Originally Posted by DougB (Post 1070011)

You make slaw? Egads, what's next? You going to tell us you cooked something?

Originally Posted by CFrance (Post 1069857)

So do I. It's the PA Dutch influence. Or my mom's French Huguenot heritage. Slaw/potato salad/egg salad/macaroni salad--mayo, sugar and vinegar. Tomato sauce--I don't know what that influence that is, but IMO tomato sauce needs a little sugar to cut the acid. It "makes" the sauce.

I don't think it's the lack of sugar that makes Dukes taste better. You can't even detect the taste of the sugar in Hellmans. Dukes is just a great taste. And I was a lifelong Hellmans fan.

Miracle Whip is salad dressing, but Hellmans is mayo, and good. Dukes just edges it out a bit with a je ne sais quoi element. Only my opinion, though.:wave:

Originally Posted by gatherer47 (Post 1070040)

Bonny,you cooked? I'm shocked! Give my wife some lessons-PLEASE!

Originally Posted by karostay (Post 1069848)

We make a monthly trip to BJ's find it better than Sams

Originally Posted by champion6 (Post 1069953)

Warren, sadly, most of the responses in this thread are not relevant to the post.

It seems to be the norm around here.

Originally Posted by thevillagechicken (Post 1070101)

i love irony.

Originally Posted by LuckySevens (Post 1070044)

So I am a Miracle whip fan, which isn't mayonnaise! I hate Hellmans, so does that mean I probably won't like Dukes? Is Dukes more like salad dressing than mayonnaise? Never tasted it before.

Originally Posted by CFrance (Post 1070018)

Have you made a price comparison of all the products you buy between WD, Publix, and Walmart? Every store has loss leaders and then jacks the price up on other items.

Here's what I think about Walmart: I don't know exactly what I think about Walmart.

For me it's a royal PIA to shop there. I'll stick to the smaller, less crowded stores and am very grateful that I can afford to pay higher prices to have a calmer shopping experience. I'm sorry if that sounds snotty, but grocery shopping is actually enjoyable for me--but not at Walmart. And we don't buy enough food to make that big a price difference over a year's time. However, I am glad it is there for the young families and others who absolutely need to or want to get lower prices on the food they buy the most of. The only time we go there is to get something in the non-food area, and if we happen to need groceries, we will get them while there. But generally we avoid the place, especially in the winter season.

I do not like their drive-Mom-and-Pop-businesses-out tactics, nor the fact that they got caught for charging less than break-even prices on things in stores located in areas where they wanted to drive out the competition. They are a prime example of corporate greed in my opinion. BUT, they do employ a lot of people. I don't know if they pay a fair wage equal to other companies equal to the skill level of the job, so I can't comment on that. So there's a lot of contradictions there.

Originally Posted by CFrance (Post 1070018)

For me it's a royal PIA to shop there. I'll stick to the smaller, less crowded stores and am very grateful that I can afford to pay higher prices to have a calmer shopping experience. I'm sorry if that sounds snotty, but grocery shopping is actually enjoyable for me--but not at Walmart.

Originally Posted by CFrance (Post 1070004)

Now that reminds me that some people back in my youth used to put sugar on tomatoes.

Your O/V/S/S/P combo sounds good. Now if we could get some decent home-grown tomatoes around here... (à la Ohio or Jersey or PA).

Originally Posted by perrjojo (Post 1070118)

Cmy Dad put country white gravy on tomatoes. It looked gross but once I tried it, it was yummy.