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Louisiana-Style Hot Sauce photo coming soon
Cross-era
Louisiana-Style Hot Sauce is a condiment with real American table personality: Vinegar-aged cayenne hot sauce culture: Tabasco, Crystal, Louisiana Hot Sauce, and many more. It brings flavor from the American South to cookouts, counters, lunch plates, potlucks, and weeknight suppers.
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Cajun Garlic Hot Sauce photo coming soon
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Cajun Garlic Hot Sauce is a condiment with real American table personality: Louisiana seafood boil, po' boy, and gumbo table condiment. It brings flavor from the American South to cookouts, counters, lunch plates, potlucks, and weeknight suppers.
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Tiger Sauce photo coming soon
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Tiger Sauce is a condiment with real American table personality: Baltimore pit beef horseradish sauce. It brings flavor from Chesapeake and Mid-Atlantic to cookouts, counters, lunch plates, potlucks, and weeknight suppers.
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Creole Mustard Sauce photo coming soon
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Creole Mustard Sauce is a condiment with real American table personality: Louisiana mustard culture for po' boys, seafood, and meats. It brings flavor from the American South to cookouts, counters, lunch plates, potlucks, and weeknight suppers.
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Green Chile Sauce photo coming soon
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Green Chile Sauce is a condiment with real American table personality: New Mexico and Southwestern staple. It brings flavor from the American South to cookouts, counters, lunch plates, potlucks, and weeknight suppers.
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Remoulade, Louisiana Style photo coming soon
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Remoulade, Louisiana Style is a seafood sauce with real American table personality: Creole/Cajun seafood sauce, often red or paprika-heavy. It brings flavor from the American South to cookouts, counters, lunch plates, potlucks, and weeknight suppers.
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Crab Cake Sauce photo coming soon
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Crab Cake Sauce is a seafood sauce with real American table personality: Chesapeake mayo-mustard-lemon style. It brings flavor from Chesapeake and Mid-Atlantic to cookouts, counters, lunch plates, potlucks, and weeknight suppers.
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Stone Crab Mustard Sauce photo coming soon
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Stone Crab Mustard Sauce is a seafood sauce with real American table personality: Florida restaurant classic, especially with chilled stone crab claws. It brings flavor from Florida and the Gulf Coast to cookouts, counters, lunch plates, potlucks, and weeknight suppers.
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Fried Clam Sauce photo coming soon
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Fried Clam Sauce is a seafood sauce with real American table personality: New England tartar/lemon seafood shack tradition. It brings flavor from New England to cookouts, counters, lunch plates, potlucks, and weeknight suppers.
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Old Bay Mayo photo coming soon
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Old Bay Mayo is a seafood sauce with real American table personality: Chesapeake seafood seasoning meets mayo. It brings flavor from Chesapeake and Mid-Atlantic to cookouts, counters, lunch plates, potlucks, and weeknight suppers.
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Lemon-Caper Fish Sauce photo coming soon
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Lemon-Caper Fish Sauce is a seafood sauce with real American table personality: American restaurant fish special staple. It brings flavor from coast-to-coast American tables to cookouts, counters, lunch plates, potlucks, and weeknight suppers.
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Smoked Salmon Spread photo coming soon
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Smoked Salmon Spread is a seafood sauce with real American table personality: Alaska, Pacific Northwest, Great Lakes. It brings flavor from the Midwest and Great Lakes to cookouts, counters, lunch plates, potlucks, and weeknight suppers.
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Catalina Dressing photo coming soon
Postwar & Diner Age
Catalina Dressing is a dressing with real American table personality: Sweet red dressing, especially tied to midcentury salads and taco salads. It brings flavor from coast-to-coast American tables to cookouts, counters, lunch plates, potlucks, and weeknight suppers.
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Avocado Ranch photo coming soon
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Avocado Ranch is a dressing with real American table personality: Modern Southwest-American variation. It brings flavor from the American South to cookouts, counters, lunch plates, potlucks, and weeknight suppers.
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Benedictine photo coming soon
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Benedictine is a spread with real American table personality: Louisville cucumber spread. It brings flavor from Appalachia and Pennsylvania Dutch country to cookouts, counters, lunch plates, potlucks, and weeknight suppers.
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Deviled Egg Filling photo coming soon
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Deviled Egg Filling is a spread with real American table personality: Not exactly a sauce, but a condiment-like American picnic food. It brings flavor from coast-to-coast American tables to cookouts, counters, lunch plates, potlucks, and weeknight suppers.
