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Don’t miss: The chicken karaage, which featured flavorful thighs coated in the thinnest wisp of batter and drizzled with sweet katsu sauce and spicy mayo.
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Water bottle startup alleges mayo company violated contract Conflict stems from rebranding campaign by the Just Mayo maker A bottled water startup co-founded by teen heartthrob Jaden Smith is suing Hampton Creek Inc. over a trademark dispute.
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Putting eggs on your face Back in the '80s, eggs and mayo became popular DIY hair mask ingredients.
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Connecticut: This lobster roll isn’t going to have cold meat or mayo.
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Whisk them in with your mayo, oil, lemon zest, lemon juice, mustard, and garlic and season to taste.
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The company and its eggless mayo attracted interest and investments from Silicon Valley that helped push its valuation to unicorn status of $1.1 billion.
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To make sweet mayo, stir in Asian sweet chili sauce or honey or honey mustard or honey Dijon.
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The meat patty, though thin, was well-seasoned and complemented by the light heat from the cheese and Sriracha mayo.
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First Known Use of mayo
circa 1960
Mayo
play
biographical name
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ˈmā-(ˌ)ō
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Definition of Mayo
Charles Horace 1865–1939 and his brother William James 1861–1939 American surgeons
Mayo
geographical name
Definition of Mayo
1
play
\ˈmī-(ˌ)ō\
river 250 miles (402 kilometers) long in the northwestern Mexico state of Sonora flowing southwest into the Gulf of California
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See words that rhyme with mayo Spanish Central: Translation of mayo Britannica.com: Encyclopedia article about mayo
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