us and when we got the mayonnaise aisle, she pointed and I said, "oh you want mayonnaise." "No, not mayonnaise, salad dressing" leaving me even more confused. She picked up a jar and said "salad dressing." Me, finally figuring out what she was talking about said "Oh Miracle Whip." "No, salad dressing."
Not necessarily. Eastern NC BBQ, for example, is vinegar based. Definitely not sweet. Whereas other parts of the country (even other parts of the state) prefer a sweeter thicker BBQ sauce.
I meant compared to Northern equivalents. There is no Northern equivalent to barbecue as barbecue is exclusively a Southern* cuisine.
I eat Hellmann's (Best Foods), but I hear so much good about Duke's, so I would like to try it.
I am mainly fascinated by the fact that Duke's is a Southern food with a loyal fan base that is not sweet. It seems that Southern food is always much, much sweeter than it's Northern counterpart, even adding sugar where no sugar at all would appear in a Northern recipe, but Duke's seems to be the exception to that rule.
Though it must be said, even though Hellmann's lists sugar on its label, it doesn't taste particularly sweetened to me, I just assume that they use a bit of sugar to balance the acidity of the lemon/vinegar.
There is a lot of ambiguity in this thread concerning mayonnaise vs. Miracle Whip vs. salad cream.
To say that Miracle Whip is a salad dressing with the implication that mayonnaise is not would be incorrect. They are all conceived as sauces to be used as salad dressings.
To answer the question, "It's considered a salad dressing? Do people really put it on their salads?", Yes. People do put it on their salads, usually combined with other ingredients to create salad dressings known as Ranch Dressing, Blue Cheese, Thousand Island, Caesar Salad, Russian Dressing, and many others.
Salad dressings like mayonnaise and Miracle whip can also be used as is or with minor modification on chunkier, non leaf based salads like tuna salad, potato salad, shrimp salad, eggs salad, an so forth.
The bolded is true. My southern mother rotated a salad made simply of lettuce/tomatoes/onions dressed with mayo, salt and pepper. It's quite good.
She also made a salad of lettuce/tomato/onion/tuna dressed with mayo, salt, pepper and sugar. Also, quite good if made with fresh tomatoes.
Interesting. I've never had Salad Cream, but my homemade mayonnaise does contain a small amount of dry mustard. I think most home recipes do.
In the UK, if you order salad in a modest restaurant, it will come with "salad cream", not with anything that we would recognize as salad dressing. In more upscale places, you can get a vinaigrette.
I grew up in the south, so it was always Duke's for me.
Then I moved north and couldn't find it. For several years I had my mom send it to me or brought it back with me when I went home.
I'm surprised I never had a jar break and ruin a suitcase full of clothes lol.
At some point, I got tired of hauling it back with me and started using Hellmans.
When we retired south again, I thought yippee can buy Dukes now. Bought some and wasn't really that crazy about it anymore, so I went back to Hellman's.
I can eat either one, but now I buy Hellman's. Interestingly enough, my mother and sister now buy Hellmans as well.
In the UK, if you order salad in a modest restaurant, it will come with "salad cream", not with anything that we would recognize as salad dressing. In more upscale places, you can get a vinaigrette.
What is the deal with salad in the UK? We went to a nice restaurant on tour, and a small bowl of spring greens, with a light vinaigrette, was placed on the table...one per 4 people. We all kind of looked at it until someone figured it out. It was about half the size of one American salad. We were in the country which was verdant, so growing lettuce is not a problem.
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