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Duke wins & I'm happy!

Duke wins & I’m happy. That may sound like an odd statement coming from the UNC fan but that’s how I feel today. With nearly 4,700 votes cast in North Carolina’s Favorite Mayonnaise Poll the victory “spread” for Duke’s left the competition in a pile of crumbs. Duke’s solidified its reputation as the upper crust of Southern mayonnaise by slicing a 44% advantage over its closest rival.

Here are the final numbers:

Duke’s 61%
Hellmann’s Real Mayo 17%
Kraft Miracle Whip 13%
Kraft Mayo 8%
Others 1%

Thanks for voting and I appreciate all of your interesting comments. We should tip our hat to Eugenia Duke who created the mayonnaise nearly a century ago in Greenville, SC. I guess it wouldn’t pay to lobby the NC General Assembly to make Duke’s the Official NC Mayonnaise since it is manufactured in the Palmetto State. But, perhaps a resolution is in order. We’ll work on that later. I doubt we can convene a special mayo session of the NC Legislature. That would be spreading our luck a little thin.

Feel free to comment further. I’ve run out of puns.

And I would like to fully disclose that I've never received even a spoonful of free mayonnaise from Duke's! 

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awww Bill! You been hanging around the WeatherCenter too long with that Fischel guy!!! Mayo day be great! :)

Cold roast beef and tomatoes on Texas toast with a generous smattering of Duke's sounds pretty good right now.

fishnett -

I was thinking the SAME thing!!! Bill's comments sound a little 'fishy' to me!!

LMRA - yep, "weather" we like it or not, Fischel and Bill have been having too much "pun"!!!rofl!!!! ;)

Guess I don't have to duke it out with Lynda and Valonda anymore on the mayo issue. The public has spoken in a jarring setback for my co-anchors.

I have had Duke's mayonnaise before but I can't recall taste differences between it and Miracle Whip. Guess I'll just have to try both to see.

Burke Buddy, Did ya hear the Duke's story about the WNC lady who called Mark Sauer(the great gandson of C.F. Sauer, who initiated negotiations to purchased the original Duke’s recipe from Eugenia Duke). She told him that as she was well up in years, she was gettin' her house in order. The lady said she had four daughters and wanted four glass pint Duke's jars with metal tops. She was planning on being cremated and that's where she planned on spending eternity. Think I'll have a mater sammich and sweeeeeet tea for lunch!

prmoose - Is that story for real?

fishnett5977

Duke's is so good we went to Kings dominion last week and that's what they had!

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