Bon Appetit or Beau Monde seasoning???

[Adrian Lundgren]

Hi gang. I have a great dill dip recipe that calls for Bon Appetit
seasoning which I usually use Beau Monde for as I can't find
BA. I looked at the ingredients on the bottle of the BM at the
store the other day and it says salt and celery seed. Wow, I can
make that at home can't I? I need to make 60 batches of it and I
think I could make it less expensive by making my own seasoning.
Whaddya all think???
tia
al

[st...@temple.edu]

That sounds reasonable. Try making a small amount of the dip
recipe with your home made spice blend to see how it tastes.

[Nancy Young]

Adrian Lundgren wrote:
>
> Hi gang. I have a great dill dip recipe that calls for Bon Appetit
> seasoning which I usually use Beau Monde for as I can't find
> BA.

I checked epicurious, the only recipe I came across using Beau Monde
was this one:

DILL WEED DIP

From my mom, Kathy Spivey. Simple and delicious!
3/4 cup mayonnaise
3/4 cup sour cream
2 tablespoons dry minced onion
2 teaspoons "beau appetit" or "beau monde" seasoning
2 teaspoons dried dill weed

Mix ingredients together. Chill. Serve with assorted raw vegetables.

Epicurious
January 1998
Donna Spivey
"Super Bowl Family Affairs"

No recipe for BEAU appetit seasoning, not Bon Appetit.

> I looked at the ingredients on the bottle of the BM at the
> store the other day and it says salt and celery seed. Wow, I can
> make that at home can't I? I need to make 60 batches of it and I
> think I could make it less expensive by making my own seasoning.
> Whaddya all think???

Why not, you know what it's supposed to taste like, just make a
small batch and keep track of the preportions of salt and celery seed.
Careful with the salt.

nancy

[Aquari]

I am holding a bottle of Spice Islands Beau Monde..Ingredients listed are:
Salt, Dextrose, Onion, Celery Seed and Silicon Dioxide

When I run out, I use Onion Powder and Celery Salt. It works well for me.

Libby

[Adrian Lundgren]

Thanks a ton, that's what I was hoping...Why is the stuff so
stinking expensive?? I think Silicon Dioxide is an anti-caking
agent, but what is Dextrose??
thanks so much!!
al

[Mercie Fernandez]

Where were you able to find Beau Monde seasoning - at which store?
We are not able to find it here anymore. Any help would be appreciated.
Thank you

[Default User]

Adrian Lundgren wrote:
>
> Thanks a ton, that's what I was hoping...Why is the stuff so
> stinking expensive?? I think Silicon Dioxide is an anti-caking
> agent, but what is Dextrose??
> thanks so much!!

It's a type of sugar, dextrorotatory glucose. That means that it is the
same composition as glucose, but the polarization of light passing
through the crystals rotates to the right instead of left.

Brian Rodenborn

[limey]

"Adrian Lundgren" <adr...@cc.usu.edu> wrote in message
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> Thanks a ton, that's what I was hoping...Why is the stuff so
> stinking expensive?? I think Silicon Dioxide is an anti-caking
> agent, but what is Dextrose??
> thanks so much!!
> al
>

I think there's probably an anti-caking agent in the onion powder. As
far as the cost of Bon Appetit, McCormick's has it in their "Gourmet
Collection", rather than their regular line. Translated, that means
you pay more for less product, but in a fancier bottle. Once hooked,
you just keep buying their other spices in matching bottles, at
ever-increasing price. How well I know!

Dora

[limey]

"Adrian Lundgren" <adr...@cc.usu.edu> wrote in message

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I make my own version of Bon Appetit all the time - celery salt (not
seed) and onion powder. I just mix it up until the color looks right
(darker rather than lighter). It tastes exactly the same as BA and
yes, it's less expensive. HTH

Dora

[Adrian Lundgren]

Thanks a ton, you all are awesome, I can't wait to make some!!
al

[Fishface]

Search on "beau monde seasoning." Heaps of recipes and definitions.