Morning Ed: Listicles {2016.10.05.W}

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1. My sister loves mayo. I’m more of a mustard person (but not honey mustard).Report

2. I’m not sure why women can’t look for whale vomit.Report

   1. If I’d written that article, I would have combined “look for whale vomit” and “watch more television” into one category.Report

3. I like mayonaise, but only in limited, very controlled circumstances. If I think too hard about it or if I can taste more than the other ingredients, it starts to get very, very gross. At least for me.Report

   1. Same here. My sister on the other hand can have mayonnaise with Chapattis (unleavened wholewheat flatbread). I don’t understand her.Report

   2. Agreed.

      Like, if you tell me, “Hey, that sandwich you ordered has a mayo spread on the roll,” and the mayo works with the other ingredients… no problemo.

      But if you tell me, “Hey, that sandwich would taste great with mayo… here’s a jar,” I’m going to politely decline.

      And if I have to watch you fill a pint glass with mayo and proceed to dip your fries in it, I’ll probably punch you square in your stupid face.Report

      1. I will say that mayonnaise combined with whatever it is that makes it “chipotle mayonnaise” is pretty good in my opinion, good enough to effect its transfiguration into a dip.

         ETA: oh, and I really like aioli mayonnaise with Spanish tortilla.Report

         1. I’m unclear on something. “Aioli mayonnaise.” Mayonnaise that’s been flavored to taste like aioli?

            Aioli is, to my knowledge, emulsified olive oil with a bit of egg, garlic and salt added. Mayonnaise is, to my knowledge, emulsified olive oil with some egg and salt and sometimes garlic added. Pretty similar food products.

            So… what’s going on here?Report

            1. I might have gotten the spelling or the concept wrong (maybe it’s Alioli?). When I’ve had it in Spanish restaurants, it’s mayonnaise that has a garlic flavor in it.Report

            2. It’s the same thing. Though alioli has much more garlic than what a garlic flavored jar mayo would probably have.

               My contention is that what makes mayo taste vile betond a small quantity are the emulsifiers and stabilizers, which give mayo a certain umami taste that is not present in home made mayo.

               I’m happy to have home made mayo as a dip. The idea of using mayo from a jar as a dip makes me retch.Report

            3. Aioli is what restaurants call mayo when they want to sound fancy and not plebeian.Report

               1. We do it at home. I guess we are a fancy, non plebeian, houseReport

               2. To me it tastes different, though. Or I’m pretty sure it does. I wouldn’t want to do a side-by-side taste test, and I certainly don’t want to test non-aioli.Report

         2. mayonnaise combined with whatever it is that makes it “chipotle mayonnaise”

            E. coliReport

            1. Hmmmm…..was this comment edited after the fact?Report

               1. I did fix the spelling.Report

                  1. I had actually thought “E. Coil” was a reference to something I didn’t know about, made all the more pithy by its resemblance to the E. Coli of food poisoning fame.

                     Yeah, mayonnaise can be a dangerous proposition. I have a handful of anecdotes about people I know getting sick from eating something with bad or overripe mayonnaise in it. I have non about people getting sick from mustard.Report

   3. They’re right about potato salad though.

      Just about anything would make a better potato salad base than mayonnaise. Mustard and yogourt. Olive oil and any one of a dozen kinds of vinegar. Maple syrup and lemon juice….Report

      1. Hot fudge.Report

         1. Worth a try. Couldn’t be worse than mayo.Report

      2. Yeah, not a big fan of potato salad. At all. Even though I love potatoes. For me, however, it’s not just the mayonnaise, but mayonnaise is a big part of it.Report

4. I can’t believe that even the most clueless Hasbro exec wouldn’t be aware of what Kenner was doing with Star Wars (then deep into its ESB run and gearing up for ROTJ) and still think ‘bad guys don’t sell toys’.Report

5. I loathe mayo. Like, seriously, folks, there are better bases. Like sour cream. Or yogurt.Report

6. Blameshifting: Obama tells DiCaprio climate change ‘contributed’ to the Syrian civil war.

   http://www.climatedepot.com/2016/10/04/blameshifting-obama-tells-dicaprio-climate-change-contributed-to-the-syrian-civil-war/

   As there anything that can’t be blamed on climate change?Report

   1. Yeah, there’s nothing about famine and desertification that’s destabilizing.Report

      1. There is proof that the civil war was caused by climate change?Report

         1. I admire how in such a short time you have gone from “contributed” to “caused.”Report

            1. There isn’t any proof of that either? Just Obama’s desire to link the two to support his argument.Report

               1. You’d see what arguments Obama made if you’d read past the headline.Report

                  1. I read what Obama says but I think it’s BS. The Arab spring protests and the syrian crack down on them had much more to do with the civil war than climate change.Report

                  2. That’s perfectly consistent with what Obama actually said. “Contributed to” =\= “the biggest cause of”Report

                  3. If that is the low bar that Obama is grasping for why not include the Sunni Shia split and the Palestinian issues as things that have “contibuted” to the civil war? I’m sure if we try hard enough we can thinks of several hundred things that have “contributed” more substantially than climate change.Report

                  4. Go ahead. Cite to authority, though, if you want to persuade me. I don’t find your unsubstantiated beliefs to have much credibility.Report

            2. They both start with “c”.Report

               1. That’s good enough for me.Report

                  1. @dragonfrog That joke made me happy. Happy enough that I read it out loud to @jaybird and told him so. He then said, “Leave a comment that says, ‘That joke made me happy.’”

