- Joined
- May 12, 2010
- Location
- Now Florida but always a Kentuckian
Old Bay Seasoning was first made by Gustav Brunn, a German immigrant in the early 1940s. It was produced in the Chesapeake Bay area. It was named after the Old Bay Line, a passenger ship that piled the waters of the Chesapeake Bay from Baltimore to Norfolk, Va. in the early 1900s.
Gustav Brunn's Company became the Old Bay Company. The seasoning was sold in an unique yellow can container. The Company was later purchased by McCormick. McCormick still offers it in the classic yellow container.
The mixture contains celery salt, bay leaf, mustard seed, both black and red pepper, cinnamon and ginger. It is used mostly to flavor crab and shrimp. However, my Granddad always used it in his Fried Catfish recipe, which I have posted on before. See http://civilwartalk.com/threads/fried-catfish.74687/
Gustav Brunn's Company became the Old Bay Company. The seasoning was sold in an unique yellow can container. The Company was later purchased by McCormick. McCormick still offers it in the classic yellow container.
The mixture contains celery salt, bay leaf, mustard seed, both black and red pepper, cinnamon and ginger. It is used mostly to flavor crab and shrimp. However, my Granddad always used it in his Fried Catfish recipe, which I have posted on before. See http://civilwartalk.com/threads/fried-catfish.74687/