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Todds Dirt

5. Todd’s Dirt

Perhaps you’ve noticed Todd’s Dirt on the supermarket shelves, right next to the behemoth that is McCormick. Perhaps you’ve even dared try the genuinely delicious Original, Crabby or Award-Winning Creole spice blends and realized that there is indeed a life beyond the behemoth that is McCormick. But you haven’t lived till you’ve been pitched personally by the exuberant founder and namesake of the company, a large, garrulous bear of a man with a gift for blending herbs and spices into a heady melange. Let’s put it another way: This Maryland-based spice guy can season our meat anytime.

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