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You can easily put together your own favorite spice blend, whether that's a salt and pepper mixture or you're adding herbs to it or Creole spice. Just watch out for the sodium content. That why I encourage you to make your own.
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Emeril Lagasse
Age: 64
Born: 1959
Born: October 15
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Fall River
Massachusetts
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