Comments on: Mayonnaise a la Marketman

By: emsy

emsy — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 10:40:27 +0000

the foodie part in me wants to do everything from scratch, but the lazy side always gets in the way. so everytime i make homemade mayo, i use my immersion blender. just crack the eggs into a glass with the mustard and oil. the oil will float of course. put in the blender and turn it on medium. i lift the blender every minute or so to allow the oil on top to sink and continue blending. once the oil is gone, turn on high. add lemon and season and in about 5 minutes, the mayo is done!

By: Aly

Aly — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 12:36:44 +0000

My sister made mayonnaise once and left it in the refrigerator. My friend and I thought it was soup and heated the bowl in the microwave. You can just imagine how that turned out…

By: Belgin

Belgin — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 06:30:16 +0000

I always enjoy reading your articles. Surely it was many decades ago but it’s one of my best childhood memories I had, spending time with my mom in the kitchen making homemade mayonaise just like the same process you made minus mustard but we use kalamansi juice. My mom being a Home Economics graduate from University of San Agustin, she knows quite a few tricks making foods from scratch. The homemade mayo we always make tastes better than the commercial brand says our relatives and I don’t remember buying store mayo when we are growing up and for some reason nobody in my family suffered from salmonella eating raw eggs.

By: Marketman

Marketman — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 11:31:55 +0000

lalaine, salmonella is a risk, but apparently, a relatively low risk… but I guess not if you get it. You can also get salmonella from other foods, not to mention cooties in fresh salad greens… so this is all a calculated risk…

By: lalaine

lalaine — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 23:56:44 +0000

I’ve been a fan of homemade mayonnaise myself but unlike your fun story, mine was 36 hours of discomfort plus IVF for hydration. I contracted a bad case of salmonella from consuming raw eggs! May I suggest, pasteurized shell eggs?