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The lemon juice, or white wine vinegar typically found in store bought mayo, serves to facilitate the interaction between the egg yolk and the oil, enabling the whole liquid conglomeration to emulsify. Alton Brown had a brilliant lesson on this a while back on Food Network's Good Eats.

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