Tabasco Original Pepper Sauce by the McIlhenny Company

$7.50

Tabasco Original Pepper Sauce is now at Heimerdinger Cutlery. You never know what you’ll find at our store. We have many interesting items and this is just one of them. Please stop by and see what we have to offer.

2 in stock (can be backordered)

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Tabasco Original Pepper Sauce in the 5-ounce bottle is now at Heimerdinger Cutlery. You never know what you’ll find at our store. We have many interesting items and this is just one of them. Please stop by and see what we have to offer.

Tabasco Sauce is famous. Not many people do not know about this hot sauce. Edmund McIlhenny grew his first commercial pepper crop in 1868. He labeled it “Tabasco,” a word of Mexican Indian origin believed to mean “place where the soil is humid” or “place of the coral or oyster shell.”

As a food lover and avid gardener, Edmund McIlhenny was given seeds of Capsicum frutescens peppers that had come from Mexico or Central America. Then, on Avery Island in South Louisiana, he sowed the seeds, nurtured the plants and delighted in the spicy flavor of the peppers they bore.

Furthermore, the diet of the Reconstruction South was bland and monotonous, especially by Louisiana standards. So, Edmund McIlhenny decided to create a pepper sauce to give the food some flavor and excitement.

As a result of the plants he grew, McIlhenny delighted in the spicy flavor of the peppers they bore. Moreover, began the journey of the hot sauce that started it all.

This classic pepper sauce is beloved all over the world and sold in over 195 countries and territories. Furthermore, it is endlessly versatile, and one can enhance the flavor of any food with a dash of the signature sauce. The McIlhenny Company uses a slow, artisanal process which is carefully managed from seed to sauce on Avery Island, Louisiana.

The “Scoville Heat Unit” is a measure of capsaicin – the chemical in peppers responsible for their heat. The Original Red measures 2500 – 5000 on the Scoville Heat Scale.

Additionally, many years later field hands used a little red stick, or ‘le petit bâton rouge,’ to measure the ripeness of the peppers. Staying true to history of TABASCO^® Brand, they still use it today to ensure the quality of our harvest.

And as always, the Tabasco Original Pepper Sauce is available for purchase in the store or online. In fact, we offer free shipping for online orders over $100.00. Online order with in-store pick up is also available. Call us at 502-897-9552 with any questions you may have regarding this item. Or in any event, you can also email us at info@heimerdingercutlery.com. Thanks for your interest in this item.