Definition of Mayonnaise

Mayonnaise

A sauce compounded of raw yolks of eggs beaten up with olive oil to the consistency of a sirup, and seasoned with vinegar, pepper, salt, etc.; -- used in dressing salads, fish, etc. Also, a dish dressed with this sauce.

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Mayonnaise Quotations

Mayonnaise: One of the sauces which serve the French in place of a state religion.
Ambrose Bierce

Gentiles are people who eat mayonnaise for no reason.
Robin Williams

Europe's the mayonnaise, but America supplies the good old lobster.
David Herbert Lawrence

One of my favorite things is mayonnaise and I have to tell you that. I love mayonnaise, but I don't eat it any more. If I do I put light mayonnaise on it, which I know is still not good but it's a lot better than the other one and I don't eat it that much.
Mike Ditka

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Mayonnaise Translations

mayonnaise in German is Mayonnaisen
mayonnaise in Spanish is mahonesa

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