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Tip 1 - The Surprisingly Interesting History and Production of Tabasco Pepper Sauce

Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago | Submitted by Dave Sellers | permalink

This spring I went to Avery Island, Louisiana, to see how Tabasco pepper sauce is made. Avery Island isn't really an island, but more of a dry mound (a salt dome) surrounded by wetlands. It's about 165 feet high and that makes it the tallest point in the Gulf Coast. The island is owned entirely by the Avery family, of which the McIlhennys form a branch. The first of them on the island was a man named Marsh, who built the Marsh House in 1818 that is still used for family weddings and other gatherings. Marsh wasn't a pepper sauce...
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For further reading: http://www.alcademics.com/2012/08/a-visit-to-avery-island-home-of-tabasco-pepper-sauce.html ^[1]

Tip 2 - 15 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Tabasco Sauce

Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago | Submitted by Darlene Poplawski | permalink

The little glass bottle is a staple on restaurant tables, but how much do you really know about the ubiquitous pepper sauce?

For further reading: http://mentalfloss.com/article/62430/15-things-you-probably-didnt-know-about-tabasco-sauce ^[2]

Tip 3 - Who Really Invented Tabasco Sauce?

Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago | Submitted by Chris Cejka | permalink

We really like hot sauce around here. If you asked us what we put hot sauce on, it would probably be easier for us to list what we DON'T put hot sauce on. Tabasco sauce just might be America's favorit
Tags: tabasco, sauce, history:, who, really, invented, it?, taste

For further reading: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/12/tabasco-sauce-history_n_1874922.html ^[3]