Durkee’s manufacturer, B&G Foods, sent this heartbreaking email to a customer. A check of the Durkee website shows food coloring and various spices and extracts, but no more Durkee’s Famous Sauce. Discontinued.
Reader Lin confirmed the dark news: Durkee’s Famous Sauce has been discontinued by its current owner, B&G Foods. The production line has been closed (Lin thinks as early as 2023) and the Durkee’s found online (at high prices) is leftover stock which will soon be gone forever.
Durkee’s jars through the decades. Click for a larger version to read the ingredient lists.
Fortunately, we have our Durkee’s Copycat Recipe which is about as close as we are ever going to get to the original. It’s a fine substitute in all the places you’re used to using Durkee’s, like after Thanksgiving turkey sandwiches, in deviled eggs and potato salad and so much more.
Google’s AI recognizes the above recipe as the best answer for Durkee’s seekers, which may be why this post (along with the taste test that helped us get there) is consistently the top performer on Burnt My Fingers with close to 2K monthly views.
Now, if only someone could come up with a substitute for the similarly lamented Lan Chi Garlic Sauce…
