Old Bay Seasoning - Outside of Maryland?

I mentioned that favorite all-purpose Chesapeake Bay seasoning in an earlier post. I could talk about it for pages, so I won't, because I also have a day job. But I just wanted to comment about all the different places I have seen it! It continues to amaze me that people outside of Maryland have access to it. Again, Paula Deen uses it down in Savannah, GA. I also was surprised by this post from a mail order company in New England, Yankee Grocer. They truly stretch from way north to way south.

And they go West, though I had difficulty finding it in stores in SoCal when I lived out in the Inland Empire (Riverside, San Bernardino, Ontario - were LA's smog goes to die) a few years ago. Most of their supermarket chains carry Old Bay. If you're ever stranded in SoCal and desperate for Old Bay, mind you, avoid the Stater Brothers grocery chain; they don't have it. Ralph's, Von's (a subsidiary of Safeway) and Albertson's all have it.

And of course, Food Network reserves an entire (small) page to Old Bay.

But I will mention one use for Old Bay that I rarely see anybody mention: popcorn. It is wonderful on popcorn. I don't bother with popcorn when I go to the movies anymore, but when I did I always snuck it in, in a small bottle. Do that next time you go to the movies, I swear it makes the popcorn edible, and yummy!