It’s red, it’s powdery, and it adorns Grandma’s potato salad and deviled eggs. We’re talking about paprika, and you might be surprised to learn that it can add more than just a splash of color to your homemade dishes. Experts say paprika has seven times the amount of Vitamin C contained in oranges because it…
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As we approach Father’s Day, I have been thinking a great deal about my father. He has always been an inspiration to my brother and me. His life revolved around his family and his work. He spent fifty-two years with A.C. Legg, and certainly was an integral part of its good reputation and success. A.C….
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Imagine it’s the fall of 1945, you are the president of an incorporated spice company, and you often travel for work. You’ve just visited the front desk of the Daniel Boone Hotel to pick up your mail for the day, but alas, the desk attendant says that you did not receive any mail! Since you…
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Meat lovers rejoice, it’s National Jerky Day! This holiday was founded in 2012 with the help of a popular beef jerky company. National Jerky Day celebrates one of the most inventive and delicious ways to preserve meat—by curing and drying it. People have been preserving their meat for centuries, long before refrigerators were a household…
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National Herb and Spice Day sounds like a holiday created just for us! It’s a day to celebrate the plants responsible for bringing flavor to our blends and delicious meals to your tables. If you would like to have an herb garden but lack the “green thumb” to keep it alive, rosemary could be a…
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At A.C. Legg, Inc., we take pride in making food products that help bring families together. We’ve been told that our seasonings become part of recipes passed down from generation to generation and contribute to shared memories retold throughout the years. For almost a century, we have worked hard to build and support good relationships…
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Creepy crawlies and coriander—not a comparison one might expect, but the two share a surprising quality. What do bedbugs and coriander have in common, you ask? The spice coriander is named from the Greek term “koris” (or bedbug) because its unripe leaves and seeds, when crushed, smell strikingly like a bed bug! Despite this strange…
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If you’ve been following A.C. Legg’s #Journeyto100, you might have noticed we mentioned the name “Mr. D.B. Blanchard” when we introduced our 3rd President, Mr. Paul Blanchard. In the mid 1950s, Mr. D.B. Blanchard became our 4th President, continuing A.C. Legg’s status as a family-owned business. He honored our longstanding focus on providing a positive…
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Contrary to its name, allspice does not consist of a mixture of spices, but instead originates from a single evergreen plant known as Pimenta dioica. Cultivators harvest the unripe fruits and allow them to dry until they resemble large, brown peppercorns. Freshly grinding the dried berries just before use results in higher quality aroma and…
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For senior students, the months of May and June are known as the “graduation season.” It is a time to celebrate their accomplishments and achievements earned through many years of studying, researching, attending classes, writing papers, taking tests, and completing projects. But most importantly, it is a time of transition. This transition can be the…
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