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Bologna Salad Spread photo coming soon
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Bologna Salad Spread is a spread with real American table personality: Rural, Midwest, and lunch counter food. It brings flavor from the Midwest and Great Lakes to cookouts, counters, lunch plates, potlucks, and weeknight suppers.
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Chicken Salad Dressing photo coming soon
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Chicken Salad Dressing is a spread with real American table personality: Mayo-based deli and lunch counter culture. It brings flavor from coast-to-coast American tables to cookouts, counters, lunch plates, potlucks, and weeknight suppers.
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Tuna Salad Dressing photo coming soon
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Tuna Salad Dressing is a spread with real American table personality: Lunchbox America. It brings flavor from coast-to-coast American tables to cookouts, counters, lunch plates, potlucks, and weeknight suppers.
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Ambrosia Dressing photo coming soon
Postwar & Diner Age
Ambrosia Dressing is a spread with real American table personality: Southern/midcentury fruit salad dressing. It brings flavor from the American South to cookouts, counters, lunch plates, potlucks, and weeknight suppers.
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Watergate Salad Base photo coming soon
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Watergate Salad Base is a spread with real American table personality: Pistachio pudding, whipped topping, pineapple, marshmallows. It brings flavor from coast-to-coast American tables to cookouts, counters, lunch plates, potlucks, and weeknight suppers.
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Egg Salad Dressing photo coming soon
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Egg Salad Dressing is a spread with real American table personality: Diner, deli, picnic, and funeral lunch food. It brings flavor from coast-to-coast American tables to cookouts, counters, lunch plates, potlucks, and weeknight suppers.
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Garlic Bread Spread photo coming soon
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Garlic Bread Spread is a spread with real American table personality: Italian-American red-sauce restaurant staple. It brings flavor from coast-to-coast American tables to cookouts, counters, lunch plates, potlucks, and weeknight suppers.
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Nashville Hot Chicken Paste/Oil photo coming soon
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Nashville Hot Chicken Paste/Oil is a condiment with real American table personality: Fiery cayenne-lard/oil seasoning tied to Prince's Hot Chicken in Nashville. It brings flavor from the American South to cookouts, counters, lunch plates, potlucks, and weeknight suppers.
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Tabasco Sauce photo coming soon
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Tabasco Sauce is a condiment with real American table personality: Avery Island, Louisiana; one of America's great food exports. It brings flavor from the American South to cookouts, counters, lunch plates, potlucks, and weeknight suppers.
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Crystal-Style Hot Sauce photo coming soon
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Crystal-Style Hot Sauce is a condiment with real American table personality: New Orleans table sauce culture. It brings flavor from the American South to cookouts, counters, lunch plates, potlucks, and weeknight suppers.
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Pepper Vinegar photo coming soon
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Pepper Vinegar is a condiment with real American table personality: Southern greens condiment, often whole peppers steeped in vinegar. It brings flavor from the American South to cookouts, counters, lunch plates, potlucks, and weeknight suppers.
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Cajun Remoulade photo coming soon
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Cajun Remoulade is a condiment with real American table personality: Louisiana version of French remoulade, often spicier and redder. It brings flavor from the American South to cookouts, counters, lunch plates, potlucks, and weeknight suppers.
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Comeback Sauce for Fried Seafood photo coming soon
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Comeback Sauce for Fried Seafood is a seafood sauce with real American table personality: Mississippi and Gulf Coast fried shrimp/oyster sauce. It brings flavor from the American South to cookouts, counters, lunch plates, potlucks, and weeknight suppers.
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American Cocktail Sauce photo coming soon
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American Cocktail Sauce is a seafood sauce with real American table personality: Ketchup/chili sauce plus horseradish; shrimp cocktail, oysters, crab claws. It brings flavor from Texas and the Southwest to cookouts, counters, lunch plates, potlucks, and weeknight suppers.
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Waldorf Salad Dressing photo coming soon
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Waldorf Salad Dressing is a spread with real American table personality: New York hotel-origin mayonnaise fruit salad culture. It brings flavor from coast-to-coast American tables to cookouts, counters, lunch plates, potlucks, and weeknight suppers.
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Thousand Island Dressing photo coming soon
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Thousand Island Dressing is a dressing with real American table personality: Popularized in the Thousand Islands region along the New York/Canada border; later became the basis for many "special sauces.". It brings flavor from coast-to-coast American tables to cookouts, counters, lunch plates, potlucks, and weeknight suppers.
