Posted: 10/2/2002 3:50:19 PM EDT
| With Hurricane Lili headed for the LA coast with a rating of Category 4, there could be shortage on the horizon. I saw a news story about Avery Island, LA. during Hurricane Isadore. That's where the McIlhenny Co. has their plantation. The company spokesman was concerned that a strong hurricane could uproot their crops. A second hurricane in as many weeks can't be good for the crops. |
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Quoted: Aren't there a lot of oil refineries in that area too? Could gas prices go on the rise? Yeah, there are oil rigs in the Gulf too,but there's only one Tabasco source--everything else doesn't count. We can get oil from Texas, Oklahoma, Alaska, California, Mexico, South America, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, ad nauseum . We're talking about the fifth major food group here, Vitamin T, the elixir of the gods and all you can think about is OIL?[:)] |
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Quoted: Quoted: Aren't there a lot of oil refineries in that area too? Could gas prices go on the rise? [size=3]Who cares![/size=3] Don't you realize we could be on the verge of a Tabasco shortage. Or don't you yankees understand how important this stuff is? I do, my grandpa was a cajun. Didn't learn to speak english till he was 18. His favorite breakfast was a plastic cup full of raw oysters with a shitload of tobasco poured in. |
| I have a stash of two LARGE bottles always in reserve for any shortage. Plus the one in the cabinet and the bottle in the holster for out door cookouts. Been thinking of buying their Gallon size for some time now and purchasing a gas powered sprayer...hummmmm [:D] |
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Quoted: Quoted: Aren't there a lot of oil refineries in that area too? Could gas prices go on the rise? [size=3]Who cares![/size=3] Don't you realize we could be on the verge of a Tabasco shortage. Or don't you yankees understand how important this stuff is? I laughed. |
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: They do farm the peppers there, but the majority of their peppers come from outside sources, including over seas. WHAT!!! dont tell me it comes from China!!!!???? I don't recall the countries and other states of origin, I learned of this when I toured the plant. I wouldn't be surprised if they DID get some from there, however. Did you know that almost all of the commercially available frozen crawfish come from China? Yup, even them ones you eat up at the all-you-can-eat-chinese buffet! If you can even call THOSE things crawfish!!! |
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Quoted: Does it make me a Sissy to state that I prefer the Green Tobasco to the Red? To quote the side of the Tabasco boxes in my cabinet: Tabasco® Green Pepper Sauce. It's all about the flavor of jalapeño. MILDER than the original Tabasco® with a thangy flavor that won't blow you away. |
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The morning guys from WBAP 820 AM in Ft Worth had a guy on from the Tabasco people this morning. They said there would be no shortage, period, end quotes! They did say most of the peppers they bottle do come from South America. The rep did say the hottest peppers did come from the grounds there in Louisana. They were ask what was the strangest thing they had ever heard of people doing with Tabasco and the guy was kinda non-committal about the whole thing but did give this nugget......he said the troops in Afgan were using the little 1/8 oz bottles in the MRE's to help them keep awake. [b]They were putting it in their eyes to help keep them awake while on patrol!!!! OUCH!!! [/b] |
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Tabasco sauce is now a brand name of a blend of peppers. There is not enough room on Avery Island to grow sufficient tabasco peppers to meet the demand. Tabasco sauce is largely cayenne grown here in New Mexico. They are growing some actual tabasco peppers near Vado, NM. marsh |
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God, if there's one product I kick myself in the head for not inventing, it's tobasco sauce. Look at it: chili powder, salt, vinegar, and water. Mix it up, put it in a bottle, rake in the money. Each normal bottle must cost about $.05 in materials. Why is my face getting red and hot just reading about Tobasco sauce, anyway? |
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Quoted: Quoted: They do farm the peppers there, but the majority of their peppers come from outside sources, including over seas. WHAT!!! They do that so that if the LA crop is destroyed, then there will still be tabasco. It is not farmed in china, mainly south america. If you ever get down here, the factory tour is free, they feed you good food, and the grounds are AMAZING. hanging on in southern LA - it is windy! Paul |
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A friend spazzed up the other day when I used some at lunch. I love it. He hates it. Per the History Channel or whatever, he said that during WWII(?) spies would hide notes for each other under the carcasses of dead animals or birds. In order to keep scavengers from eating/moving/revealing the notes, the carcass was covered with Tobasco sauce. Buzzards wouldn't touch it. And supposedly both sides came up with this solution, independantly of each other. He insulted Tobasco lovers by saying that if it wasn't good enough for a buzzard, he sure didn't want any. Anybody ever hear of this story? Or is he just full'a shit.... |
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Quoted: Quoted: I don't think I've ever used Tabasco. In fact, I think I only rarely use mild salsa, you know, the kind from NYC. Heathen. Git ye back to New England! I can't. I was born in the PRK. [:D] But my dad's side is from Vermont, so I guess there's still Yankee in us, even though I hate to admit it. he he |
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Quoted: Urodoji and I tried to outdo each other by drinking cap fuls of Tabasco a couple of weeks back. He was fine, but a bright shade of red... [b][red]I on the otherhand, thought I died and woke up in the pits of hell![/red][/b] [devil] Sorry Tim, that was just your office.....now get back to work [+]:D] |
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Quoted: A friend spazzed up the other day when I used some at lunch. I love it. He hates it. Per the History Channel or whatever, he said that during WWII(?) spies would hide notes for each other under the carcasses of dead animals or birds. In order to keep scavengers from eating/moving/revealing the notes, the carcass was covered with Tobasco sauce. Buzzards wouldn't touch it. And supposedly both sides came up with this solution, independantly of each other. He insulted Tobasco lovers by saying that if it wasn't good enough for a buzzard, he sure didn't want any. Anybody ever hear of this story? Or is he just full'a shit.... |