Original (or maybe AI) art from the Atlantic article on Durkee’s, suitable for framing.
The November 2026 Atlantic has a very rich article on the demise of Durkee’s Famous Sauce, which quotes your proprietor but does not mention Burnt My Fingers by name or provide a link. Nonetheless, readers are finding us including Don Wilson who shares the following:
“Our family history with Durkee’s began when my great grandfather and his brother moved to Mississippi from Boston area to open up wood mills in the late 1800’s where the post Thanksgiving and Christmas day leftovers must include Durkee’s. It eventually morphed into a triple decker clubhouse with a lot of Durkee’s as the base. We don’t know exactly when the Clubhouse Sandwich tradition started but it predates my mother who is 88 years old.
“Unbelievably, I still have about 1/4 jar of Durkee’s in the fridge which I will be using to nail a copy cat recipe. I’m using yours as a starting point. Happy to share any discoveries along the way.”
Don pointed out that the Durkee’s pamphlet for the Chicago exhibition in 1932 mentioned a dozen herbs and spices which used to be on the description of Durkee’s Sauce. He also shared a corporate report from the Glidden Paint Company, which as we know owned Durkee’s at one time, listing the spices packaged and sold by the company. As far as we can tell, other than mustard none are present in the recently-deceased and dear departed Durkee’s Famous Sauce.
Here is a link to the Atlantic article. We’re subscribers so are able to share paywall-free; please do consider your own subscription.
