Everyone is a snob when it comes to Waldorf Salad, for some reason. It’s a perfectly good salad and learning to make scratch mayonnaise is a standard in culinary training. You don’t start by making dishes Joel Robuchon can easily rustle up.
I’m wondering why your instructor didn’t like your dish. Does he/she just judge by looks, or do they actually taste?
I’m sure your salad was very good! Mayo is not easy, and looks can be deceiving.
In Leslie Caron’s memoir she tells the story of running out of bottled mayo for a glitzy Hollywood party.
Her maid panicked. But Leslie was cool as a cucumber....
She quickly made a batch of homemade mayo all by herself, remonstrating the maid that it is the easiest thing to make.
Seems French housewives make their own mayo all the time.
I just didn’t care for shaved carrots & raisins in mayo. Not my gig, but homemade mayo could take almost anything to heaven.