The Amazing Magical Exploding Mayonnaise

We should have remembered this from trips to Denver before.

When you come to Denver from a the lower plains, there is a surprising drop in air pressure because of the altitude. You don't really notice it driving the miles and miles across the open Kansas prairie, because the climb is so gradual.

But let's just say that when you leave Oklahoma and arrive in Denver, any sealed bottle or tube you bring with you on the trip--like, say, hand lotion, or mayonnaise--is going to have more air pressure inside than outside.

And that means, when you open it the first time after arriving in Denver, you should keep a safe distance.

So after a 12-hour trip, we we stayed the night in a hotel before signing our lease the next day. Since it was late, we decided to make sandwiches from the stuff we'd brought in the cooler, rather than go out to eat.

All was well, until WildChild decided we should have mayonnaise on our sandwiches.

Apparently, it is a Denver tradition that when you first open a bottle of Oklahoma mayonnaise there, you should have it not just on your sandwich. You should have it on everything. And the Oklahoma mayonnaise apparently knew this, because it honored the tradition. As WildChild opened the flip-top lid...POP!

Want to know what's even more funny than the magical exploding mayonnaise? The fact that we kept forgetting about opening sealed containers for the first time, and having to clean up mess after mess. Not everything exploded like the mayonnaise. But there is something both astounding and annoying about opening a small tube of hand lotion, and having to watch helplessly as almost the entire tube's worth oozes out onto your hands.

If you were born and raised here, you probably don't even know what I'm talking about. If you migrated to Denver like we did, you probably know exactly what I'm talking about. And if you are thinking to move to Denver (which is a great place, and you really should come)...just remember about the mayonnaise.

Or better yet...just leave the mayonnaise behind and buy it new here.