One is just never too old to learn, is one? Yesterday, my treasured cousin, Kati-Baby and her other half came over for supper. We had a hugely enjoyable time with them.
I noticed Kati wasn’t having any mashed potatoes. Well, you can imagine my shock and horror! Everyone loves mashed potatoes, don’t they? Naturally, I did what any host would do and offered her a serving of those delicious, fluffy spuds.
Well, hell and damnation. I only thought I was shocked and horrified before. She declined the taters and informed me that it was because she doesn’t eat mayonnaise! Mayonnaise! Lord have mercy, y’all, I just about had a sinking spell right there at the table! Who in the wide, wide world puts mayonnaise in their mashed taters? I ask you!
I’m feeling a little better now, so I did a bit of research. Google told me right quick that mayonnaise is an accepted ingredient. Well, that’s all fine and good, but I went to my cookery bible, Southern Living for confirmation. What did they tell me there? Did they confirm my suspicion that mayonnaise is anathema to smashed spuds? They did not! Look at this!
“Fold in Mayo
Naturally, Duke’s makes mashed potatoes better. Even a few tablespoons of it adds both a tang and extra creaminess to mashed potatoes that Hellmann’s just can’t.”
Well, I’m just beside myself now. I’ve lived on this planet for damned near seventy years and have never seen or heard tell of such. Will I give it a try? No decision on that yet.
Now, I have to know. Do y’all add mayonnaise to your mashed taters? Call your Mama and ask if she does. Tell me, please and thank you, in the comments below what you think of all this.
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