what country does mayonaise come from and who invented it ?

Answer 1

Mayo is a french sauce unless my memory fails me.
Who exactly invented it... sorry no idea

UPD:
Mayonnaise is generally said to have been created by the chef of Louis François Armand du Plessis, duc de Richelieu in 1756, to celebrate the Duke's victory over the British at the port of Mahon (the capital of Minorca in the Balearic Islands)
more on the name here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayonnaise#Origin_of_the_name

Answer 2

Mayonnaise was invented in 1756 by the French chef of the Duc de Richelieu. After the Duc beat the British at Port Mahon, his chef created a victory feast that was to include a sauce made of cream and eggs. Realizing that there was no cream in the kitchen, the chef substituted olive oil for the cream and a new culinary creation was born. The chef named the new sauce "Mahonnaise" in honor of the Duc's victory.


the first ready-made mayonnaise was sold at Richard Hellman's New York deli. In 1912, mayonnaise was mass marketed and called "Hellman's Blue Ribbon Mayonnaise

Answer 3

Invented in 1756 by a French chef to celebrate a duke winning against the British at the port of Mahon, where the name comes from.

Answer 4

Although it was originally made in France, the people of Mexico fell madly in love with it. It was, however, hard to get in Mexico. When the Mexican government heard about the maiden voyage of the Titanic, they contacted British authorities and had them ship 20 tons of it.

They were eagerly awaiting their shipment, only to be totally distraught by the sinking of the ship. On the ocean floor was their 20 ton cargo, lost forever. They were so upset, they even designated a national holiday to forever remember the event. They call it 'sinko de mayo'.

Answer 5

Mayonnaise made its English-language debut in a cookbook of 1841, according to the Oxford English Dictionary. Mayonnaise is generally said to have been created by the chef of Louis François Armand du Plessis, duc de Richelieu in 1756, to celebrate the Duke's victory over the British at the port of Mahon (the capital of Minorca in the Balearic Islands). The French spelling for this Spanish port is "Mahón", and thus "sauce from Mahon" is "sauce mahónnaise", from which it was said the word "mayonnaise" was derived. This often-repeated story seems flawed, however.
Antoine Car̻me speculated in 1833 that the name was derived from the French word manier, meaning "handle, feel, ply", thus possibly in this case "stir or blend". Car̻me appears to have been straining to come up with an etymology for sauce Mayonnaise. It is inconceivable that Car̻me Рtrained by the greatest p̢tissier in Napoleonic Paris, creator of French haute cuisine, and chef d'hotel to the duc de Talleyrand Рwould not know the history of the name, had mayonnaise been created as recently as 1756. Indeed, Talleyrand himself grew up under the Ancien regime (he had already held a bishopric), was a fastidious connoisseur of the table and moved in much the same circles as the Richelieu family. The origin of "mayonnaise" must be much older than 1756, if it was obscure to Car̻me.
In fact it may appear more credible that sauce Mayonnaise was originally named for Charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne (in northwest France), who presided over the meeting of the Estates General in January 1593 that had been summoned for the purpose of choosing a Catholic ruler for France. The sauce may have remained unnamed until after the Battle of Arques in 1589. It may then have been christened "Mayennaise" after Charles de Lorraine, duc de Mayenne, because he took the time to finish his meal of chicken with cold sauce before being defeated in battle by Henri IV.
Another proposed etymology points to the French city of Bayonne; "mayonnaise" would be a corruption of bayonnaise.

Answer 6

France

Answer 7

"Mayonnaise was invented in 1756 by the French chef of the Duc de Richelieu. After the Duc beat the British at Port Mahon, his chef created a victory feast that was to include a sauce made of cream and eggs. Realizing that there was no cream in the kitchen, the chef substituted olive oil for the cream and a new culinary creation was born. The chef named the new sauce "Mahonnaise" in honor of the Duc's victory."

Source: http://home.howstuffworks.com/question617.htm

Answer 8

mayonaise comes from the tiny country of mayonopia. No one invented it, it was discovered as the natural lactation of the tiny mammal known as the Whipp. Hence the reason that it is known as Miracle Whipp.

Answer 9

it actually comes from the french language mayonaise which means 'my nose'. it is said that a king in france sneezed on a bagette which some one then ate and thought it tasted great. obviously some of the secret ingredience remains in the modern day recipie which remains the secret ingredient whch has made it so popular today

Answer 10

France after a battle against the English.