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Uses for Mayonnaise You Probably Didn’t Know About
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Uses for Mayonnaise You Probably Didn’t Know About

Mar 30, 2022

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If you’re someone who can’t comprehend how anyone could enjoy mayonnaise, you may change your mind after this article. You don’t have to eat the thick and creamy condiment to appreciate it! Continue reading to learn about some mayonnaise uses you probably didn’t know. 

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Few refrigerator staples inspire as much devotion and distaste as mayonnaise. Beloved by some, called “the devil’s condiment” by others. Clearly, there is more to mayo than meets the aioli. With summer picnic season in full swing, we delve deep to get the skinny on America’s most controversial condiment.
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Overview
If you’re someone who can’t comprehend how anyone could enjoy mayonnaise, you
may change your mind after this article. You don’t have to eat the thick and creamy
condiment to appreciate it!
Continue reading to learn about some mayonnaise uses you probably didn’t know.
Hair
Conditioner
Mayonnaise is a natural moisturizer that is plentiful in fats and protein. The egg yolk
and olive oil in the mayo nourishes the hair, unlike any other natural hair treatment.
It works as a hair conditioner and should be applied to the hair and left for 15 to 20
minutes. You then rinse the hair properly with shampoo. It leaves the hair feeling
healthy and strong with lush moisture.
Soothe Your
Sunburn
Mayonnaise has a soothing texture and cooling effect. The ingredients make it the
best lotion for soothing a sunburn. It helps the skin return to its original state as it
lessens the pain and redness of any minor burns.
Bake a moist
chocolate cake
The oil makes any cake more tender, a little extra egg yolk enriches any baked good
and the acid in lemon has a way of making the flavor or chocolate pop! Put ’em all
together, and you’ve got mayo, which is the secret to this top-rated, super-
moist Mayonnaise Chocolate Cake. And you won’t even have to crack an egg!
Make the best
ever
When it comes to creating the crispest, tangiest crust on your grilled cheese
sandwich, butter is good, but mayo is better.
Unstick your
grilled fish
Ninety-nine percent of the time, when I fail at cooking fish on my outdoor grill, it’s
because the fish sticks to the grates. How to remedy this? Why, mayo, of course. It
adheres so nicely to the fish, plus it adds a slightly acidic richness to the end result.
Slather an even layer of mayo all over the fish you’re about to grill, and grill away!
Make bread
crumbs stick
to fish
Regardless of where you’re cooking your fish, ever notice how hard it is to get
bread crumbs to adhere to the surface? The solution is simple: mayonnaise. Slather
your fish in a thin layer before bread crumbing for best results.
Keep chicken
breast moist
Slathering chicken breasts in mayonnaise before cooking will not only tenderize the
chicken (thanks to the acid from the lemon) but will also keep your chicken moist
while it cooks.
potatoes
Grilled potatoes are great. But grilled potatoes with mayo are even greater because
the mayo helps the potatoes retain a bit of moisture while they grill up crusty on the
outside. You can toss the cubed potatoes with mayonnaise and seasonings before you
put them in a foil packet.
Makes House
Plants Shine
Treat houseplants with mayo to leave a gorgeous shine. In addition, the rich
ingredients in the product improve the air quality of the houseplant. Use a cloth
dabbed with mayo to polish the plants and get that attractive shine you desire.
Polish Piano
Keys
A music expert at Merriam Music has discovered that bacteria presented in
Mayonnaise can remove that yellow stain that appears on old piano keys. After using
the mayo to clean the keys, use a dry cloth to buff them. It will make your piano
look new again!
Chewing Gum
From Hair
Mayonnaise is so versatile you can use it to remove gum easily from your hair. Apply
the mayo onto the affected area, and watch the gum release. There’s no need to use
scissors that might damage the hair or change your look.
Remove Crayon
Marks
Most children would find pleasure in using the crayon to demonstrate creativity on
the wall. But, mayonnaise is here to save the day once again. It contains oil that can
erase the crayon writing right off the wall.
Apply the mayo on the area, let it stay for a few minutes and then wipe it off. This
brings back the wall to its original state without removing the paint.
Remove
Watermarks
From Wood
You can use mayonnaise to eliminate watermarks on wood. It contains moisture
that displaces the other liquid locked in the wood and unlocks it. Once you place
mayo on the affected area, it removes the watermark and gives the wood a lovely
sheen.
Make Mexican
Street Corn
Did you know that the key ingredient used in Mexican street corn is Mayonnaise? It
adds flavor and creaminess to the corn that makes it nearly impossible to resist. You
may not be Mexican, but you can take after them and spruce up your corn with mayo
next time.
A green
dip
Sure, guacamole is delicious but a surefire way to blow your guests’ minds during
your next summertime picnic is to whip up a batch of green goddess dressing by
smashing together avocados, green onion, lime juice, parsley, basil, and garlic
mayonnaise. The result is an epic dip for chips as well as for a darling crudités platter.
French fry
condiment
If you’ve ever been to Europe, specifically the tasty trio of France, Belgium, and the
Netherlands, you may not be surprised to see mayonnaise drizzled or lumped
unceremoniously atop a paper cone of frites. There’s a reason why—it is sublime! Try
mayo instead of ketchup the next time you order a basket of fries no matter where
you are.
White barbecue
sauce
For BBQ sauce every bit as creamy as it is smokey, give this super simple and
quick Alabama white barbecue sauce recipe a try the next time you smoke ribs or grill
chicken. You may never go back to that store-bought reddish-brown BBQ sauce again.
The surprise in
bars
The crust of these light, summery sweet bars are made with only three ingredients:
flour (2 cups), mayo (3/4 cup), and sugar (1/2 cup). When topped with sugar (1 1/2
cups), all-purpose flour (1/4 cup), four eggs, and the juice of two lemons, then
baked in two stages (crust alone for 15 minutes, crust with topping for another 20) at
350 degrees in a 13×9 pan lined with foil, these bars will quickly become a family
favorite you won’t mind making because your kitchen barely gets dirty during
baking.
treatment
We haven’t tried this yet (and hope we never have to!) but when it comes to lice in
our kid’s hair we are open to any and all ideas to quickly and painlessly kill them all.
To apply mayo to the affected hair, cover completely with a shower cap, and sleep on
it. In the morning, comb out the hair then shower and, with luck, the lice will be
dead and gone forever.
Cuticle repair
Honestly, the best part of using the fat in mayo to both repair cuticles and at the
same time strengthen fingernails and moisten dry skin is getting to lick your digits
clean after the at-home mayonnaise treatment is finished. Try using mayo to soften
your dry, callous feet too.
10-minute
biscuits
This recipe is a real surprise! Mayo in biscuits? Yep, together with just 2 cups of flour, 1
tablespoon of baking powder, 1/2 teaspoon of salt, 3/4 cup of milk, just a 1/2 cup of
Hellmann’s Real Mayonnaise will deliver shockingly scrumptious biscuits in only ten
minutes at 450 degrees after dropping 1/4 cupfuls of batter onto an ungreased baking
sheet.
Conclusion
Few refrigerator staples inspire as much devotion and distaste as mayonnaise.
Beloved by some, called “the devil’s condiment” by others.
Clearly, there is more to mayo than meets the aioli. With summer picnic season in
full swing, we delve deep to get the skinny on America’s most controversial