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New Orleans-Born Blue Plate Mayonnaise

ITH THE VARIETY FOUND IN TODAY’S mayonnaise market, it’s hard to imagine a time when the creamy condiment was considered exclusive. But that was the case nearly a century ago when Blue Plate’s Real Mayonnaise made its grand 1927 debut in a small factory in Gretna.

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