West of the Rockies: Best. East of the Rockies: Hellman’s. The distinction came up yesterday in conversation with friends, and all at once it hit me:
The Condimental Divide.
In 2019 I called a toll-free number to ask where to find the Best–Hellman’s dividing line. It was a genuine question.
Monday, August 11, 2025
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Condimental divide. Good one.
ReplyDeleteReporting from Laramie, Wyoming, where I am looking out my window at the Rockies, it is Best Foods.
Wouldn't it be interesting if the dividing line ran through Rochester, Minnesota?
ReplyDeleteDukes is the boss mayo in the southeast, though.
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https://collections.lib.utah.edu/details?id=1253102
ReplyDeleteThanks, everyone, for the comments and the link. Rochester? I don't get it. I've trued Duke's and liked it, but my heart is in the Hellman's.
ReplyDeleteRochester, Minnesota is the home of the Mayo Clinic.
DeleteI passed on your joke today, and it got the others into a nice lengthy discussion about which ones they use. But now, I can't remember anything to tell you!
ReplyDeleteWell, I'm glad the joke is (cough) spreading. I'm disappointed to find, after the fact, that the joke has been made before, but not by me :)
ReplyDeleteAha! Thank you.
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