mayonnaise - salad cream

COBHC · Post by **COBHC** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 12:35 pm

i bought a jar of "majoneesi" and i opened it and it looked and tasted like heinz salad cream. this wouldn't bother me but i hate salad cream. where can i get mayonnaise that tastes like mayonnaise.

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MagicJ · Post by **MagicJ** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 1:03 pm

By buying any one of the tubes made by Felix, I love mayonnaise and I just bought the ultra kevyt version and it still tastes pretty good.
http://www.felix.fi/majoneesit.cfm

Karhunkoski · Post by **Karhunkoski** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 1:03 pm

I dont remember the exact brand name, however it is in a plastic jar, approx 3,5" high x 3" diameter. It is a slightly dark yellow colour. The brand name is a single word, oh

My memory fails me. It begins with T or P I think. Anyway it is the best majo I have tasted, although someone will come along soon and tell you it shouldn't have this or that in it

sinikala · Post by **sinikala** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 1:32 pm

MagicJ wrote:By buying any one of the tubes made by Felix, I love mayonnaise and I just bought the ultra kevyt version and it still tastes pretty good.
http://www.felix.fi/majoneesit.cfm

Kavli is also totally edible.

Karhunkoski · Post by **Karhunkoski** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 1:42 pm

Thanks Fishy, just the one I was thinking about, ok so it doesn't begin with P or T ........

enk · Post by **enk** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 4:30 pm

I really like Kewpie mayo, but AFAIK it's only available at Tokyokan.
If I can't get that, then I use Kruunumajoneesi.

-enk

Jukka Aho · Post by **Jukka Aho** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 10:41 pm

enk wrote:I really like Kewpie mayo, but AFAIK it's only available at Tokyokan. If I can't get that, then I use Kruunumajoneesi.

Kruunumajoneesi (by Felix; literally “Crown Mayonnaise”) is pretty much the standard-issue mayo in Finland, I think. It’s available both in jars and tubes and there are several variations: the standard one, kevytmajoneesi (light), ultra light, mustard-flavored, and a salmon-flavored version. I think both the standard version and the salmon-flavored version are OK but I don’t like the other variations too much. Can’t say how any of these compare to overseas brands, though.

Edit: Just noticed that MagicJ had already linked to a web page that showcases Felix’s entire Kruunumajoneesi product line. Be careful when shopping: the jars and tubes resemble each other a bit too much so it’s easy to accidentally pick up a “kevyt” version even if you wanted the standard version, or a mustard-flavored version when you were after the salmon-flavored version. (I’ve done both of those mistakes myself.)

enk · Post by **enk** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 11:44 pm

Yuhp! I meant the one that would give Pekka Puska and company at KTL
a heart attack if they were to read the ingredient list

Don't like any
of the other ones.

-enk

carolinemaher · Post by **carolinemaher** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 1:40 pm

I must say I find the Finnish majonnaise rather strange tasting to say the least! why not try Hellmanns majo which Stockmann has recently started selling. Yum

Hank W. · Post by **Hank W.** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 2:05 pm

carolinemaher wrote: why not try Hellmanns majo

... cause it tastes strange?

carolinemaher · Post by **carolinemaher** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 9:22 pm

Like most things in life, its just a matter of taste!

Munlaw · Post by **Munlaw** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 1:34 am

mCowboy · Post by **mCowboy** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 1:41 am

or you can go to K-Kamppi and pick up the real deal...

Hank W. · Post by **Hank W.** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 2:36 am

Munlaw wrote:Do people generally dip their fries in majoneesi in Finland ?

No, thats to the perverted Dutch and Belgians... which really do seem like solid compared to some totally warped peoples putting gravy and cheese on theirs...

Jukka Aho · Post by **Jukka Aho** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 4:08 am

Munlaw wrote:Do people generally dip their fries in majoneesi in Finland ?

In a burger place? Some do, some don’t... Since you have to pay extra for the mayo dip sauce (and since ketchup, on the other hand, is typically available for free) I don’t think it’s something that people “generally do”... Just occasionally, when they feel like it. (And those with health nazi tendencies will probably cringe at the whole thought and go on they merry way munching something that has 0% salt, 0% fat, 0% carbs, 0% taste, and the mouth feel of an inner tube of a bicycle... or pieces of cardboard... :)

If you’re talking about something else, such as eating at home... well, let’s just say Finland is still very much a boiled or mushed potatoes country, not a fries country. Deep-fried foods, in general, are not something many would cook at home here (the most common exception probably being the Vappu donuts...)

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