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I'm an Australian born in England - what on earth is salad cream? Let alone "Miracle Whip"!?!?!

I'm going to assume this is some form of mayonnaise until told otherwise.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miracle_Whip

It's fake mayonnaise essentially. From Wikipedia: "Current primary ingredients are water, soybean oil, vinegar, sugar, modified corn starch, eggs. Ingredients making up less than 2% of product include salt, mustard flour, paprika, spice, natural flavor, potassium sorbate, enzyme modified egg yolk, and dried garlic."

That sounds vaguely like what I know as "light mayonnaise", essentially mayo cut with more oil & water and some emulsifiers, and less egg. Is it a matter of degree, e.g. some proportion is "light mayo" and another proportion is "salad cream" or "miracle whip"?

I call it cheapo mayo with just enough corn stash to benefit from government invectives on corn products.

incentives... phone keyboard and all that.

I live in Scotland - What on earth is salad?

I suggest you ask a Russian to make you a salad. It would break you in gently to the world of salad eating, I think you would enjoy it :]

I live in Scotland too, what's this toasting thing? Is it the same as deep fat frying my bread?

> I'm going to assume this is some form of mayonnaise until told otherwise.

Indeed it is.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salad_cream

Well, kinda. It's got a strong vinegarish flavour and some mustard to it. I'd say it's more of a mayonnaise-based salad dressing than an actual mayo.

It's basically weak, pickle-less tartar sauce.

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