SC - Miracle Whip OOP (was Re: Sweet and Savory)

[Nicholas Sasso]

>>> Lee-Gwen Booth<piglet006 at globalfreeway.com.au> 9/14/00 1:03:44 PM >>>
 She goes for serious sandwiches!

(BTW, what is this "Miracle Whip"?)
Gwynydd  >>>>>

This spreadable white goo is a truly insipid sort of boiled salad dressing that is sweet/tart made by Kraft.  It is white and fairly creamy, and marketed as "The Bread Spread" (even has this prominantly on the label) in the US in the late 70's and 80's through to this century.  It is used as alternative to mayonnaise in many households across the United States for salad dressing, dip, potato salad, tuna salad and sandwich spread.  It is rather loaded with sugar, somewhat less oil than mayonnaise thickend with gums and starches more so than eggs, IIRC, and even comes in 'light' version.  Their are numerous store brands and small producer brands of this sort of condiment available as well, but Miracle Whip is the King of this genre.  A far cry for the remoulade you grandmother made :o)

It is an interesting dichotomy, really.  Often those who eat one will not consider even having the other in their house . . . a Swiftian story in the making.  I'll be glad to post tonight the ingredients list and other label markings of interest iof anyone wants them.  Run a search on the Web for interesting sites.

niccolo difrancesco