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Post by aubrey on Mar 30, 2011 19:48:12 GMT
I think it's a mistake to treat salad cream as a cheap substitute for mayonnaise. They both have their place.
Anyway, that's what I think. And if anyone disagrees they're wrong.
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Post by Weyland on Mar 30, 2011 19:59:16 GMT
I think it's a mistake to treat salad cream as a cheap substitute for mayonnaise. They both have their place. Anyway, that's what I think. And if anyone disagrees they're wrong. I haven't had any salad cream for more than 30 years, Aub. Remind me what its place is. |
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Post by riotgrrl on Mar 30, 2011 20:23:15 GMT
I agree with Yutani.
Salad cream is as retro as a prawn cocktail or a black forest gateau.
(although I do like a prawn cocktail sometimes . . )
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Post by bonbonlarue on Mar 30, 2011 20:52:47 GMT
You can't put garlic, paprika,lemon, capers or anchovies in salad cream ...nor can you eat it by the spoonful....  |
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Post by Weyland on Mar 30, 2011 21:04:50 GMT
WTG, grrl. They cannot touch you for it. I'm particularly fond of fish pie myself.  |
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Post by jean on Mar 30, 2011 21:08:41 GMT
Salad cream is as retro as a prawn cocktail or a black forest gateau. Much more so. Prawn cocktail and Black Forest gateau are 1970s - salad cream is pure 1950s. It dates from when eggs were rationed. Mayonnaise needs a lot of eggs. |
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Post by jean on Mar 30, 2011 21:16:33 GMT
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Post by Weyland on Mar 30, 2011 21:36:12 GMT
Salad cream is as retro as a prawn cocktail or a black forest gateau. Much more so. Prawn cocktail and Black Forest gateau are 1970s - salad cream is pure 1950s. Be fair, Jean. Aub is from Leeds. (Note: Not Manchester.) |
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Post by rjpageuk on Mar 30, 2011 21:36:20 GMT
I hate them both equally.
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Post by Patrick on Mar 30, 2011 23:20:51 GMT
Always been a Mayonnaise fan, but have been lured to Salad Cream in recent years. Salad Cream of course was about to be "pulled" by Heinz a few years ago and was partially saved by the protestation of Marco Pierre White who called it; "One of the greatest culinary inventions of the 20th century. "  Gary Rhodes (Whatever happened to him?) is a fan too. |
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Post by Weyland on Mar 31, 2011 9:48:10 GMT
Always been a Mayonnaise fan, but have been lured to Salad Cream in recent years. Salad Cream of course was about to be "pulled" by Heinz a few years ago and was partially saved by the protestation of Marco Pierre White who called it; "One of the greatest culinary inventions of the 20th century. " Good old Marco. Wasn't he the bloke who invented the hole in the Polo mint? Can't imagine where the name Polo came from. Oh yes, him. The only TV chef who was more irritating than Jamie Oliver. Always reminded me a bit of Nigel Kennedy, the famous cockerney twerp. I think I'll stick with the mayo. Although I will try some SC if I get the chance, in honour of Aub. But I'm not buying any. |
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Post by aubrey on Mar 31, 2011 10:51:08 GMT
Salad cream is no good for egg mayonnaise (or egg salad cream). But it has a nice creamy tang about it that you don't get with mayonnaise. I sometimes have both.
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Post by everso on Mar 31, 2011 14:19:35 GMT
I've gone off salad cream since I had that dodgy sandwich on my birthday while in London. It was an egg and salad cream sandwich - salad cream is a little bit trendy apparently.
Anyhow, for me it's mayonnaise every time. As Bonbon said, you can't put garlic, paprika, lemon etc. in salad cream. I made some tartar sauce last night (just mayonnaise and capers) and I licked the bowl out that I'd mixed it in. Yum!
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Post by riotgrrl on Mar 31, 2011 15:55:29 GMT
So, officially, what's the difference between salad cream and mayo anyway?
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Post by Alpha Hooligan on Mar 31, 2011 16:01:48 GMT
So, officially, what's the difference between salad cream and mayo anyway? Salad cream is betterer and gooderer than mayo. Mayo - Eggs Salad Cream - Everything AH |
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Post by trubble on Mar 31, 2011 22:15:34 GMT
Both.
They are different articles.
Why limit yourselves?
You need both.
You don't have to choose between red sauce and brown sauce, do you? No. Because that would be ridiculous.
As long as the salad cream is Heinz and the mayonnaise is Hellman's. That's the main thing.
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Post by trubble on Mar 31, 2011 22:22:35 GMT
Or homemade is fine obv. Never tried to make homemade salad cream but maybe this answers Riot's question: www.food.com/recipe/classic-english-salad-cream-oil-free-salad-dressing-359598BTW, I tried a Marks & Spencer product called something like a ''mustard spread''. It's in one of those jars with a union jack on the lid, should you wish to try it. It was cream and mustard...um.. and basically a mild salad cream with mustard. I was entirely nervous about it. Some sort of devil's work, I thought. But by the end of the jar I am an utter addict. It's gorgeous. Very, very hot mustardy off the knife, but mysteriously very mild in a sandwich. It's the third way. |
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Post by trubble on Mar 31, 2011 22:24:03 GMT
I think it's a mistake to treat salad cream as a cheap substitute for mayonnaise. They both have their place. Anyway, that's what I think. And if anyone disagrees they're wrong. I haven't had any salad cream for more than 30 years, Aub. Remind me what its place is. Its place is on the working man's table. Traitor. |
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Post by jean on Mar 31, 2011 22:34:47 GMT
Does anyone remember Sandwich Spread?
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Post by everso on Mar 31, 2011 23:42:16 GMT
Does anyone remember Sandwich Spread? Oh yes! Looked a little bit like sick, but tasted o.k. My mum used to make me cheese and sandwich spread sandwiches for school (I always refused to eat school dinners) |
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