Many home cooks have known about this blend for at least 65 years.

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Smoked salmon appetizer board with crackers, hard-boiled eggs, red onion, salmons, capers, and sauce

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What Is Beau Monde Seasoning?

Why Beau Monde Is So Beloved

My family has been using Beau Monde through multiple generations!

wrote one commenter on Instagram.

Recipe card with “Sauce for Smoked Salmon”

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Been using it for 40+ years, wrote another on TikTok.

Dozens and dozens of followers echoed similar sentiments about the beloved seasoning.

Beau Monde is one of the Spice Islands brands most beloved spice blends, Long says.

Spice Islands Cookbook from 1959

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Well that makes more sense than my theory.

It was used as an all-purpose seasoning then and we still use it that way today, Long says.

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An original bottle of Spice Islands Beau Monde Seasoning

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Spice Islands Beau Monde Seasoning

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