Beau Monde seasoning

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Beau Monde seasoning is a seasoning mixture. Basic versions are composed of salt, onion powder and celery powder. [1] Some versions include additional ingredients such as garlic, [2] clove, bay leaf, nutmeg, allspice, mace and others. [3] The company Spice Islands manufactures a version of the seasoning and owns the trademark to the name. [4] [5]

Contents

In French, beau monde means "beautiful world". [6]

Origins

The origin of Beau Monde seasoning appears to be uncertain. [3]

Ernest Hemingway's hamburger recipe used Beau Monde seasoning as an ingredient in the meat mixture. [7]

See also

References

  1. Whaley, Emily (1998-01-10). Mrs. Whaley Entertains: Advice, Opinions, and 100 Recipes from a Charleston Kitchen. p. 117. ISBN   9781565127821.
  2. Lovegren, Sylvia (June 2005). Fashionable Food: Seven Decades of Food Fads. ISBN   9780226494074 . Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  3. 1 2 Redmond, John (2010-02-11). The Book of Irish Golf. p. 214. ISBN   9781455601431.
  4. "What is Beau Monde Seasoning?". wiseGEEK. Archived from the original on 6 January 2015. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
  5. Libby, Nina (February 18, 2009). "What is Beau Monde: Use This Seasoning in a Dip". Mother Earth Living . Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  6. "Beau Monde - Spice Islands". Spice Islands. Archived from the original on 2016-12-02. Retrieved 2016-12-01.
  7. Moyer, Steve (July/August 2014). "Ernest Hemingway's Hamburger Recipe Was Nothing Like His Famously Spare Prose". Humanities. Archived from the original on 17 March 2015. Retrieved 5 January 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)