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Beer Cheese photo coming soon
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Beer Cheese is a spread with real American table personality: Kentucky bar spread. It brings flavor from Appalachia and Pennsylvania Dutch country to cookouts, counters, lunch plates, potlucks, and weeknight suppers.
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Jalapeno Ranch photo coming soon
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Jalapeno Ranch is a dressing with real American table personality: Tex-Mex, food truck, and chain-restaurant favorite. It brings flavor from Texas and the Southwest to cookouts, counters, lunch plates, potlucks, and weeknight suppers.
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Green Goddess Dressing photo coming soon
Industrial America
Green Goddess Dressing is a dressing with real American table personality: Created in 1920s San Francisco at the Palace Hotel; creamy, herb-heavy, often with anchovy and tarragon. It brings flavor from California, Hawaii, and the West Coast to cookouts, counters, lunch plates, potlucks, and weeknight suppers.
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American French Dressing photo coming soon
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American French Dressing is a dressing with real American table personality: The bright orange-red, sweet, tomatoey bottled dressing Americans call "French." Not very French, very American. It brings flavor from coast-to-coast American tables to cookouts, counters, lunch plates, potlucks, and weeknight suppers.
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Creamy Italian Dressing photo coming soon
Postwar & Diner Age
Creamy Italian Dressing is a dressing with real American table personality: Midcentury American version of Italian dressing with mayo or dairy. It brings flavor from coast-to-coast American tables to cookouts, counters, lunch plates, potlucks, and weeknight suppers.
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Honey Mustard Dressing photo coming soon
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Honey Mustard Dressing is a dressing with real American table personality: American restaurant salad and chicken tender sauce staple. It brings flavor from coast-to-coast American tables to cookouts, counters, lunch plates, potlucks, and weeknight suppers.
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Poppy Seed Dressing photo coming soon
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Poppy Seed Dressing is a dressing with real American table personality: Sweet dressing common with fruit salads, spinach salads, and church cookbooks. It brings flavor from coast-to-coast American tables to cookouts, counters, lunch plates, potlucks, and weeknight suppers.
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Celery Seed Slaw Dressing photo coming soon
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Celery Seed Slaw Dressing is a dressing with real American table personality: Sweet-sour dressing for coleslaw, especially Midwest and Southern picnic tables. It brings flavor from the American South to cookouts, counters, lunch plates, potlucks, and weeknight suppers.
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Boiled Dressing photo coming soon
Frontier & Expansion
Boiled Dressing is a dressing with real American table personality: Old-fashioned American dressing made with eggs, vinegar, sugar, and mustard before bottled mayo took over. It brings flavor from coast-to-coast American tables to cookouts, counters, lunch plates, potlucks, and weeknight suppers.
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Bacon Dressing / Hot Bacon Dressing photo coming soon
Frontier & Expansion
Bacon Dressing / Hot Bacon Dressing is a dressing with real American table personality: Pennsylvania Dutch and Midwestern spinach salad dressing. It brings flavor from Appalachia and Pennsylvania Dutch country to cookouts, counters, lunch plates, potlucks, and weeknight suppers.
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Sweet Onion Dressing photo coming soon
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Sweet Onion Dressing is a dressing with real American table personality: Common in delis, diners, and sub shops. It brings flavor from coast-to-coast American tables to cookouts, counters, lunch plates, potlucks, and weeknight suppers.
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Western Dressing photo coming soon
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Western Dressing is a dressing with real American table personality: Sweet red dressing associated with bottled grocery-store America. It brings flavor from coast-to-coast American tables to cookouts, counters, lunch plates, potlucks, and weeknight suppers.
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Peppercorn Ranch photo coming soon
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Peppercorn Ranch is a dressing with real American table personality: Steakhouse/ranch hybrid. It brings flavor from coast-to-coast American tables to cookouts, counters, lunch plates, potlucks, and weeknight suppers.
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Chipotle Ranch photo coming soon
Modern Melting Pot
Chipotle Ranch is a dressing with real American table personality: Modern fast-casual American dressing. It brings flavor from coast-to-coast American tables to cookouts, counters, lunch plates, potlucks, and weeknight suppers.
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Sriracha Ranch photo coming soon
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Sriracha Ranch is a dressing with real American table personality: 2000s-2010s American fusion condiment. It brings flavor from coast-to-coast American tables to cookouts, counters, lunch plates, potlucks, and weeknight suppers.