"The most probable origin of mayonnaise is that the recipe was brought back to France from the town of Mahón in Menorca (Spain), after Armand de Vignerot du Plessis's victory over the British at the city's port in 1756. According to this version, the sauce was originally known as "salsa mahonesa" in Spanish and "maonesa" in Catalan (as it is still known in Menorca), later becoming mayonnaise as it was popularized by the French.[6]"
Tom
On 21-Jun-11 08:30, Nick Woods wrote:
--- In st2_owners@yahoogroups.com, HOPPER ELDRIDGE <hoppereldridge@...> wrote:Ah...mayonnaise..any one know the story how this came about?  Back in the good old days of iron men and wooden ships, a French admiral was able to defeat an English fleet. To celebrate the occasion, the admiral's chef on his flagship stirred up a new sauce in honor of his admiral. The admiral's name, you ask? Mahon, thus mahonnaise!  Hopper...a Texan!Well, I've got to say I stopped believing that story when you got to the French navy beating the English navy! NickW, UK
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