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Today, let us pause to remember a magnificent culinary hero of the South, Mrs. Eugenia Duke. In 1917, Mrs. Duke began selling sandwiches to the soldiers stationed at Camp Sevier, near her home in Greenville, South Carolina. The sandwiches were a hit and her business soared, primarily because of her amazing homemade mayonnaise.Today, Duke mayonnaise is the 3rd largest mayonnaise brand in the United States (behind Hellmann's and Kraft). Its popularity was at first largely limited to the South but in 2017, Duke's mayonnaise became available throughout the U.S. and also in New Zealand, Australia and the Middle East.Duke’s is incomparable, of course, and the quality of our lives would be greatly diminished without it.Here’s to you Mrs. Duke! 😊