The chef of the Duke of Richelieu is said to have first made mayonnaise in honor of the Duke capturing the city of Mahón in Minorca in 1756.
A French word named after Mahon, capital of Minorca to 'celebrate' its capture by the French in 1756
The Mayo Clinic is named after William Worrall Mayo, its founder. Mayonnaise may be a corruption of moyeunaise, moyeubeing an old French word for the yolk of an egg. Alternately from the French verb manier, meaning “to stir.” Or even to celebrate the victory of the Duke de Richielieu at Mahon in Minorca in 1757.
i believe that the French invented Mayonnaise, but i am still researching that.
MINORCA
Battle of Minorca happened on 1756-05-20.
Yes, salad cream was invented as a cheap substitute for mayonnaise.
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yes.
They belong to Spain.
Mayonnaise was invented in France 1756. the first ready made mayonnaise was sold in 1905 in Richard Hellman's New York deli. In 1912, mayonnaise was mass marketed and called " Hellman's Blue ribbon Mayonnaise."
John byng