                     He also gave some speech about himself but I won’t bother to repeat that here.Report

   2. As there anything that can’t be blamed on climate change?

      American conservatives’ rejection that it’s real?Report

   3. Yes. Your brain’s incessant calcification.Report

7. Over 1,000 Illegal Voters in Eight Virginia Localities

   http://www.lifezette.com/polizette/bombshell-1000-illegal-votes-cast-eight-virginia-localities/

   Nope, no voter fraud here.Report

   1. And yet, voter ID would do nothing to stop this. If a permanent resident registers to vote, as themselves, they will still have valid identification.Report

   2. In other news, conservatives continue their push for a National ID Card program and federal registration and voting regulations.Report

      1. Well, I have long said that I expect I’ll live long enough to see a national ID, but it will only be incidentally used for voting. The main argument that will get it passed is as defense against identity theft for commercial purposes.Report

8. Mayonnaise, along with tomatoes, is the devils desert. Truly disgusting.Report

   1. Did you notice that George Smiley’s usual breakfast included overcooked tomatoes? That’s worse that having a mole.Report

9. Mayo is the devil’s food. Anyone who puts on fries is committing a major crime.Report

   1. Plain mayo, sure. But a local burger joint has a chipotle mayo that’s awesome with fries.Report

      1. You know what makes chipotle mayo even better? Leaving out the mayo.Report

      2. My wife and I go to a local diner that offers 1) tater tots and 2) chipotle mayonnaise. We love ’em.Report

         1. One part of a decent quality mayo and one part of pretty much anything makes a good sandwich spread.
            Mustard. HP sauce. A-1 sauce. The solids out of chunky marinara sauce or pico de gallo. Terrapin Ridge Farms sells a chipotle sauce that’s fine on its own, and also in a chipotle mayo. I have a couple of jars of tandoori and vindaloo spice blend that work great too, albeit in a ratio far less than 1:1. Tapenade, too, although I am not best fond of it even without mayo.
            Sure, a lot of these things don’t need the mayo, but the blending transforms both parts somewhat.Report

   2. Mayo from a jar is indeed vile

      Fresh made mayo is delicious, and devilishly difficult to make. I fish up about half the tries, and it’s not cheap to boot. All that oil and egg

      Freshly made garlic mayo (alioli) is the staple Mediterranean Food Gods. Nothing betterReport

      1. use a hand blender in a small bowl, and drizzle the oil slowly (!!!). For me, that technique works much better than a whisk (too tiring) or stand blenders (the mayo never seems to catch).Report

         1. I normally use the stand blender, and drizzle basically a drop at a time. I still get about 50% success. I’ll have to try the hand blenderReport

   3. As others have pointed out, mayo and mayo+something are two different things. Fry sauce (mayo and ketchup) is good. Chipotle mayo is good. Mayo is good with horseradish or sriracha

      Otherwise, I will put mayo on some specific things, sparingly.Report

10. Hating mayo comes from the same place as loving bacon; it’s part of the Internet White Guy identity.Report

    1. White Goy Identity.Report

    2. Jews don’t like Mayo. See Lenny Bruce for more information.Report

    3. I think Bacon is a food that crosses into many identities.Report

11. Don’t trash mayo until you’ve tried Duke’s.

    I’m just sayin’. There are a lot of things I miss about having left the Upper Midwest, but Duke’s mayonnaise makes up for at least some of them. (They don’t put sugar in it, for one thing.)Report

    1. Or Hellmann’s® is pretty good.Report

12. The actual origin story for Lion Voltron is pretty F-ed up, too. In the original series, “Go-Lion”, the planet was Earth–not some weird far-off place, but the actual Earth, invaded and subjugated by aliens. You know all those giant monsters that Voltron cut in half? Those were humans, mutated by evil magic. Oh, and the aliens had human slaves whose only food was soup made from the bodies of other magic-mutated slaves.Report

    1. I still don’t believe that the new Voltron series managed to reference Kids and XCOM.Report

13. FREE SPEECH CRACKDOWN: EU orders British press NOT to reveal when terrorists are Muslims

    http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/717627/free-speech-crackdown-EU-report-British-press-hate-crime-violence-terror

    Sounds like something liberals here in the US would like to try. And the EU wonders why the Brits wanted out.Report

    1. Do you read these articles before you post? Or, at least read past the tabloids headline?Report

       1. (Jack McCoy voice) Asked and answered counselor, we know he does not. Its easily proved by quoting the article back to him. No recognition of any kind the witness has seen the work in question.Report

14. Of all the listicles to get the most attention, I really didn’t expect it to be the mayo one.Report

    1. Now you need a Marcus Allen listicle the next time around.Report

    2. *shrugs* People have really strong feelings about mayonnaise. It’s one of those polarizing foods.Report

15. Speaking of Mayo:

    Why does Hellman’s call it Best Foods on the West Coast but Mayo on the East Coast?Report

    1. Actually, it’s why does Best Foods call it Hellman’s in the East.

       Hellman’s started in New York and eventually dominated the eastern market. Best Foods started in California and reached similar regional dominance. Best Foods bought the Hellman’s brand name when the original Mr. Hellman wanted to retire. Best Foods has been passed around by various conglomerates (currently owned by Unilever), but they have always stuck with the regional names. There are supposedly small differences in the proportions of ingredients used in the two brands, although both are produced in the same plant.Report

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