Blogging Will Be Light
...because it's, like, summer the weekend here and I'm not getting paid to write this crap I have about a billion things I'd rather be doing. To tide you over, because I'm generous that way (and YES, I know I haven't answered your comment about my being old), here's a little exchange between Allan and me:
Me: (calling from kitchen) Hey Allan? I hate to tell you this.
Allan: What?
Me: You're going to have to marry me.
Allan: Why? Because you rock?
[OK, I'll give you a minute to stop retching]
Me: Yep. I rock, because I just made MAYONNAISE!
I've known how to make mayo for years. I've just never done it. But I figure if I can emulsify mustard, vinegar, salt, and oil into a vinaigrette (merci, J.), I can make mayonnaise.
I will have to keep working at it, though. My mayo was very yellow, and I don't know if that's because of the beautiful farm eggs I used, or a lack of oil.
Anyway, I have Michael Ruhlman to thank for the inspiration. Click that link. Donna Turner Ruhlman's photos are beautiful.
Mayonnaise? Tu es incroyable!
Posted by: Margaret | May 30, 2008 at 23:11
my dad is suprised that you swear on the internet.
Posted by: joe | May 31, 2008 at 01:41
La mayonnaise est sensée être jaune, l'horripilante mayo blanc casse est une aberration en tube.
Bravo
Posted by: kikikentucky | May 31, 2008 at 03:48
The only times I've tried mayonnaise, it's been runny. You do rock!
Posted by: Betty C. | May 31, 2008 at 07:59
Ali made the mayo by hand. No food processor or blender involved.
Just a whisk. And mucho elbow grease.
She does, indeed, rock.
Posted by: Allan | May 31, 2008 at 11:48
Now that we have the mayo, what's for lunch?
Posted by: The CEO | May 31, 2008 at 11:48
I have got to try that. I've been grilling a lot of burgers lately and using a lot of mayo. Homemade Mayo - or Homayo sounds so good!
Posted by: Michael C | May 31, 2008 at 15:25
homemade mayo is all i can eat because store-bought is funky.
it is yellow because of farm eggs which tend to have yellower yolks. it is also yellower than store bought because it isn't bleached/blanched. they do something to it to make it "whiter" which i just do not understand. as long as you put in all the oil from your recipe, it should be fine, and from everything i have ever read, it doesn't go bad. weird, right?
congrats on making it. now do you buy into the superstitions about when not to make mayo?
Posted by: jeorg | May 31, 2008 at 18:10
YUCK! The one thing I absolutely hate is mayo!! But, you still ROCK for being able to make it.
Posted by: Audra Jennings | May 31, 2008 at 18:24
I don't think people understand how important Mayo is to our family.
Posted by: LittleMike | June 02, 2008 at 11:25
No retching. You guys sound cute! And I'm intrigued by the mayo.
Posted by: Heather | June 02, 2008 at 22:28