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[-] echodot@feddit.uk 19 points 2 days ago

What? Mayonnaise is absolutely still a thing.

[-] pir8t0x@ani.social 2 points 2 days ago
[-] st3ph3n@midwest.social 16 points 2 days ago

What is with this constant narrative of us millennials killing shit?

[-] LadyButterfly@piefed.blahaj.zone 10 points 2 days ago

Millennials are brutal murderers

[-] Doomsider@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

Not the generations before them.

[-] umbrella@lemmy.ml 55 points 3 days ago

i hate generational propaganda so much lately.

its so stupid.

[-] Daft_ish@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 2 days ago

It comes back everytime there is a lul in the political discourse.

Gotta keep the olds against the youths

It's another divide to stop us uniting

[-] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 days ago

Why? Are you one of those lazy millennials?!

(I'm a millennial btw, and I agree that this stuff is really dumb)

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[-] stray@pawb.social 67 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

The inexorable rise of identity condiments has led to hard times for the most American of foodstuffs. And that’s a shame.

My son Jake, who’s 25, eats mayo. He’s a practical young man who works in computers and adores macaroni salad. He’s a good son. I also have a daughter. She was a women’s and gender studies major in college. Naturally, she loathes mayonnaise.

newer generations are refusing to meekly fall in line with a culinary heritage that never was theirs. Instead, they’re gobbling up kefir and ajvar and chimichurri and gochujang again.

Red Robin launched a vegan burger. You don’t put mayo on a vegan burger.

McDonald’s has debuted a Signature Sriracha Burger, joining KFC, Wendy’s, and Subway in signing on to the sizzling Thai sauce’s moment in the sun. You didn’t see Huy Fong Foods start a schmear campaign against the cultural appropriation of that.

Some experts say the dislike springs from the fact that mayo jiggles. [...] This is bullshit. This attitude comes to you from young people who willingly slurp down eight kazillion kinds of yogurt, not to mention raw fish and pork belly and, yo, detergent pods, so don’t talk to me about mayonnaise. The only reason for this raging mayophobia is a generation’s gut-level renouncement of the Greatest Generation’s condiment of choice.

Besides, I’ve got news: That aioli you’re all so fond of? I hate to break it to you, but that’s just mayonnaise.

Sandy Hingston sounds mad.

Also what? Mayo is still super popular, so what is she even on about? Is she hamming this up because she feels like this is what's necessary to make it in journalism these days?

[-] prole 35 points 3 days ago

I'm sorry, "identity condiments"? The fuck?

[-] Zwiebel@feddit.org 40 points 3 days ago

Systemic issue in journalism. The actual reporting breaks down to a one liner; "mayonaise less popular with younger generations, increasingly diverse choice of condiments instead", but that doesn't generate revenue

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[-] falseWhite@lemmy.world 28 points 3 days ago

She was a women’s and gender studies major in college. Naturally, she loathes mayonnaise.

Naturally? Is it some feminist thing to loathe mayo? Why?

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[-] zakobjoa@lemmy.world 13 points 3 days ago

This sounds like a bit. Seriously, how do you hit every culture war talking point but make it about mayonnaise? No one has strong feelings about mayonnaise, Sandy. Only you.

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[-] renrenPDX@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 days ago

Never considered commercial US branded bastardized mayo “Mayo” or even edible. Euro/Asian versions only, or homemade.

[-] fibojoly@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 days ago

That's not mayonnaise. Stop calling it mayonnaise.

[-] Vupware@lemmy.zip 7 points 2 days ago

What is mayonnaise to you? I thought Hellmans was the mayonnaise?

Of course, I would not know better than most, as I hate mayonnaise and am a 57-year old woman from Vietnam.

[-] fibojoly@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I'm a 46 year old French man, and thanks to my family and travels I've tasted a variety of mayonnaises, all across the spectrum and a lot of the industrial stuff just tastes awful. They add so many preservatives in order to make it shelf stable, it completely loses any hint of the original flavour.

