An Ode to Old Bay, the Great American Condiment

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3. That's a great story.

I'm sure that woman went home and also told the story, chuckling at your naivté and proud to have let you in on "the secret".

I didn't know the back story of Old Bay either, but it makes sense. Jewish (and German) cookery both do savoury very well.

I wonder how Mr. Brunn felt when, having been let go by McCormick years earlier, they handed him a big check for his recipe.