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Shortly after opening Houseman, Baldwin was thinking about putting oeuf mayonnaise — a classic hors d'oeuvre featuring hard-boiled eggs topped with seasoned mayonnaise — as a dish on the menu.

There, Henson served his house dressing to guests in mayonnaise jars.

A few months later, a kind, gentle, handsome, funny, optimistic, wildly creative man replied to one of my prompts on Hinge, agreeing that mayonnaise was indeed disgusting.

"That’s when mayonnaise, Jell-O and marshmallows all start showing up together. It’s a very brief period, but an unusual one."

For much of my life, mayonnaise had a fixed role.