Eugenia Duke
The creator of Duke's unique
mayonnaise recipe.
mayonnaise recipe.
photo credit: Duke's Website
photo credit: Duke's Website
In our household as well as many others in South Carolina there is only one mayonnaise
and that is Duke's
Potato Salad just wouldn't be the same without it
Duke's is all about family, from its origins in Eugenia Duke's
Greenville, South Carolina kitchen, to Richmond, Virginia's C.F. Sauer
family in 1929. Duke's has been uniting families through the meals it
enhances for nearly a century. Throughout the years, our recipe has
remained the same, providing fans with the same outstanding quality and
superior flavor that they expect in every jar.
photo credit: Duke's Website
Duke's History - A True Southern Original
The South has its share of true originals. By that, we mean quirky, eccentric characters who add color to their local communities. We have people who are crazy for college football, people who are crazy for NASCAR racing, and people who are crazy for whole-hog barbecue. And then there are those people who are crazy for Duke's - Duke's Mayonnaise, that is. Most of the time, fans of Duke's Mayonnaise live quietly among us. The only way to identify them is to sneak a peek inside their refrigerators. But ask them if they'd like a tomato sandwich, and they're likely to show their true colors - the yellow and black of the Duke's Mayonnaise label. For thousands of people around the South, there is no other mayonnaise but Duke's. "I love Duke's Mayonnaise," says food writer, cookbook author, and culinary television producer Virginia Willis of Atlanta, Georgia. "That's the best part of a BLT," she adds, "the creamy, yummy mayonnaise." She uses Duke's Mayonnaise when she tests recipes for her culinary clients because it gives her consistent results. Duke's, she points out, is a little more acidic, a little more zesty than other brands. "And that little bit of acid really makes flavors pop." "For me, it's got to be homemade or Duke's," she says.A Uniquely Southern Recipe
Almost a century after Eugenia Duke created her unique mayonnaise recipe, Duke's is still made in Greenville, South Carolina. Mrs. Duke's kitchen has been replaced by a modern production facility that turns out 240 jars of mayonnaise a minute, but the recipe for Duke's Mayonnaise has remained the same. "We've never changed the formula," explains Mark Sauer, Executive Vice President of Sales for C. F. Sauer and great-grandson of Conrad Sauer, Sr., "not since Duke's time." Duke's, he says, is a uniquely Southern product. "It was developed at a time when the South was still a distinctive place with a distinctive taste. And that hasn't changed." The formula for Duke's includes more egg yolks than other brands of mayonnaise, he points out. It also has no added sugar. (It's the only major brand of mayonnaise that can make that claim.) That combination gives the mayonnaise a tanginess Duke's fans have come to love.
To read more enter here Duke's History
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