[Sca-cooks] mayo questions

[Melissa Carter]

So I was wondering about sauces in period and started surfing around looking
at information.  I've always assumed that mayo was/is a modern (for our
purposes) invention and then I found this:

"There is also the theory that the sauce was unnamed until after the Battle
of Arques in 1589. It was then christened “Mayennaise” in memory of Charles
de Lorraine, duc de Mayenne, because he took time to finish his meal of
chicken with cold sauce before being defeated in battle by Henri IV."

Granted it DOES say theory and I found it here:
http://www.foodhistory.com/foodnotes/leftovers/mayo/info/
So, I am wondering what everyone here has to say about mayonnaise.

TA TA,
Hedwig



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