You can make fresh mayo with an egg yellow, some oil, a dash of vinegar / lemon juice (something acidic, really) and some mustard. Mostly you beat it until you've the desired texture and that's about it! Even just this, you'll have people arguing endlessly about which oil, which acid, which mustard, which proportions, etc :,D

Hellmann's isn't completely terrible, mind you. I was mostly being facetious with my remark.
It was the usual stuff you'd get in Ireland when I lived there, and it was okay. But there were much tastier brands available. And when I'm in France, even industrial brands, we have much better alternatives :P

I reckon Vietnam must have the same issue as we had in China : it's too damn hot! And since real mayo is uncooked egg yellow it's super bad to keep it at room temperature for too long. I never bought any while living there, because it wasn't in my shops and I just adapt to whatever people eat locally, but sometimes when I ordered pizza they would have "mayo" sprinkled on top and although it was delicious, the fact it was sweet makes me think it had nothing to do with the original stuff :P

[-] ITGuyLevi@programming.dev 4 points 2 days ago

I feel like he might be referring to Miracle Whip as it is (or at least was when I was paying attention in the 80s/90s) sold as "salad dressing". No clue why they called it that but it was a cheap alternative to mayonnaise that had a tangy zip.

Now I have real mayonnaise made with eggs in my house (my mom was always weirded out by non-refrigerated egg products).

[-] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

They called it salad dressing because it is salad dressing. It goes in potato salad, macaroni salad, coleslaw, etc. It's just that most people use it as a sandwich spread today.

[-] ITGuyLevi@programming.dev 2 points 2 days ago

That makes sense! I always forget about those types of salads lol. Thanks!

[-] Themosthighstrange@lemmy.world 60 points 4 days ago
[-] yakko@feddit.uk 38 points 4 days ago

It is, and we probably did kill that one but they never wanna give us credit for the good we do

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[-] RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 6 points 2 days ago

I really like mayonnaise, it makes for good sauces and macaroni salad is just best thing ever

[-] Fenrisulfir@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 days ago

Are they trying to say it’s dead because aioli exists?

[-] xxce2AAb@feddit.dk 42 points 4 days ago

What does Hellman's have to do with mayonnaise though? That nitrogen-pumped piss is mayo the same way those American individually wrapped slices of milk-plastic is 'cheese'.

[-] ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.zip 40 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

I'm going to continue to die on this hill: American cheese slices typically have cheddar cheese as the very first ingredient. They are made of real cheese, dairy, and an emulsifier. Basically think of a cheese sauce with a higher melt temp but nobody seems to claim fondue is fake cheese

Are they good though? That's subjective, I think they go great on burgers, grilled cheese, and ramen. Are they plastic or use fake cheese? No. If you want to be accurate while high horsing about it you could call them watered down congealed cheese though

Edit to add: the individually wrapped ones are an ecological nightmare. The deli deluxe ones are higher quality, not individually wrapped, and don't even cost that much more. Or just buy not Kraft they don't need the money anyway and other companies make American cheese slices too. You can even find emulsified cheese slices for other types of cheeses if you want variety on your burgers and grilled cheese

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[-] stray@pawb.social 20 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I can't find any reference to nitrogen used in Hellman's mayonnaise. Do you perhaps mean that they fill the airspace at the top of the jar with nitrogen to displace oxygen and increase shelf-life? I believe that's a very safe and common practice in food packaging.

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 13 points 3 days ago

Noooo! Nitrogen is poison! If you breathe pure nitrogen, you'll die!

inb4 libtard scientists saying "hurr durr air is 70% nitrogen" yeah right LIARS

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[-] Fleur_@aussie.zone 20 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Mayonnaise into aioli is the most successful rebrand of all time. Mayonnaise is dead, long live mayonnaise

[-] TurtleTourParty@midwest.social 1 points 1 day ago

Aioli is not mayonnaise though. There's no egg, just garlic and oil. Although I bet a bunch of restaurant aiolis are technically mayo.

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[-] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 10 points 3 days ago

I'm a simple woman, I love me some mayo

[-] robocall@lemmy.world 20 points 4 days ago
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[-] GunnarGrop@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)
[-] MourningDove@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 days ago

Guacamole
Bacon bits 
Shredded carrots
Shredded cabbage
Funyuns
Gummi Bears
Potato chips

And 16 cups of mayonnaise.

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[-] tiramichu@sh.itjust.works 11 points 3 days ago
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[-] chanibal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 days ago

Majonez kielecki.

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