First try at mayonnaise: Swing and a miss

A thread about mayonnaise preferences on the Ohio Game Fishing board pushed me over the edge and I took my first try at making it this morning. I read several recipes online, which did not always agree with each other, so I decided to wing it.

I started with two room-temperature eggs, a chilled bowl, a slotted spoon and a mixer with only one beater attached.


Then I separated the yolks.


I gently mixed these with about 1/8 cup of cider vinegar and a bit of salt.


Then two restaurant packets of Chinese-style mustard


Then I began to mix in the oil. I needed both hands for that, so I had to pause to take this pic.


I'm guessing my mistake was to add it too quickly at first.  Anyway, RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR with the second beater installed.


It never set. I added two more eggs, no difference. The appearance, flavor and mouth feel are all good but it's the texture of a slaw dressing. So I stopped adding to it, and just seasoned it as a slaw dressing, with some garlic salt, a half teaspoon of sugar, and some powdered ranch dressing mix. More RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR.  Now it's time to chill it and go slice up some cabbage.


I'll try again after I've used this up.