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Among the slew of articles of older generations blaming millennials for hurting certain industries, one of them has stood out among the rest. This one is called How Millennials Killed Mayonnaise. This article is a wild one! It takes the reader through a brief history of mayonnaise as well as a ride on a wave of dark negative emotions. Just when you think there is a positive, Sandy Hingston will bring you right back down into the depths of her crying mind where mayonnaise is ignored, and her family’s favourite dishes are shunned at various gatherings. 

She does let readers know that her young son likes mayonnaise, but her daughter, who happens to be a Women’s and Gender Studies major, “naturally” does not. I don’t know why this is natural, but what do I know about Women’s Studies? For all I know, that could be in the curriculum! There are some really strange views throughout this article, as well as some weird slang where either Hingston is trying to be cool, or she is trying to be ironic. I believe it is the former. 

For all it’s worth, I think Mayonnaise is a pretty good condiment. I have had plenty of food that looks unpleasant. I have eaten plenty of things that would probably be disgusting to most; caviar, escargot, and uni. I don’t think mayo looking gross would bother younger folk because I believe we are becoming more adventurous with trying different food. We are trying different textures and unknown flavours. Mayo is used as a condiment for different foods like chicken karage and french fries. It’s still used on many sandwiches, and aioli is a pretty close cousin of the condiment. It is just a fancier word to put on a menu. The Food Network and the cool, hip ‘tude of chef culture has expanded our thoughts about food, where it comes from, and what we can do with it. It doesn’t mean we are throwing away older methods and ingredients. Young chefs are going back and looking at the history of food, and the history of traditional family recipes. Maybe an old mayonnaise is in there ready to be manipulated, or put on a menu in its traditional form. Whatever the case, trends may die but they can resurface in a new way. Just look at guys with whimsical mustaches.