Mayo Haters Unite -- Make it homemade!

Mayo makes me gag. Duke's, Blue Plate, Heilman's, doesn't matter...it's all awful. A knife from a subshop that has a bit of residual mayo that makes it onto my sandwich will ruin the sandwich for me.

MAKE HOMEMADE MAYO. It's completely different than the store bought garbage. Tastes so much better, a more palatable texture, and is both incredibly easy to make and very amenable to recipe additions like hot sauce, horseradish, chipotles in adobo, etc.

Takes 5 minutes to make.

Grab an immersion blender with a whisk attachment, a 4 cup measuring cup or other mixing vessel.

2 egg yolks
4tsp lemon juice
2tsp dijon mustard (or spicy brown, whatever you like)
couple pinches of salt
splash of cold water

Blend this stuff until well mixed and it becomes emulsified.

Grab a cup and a half of oil. Canola and other neutral oils are good, olive oil if you want a bit of bitterness.

Slowly drizzle in your oil while continuously whisking the mix until all the oil is well emulsified and the mayo takes on the texture you prefer.

At this point, you can eat it as is or go ahead and mix in whatever ingredients you'd like.

I love this stuff but hate "mayo". Definitely worth trying if you're in the same boat.