SC - Mayo on a rainy day?

[Diana L Skaggs]

At 11:23 AM 9/28/00 -0400, you wrote:
>Diana L Skaggs wrote:
>> 
>> I agree with A. here.  I've had good luck with the mayo recipes in "Joy of
>> Cooking." IIRC, one problem mentioned was not making mayo on a rainy day,
>> because it won't emulsify (sp?).  The only time the mayo didn't blend was a
>> rainy day.  Leanna - perverse enough to ruin ingredients experimenting on a
>> rainy day.
>
>That's one I've never heard. I know humidity has an adverse effect on
>the extensibility of egg white proteins (which is why you occasionally
>add cream of tartar to meringue), but I never understood it to be an
>issue for emuslfied sauces. May I ask where you heard this? Is it
>something you got from a cookbook, or is it some kind of culinary folklore?
>
>Hey, there may be some truth to it, I don't know. It occurs to me,
>though, that if humidity were an issue in professionals kitchens it
>would be impossible to make mayonnaise in restaurants.
>
>Adamantius

Quoting from "Joy of Cooking" page 363 of a recent edition -"Don't try to
make mayonnaise if a thunderstorm threatens or is in progress, as it simply
will not bind." I thought this was an old wives' tale until I tried it.  Leanna