An Ode to Old Bay, the Great American Condiment

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An Ode to Old Bay, the Great American Condiment
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Casey Cep makes the case for putting Old Bay on everything, the way Marylanders do.

I’ve never really consulted a doctor about this, but it’s my sense that this is roughly the salinity level of the blood of any given Maryland er as well. That’s because of our exceptionally liberal use of the regionally beloved substance known as Old Bay. It’s a spice-and-herb mix that’s super salty and oh, so slightly sweet, a perfect culinary simulation of late summer and early fall—not too hot, with the hint of a breeze.

But Brunn’s wife had heard that there might be a way to get him out. “There was a lawyer in Frankfurt known to the Jewish community,” their son remembered, a man who required “five thousand marks at the beginning and five thousand marks once ‘the merchandise’ was received. If the second five thousand marks wasn’t received, ‘the merchandise’ went right back where it came from.

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