Need help - I want tartar sauce, but have no mayo!

[Galileo126]

Hi folks -

I'm making blackened cod, sweet potato fries and cole slaw. BUT... I used the last of the mayo for the slaw. I figure tartar sauce would be good for the fish, but again - no more mayo. And I'm not driving to the store, because I'm on beer #2. <heh>

I don't have any yogurt, so that is out. I do have sour cream (thinking add relish, minced onion, etc).

However, if you have any cool ideas for the blackened cod as a condiment, I'm all ears.

Thanks!

-galileo

[PADemD]

1. Googled Mayo

Food Network has a 10-minute recipe that looks easy.

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/mayonnaise-recipe/index.html

[Galileo126]

4. Hmmm.... loving the Alton stuff.

Thanks, I do have the ingredients to make my own mayo.

(Was just hoping not to go that route.)

[snappyturtle]

2. Yogurt? nt

[Galileo126]

3. Nope - no yogurt in da house.

[snappyturtle]

5. I just read your title on the Latest page and didn't read the OP...time

for a break! Good luck and welcome to DU!

[Galileo126]

6. Thanks, and... hello back!

[Kali]

7. I bet sour cream and a little dill might be YUM.

[grasswire]

8. could do a mignonette and add some sour cream on the side to stir in...nt

[Galileo126]

9. Thanks, that's a cool suggestion!

The (white) pepper and vinegar idea sounds cool. (i'm from New England, so fish and vinegar totally works.) And yeah, the sour cream mix would work too... I like the creamy-ness to this idea.

Thanks, Grassy!

-gali

[noamnety]

10. If you have a stick blender, mayo takes 20 seconds.

I do this all the time, I stopped buying mayo.

Put an egg, a dash of salt, a splash of vinegar and 1 cup oil in a tall skinnyish container. Put the stick blender in the bottom and turn it on, lift it up slowly, and bam! you have mayo. You don't have to drizzle the oil all slow or muck around with separating eggs.

youtube proof of timing:

[Bolo Boffin]

11. Whoa!

That's it. I'm buying a stick blender. I've wanted it for other things, but that's too danged useful.

[Tien1985]

12. Holy cats!

I have got to try that now! Can you tell us roughly how long that will last in the fridge?

When I moved away from home, my mom have us a stick blender that she had in the pantry, unused for years. I LOVE the thing.

[noamnety]

13. I love my stick blender too!

It keeps up to a week in the fridge (pretty sure I've kept mine longer, but that's the official word). Since you can make it in smaller batches (just over a cup at a time), that hasn't been a problem for me, whereas a whole jar of mayo can take me a while to finish.

It's more than I could use on sandwiches in a week, but I go through it fine if I mix it with balsamic vinegar and use it as salad dressing.

[Tien1985]

14. Thanks!

I'm going to try that. It's too hot to eat, so light salads is all I want anyway

[NMDemDist2]

17. wow

i have a stick.

that's cool!

any way to cup the calories some?

[noamnety]

18. I don't know how to significantly cut the calories.

I use a whole egg, traditional recipes use just the yolk, and a lower fat version uses just the whites. But still, the bulk of the mass is oil (fat).

If I'm restricting calories, the cutting comes on the other end of the recipe, like instead of making cole slaw with all mayo like I used to, now I use half mayo, half vinegar. Or on a sandwich I might mix the mayo with mustard or salsa.

[NMDemDist2]

19. i use mayo very sparingly anyway

and if i make it with olive oil at least it's heart healthy

[fizzgig]

20. hot damn!

no point in buying mayo anymore.

[bif]

21. What kind of oil do you use?

Would olive oil work?

[noamnety]

22. I've been using olive oil lately

mainly because I got a few of the 3L cans of it in a dent sale for $10 each.

I can faintly taste it if I just taste test the mayo alone, and in other foods I can't tell the difference. The taste doesn't bother me, not sure how others feel about it.

[bif]

25. I just made a batch! Thanks for posting this.

I can't believe how easy that was. I'm never buying mayo again!

[kestrel91316]

15. Making your own mayo is easy peasy. Food processor, egg, oil, vinegar, seasonings.

[bitchkitty]

16. Do you have tofu and cashews?

Tofu Cashew Mayonnaise

[Ohio Joe]

23. I want this...

This sounds like something I fully expect I'm going to really like... Thanks for the link!

[bitchkitty]

26. That site has everything -

and all low fat and vegan - my kind of food!

[locks]

24. Thanks--

I'm going to try it for cole slaw.