Mayonnaise, a nose's greatest weakness

Shut your noses everyone!! Or get ready to double up with the whif of the Mayo!

(Or is it just me that hates the smell of this little dressing?)



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Now you may be wondering what is inside mayonnaise (not the ingredients).
To begin with, know that mayonnaise is really an emulsion "formed from eggs and fat seasoned with lemon juice or vinegar and salt" as stated by Will at Wordpress.com.
As seen in these pictures, Mayonnaise is filled with fat (obviously not good to eat globs at a time)
or more specifically, emulsion which is water and oil mixed together. They are thick in texture as well.

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There is just one problem in these emulsions: they cannot dissolve. Well for one, you could see they are a bit unstable since as water combines with oil, they begin to split off (thus there is a way to form the emulsions which, shortly explained, break the liquid mass.)