Overthinking it to an admirable degree

Why is Hellman's the best mayonnaise?

12/26/13

Hellman’s (known as Best Foods west of the Rockies) is widely considered to be the best mayonnaise. Tangy but not too tangy, creamy but not oily, perfect in every respect. But why? What makes it so great? This Slate correspondent dug deep into the world of delicious mayonnaise in order to find out. Yum!

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