In 1898, another Louisiana entrepreneur (and former McIlhenny employee) named B. F. Trappey began
growing tabasco chiles from Avery Island seed.
Do you know a farm that
grows tabasco chile peppers?
Not exact matches
You will have to
grow your own
tabascos or substitute dried ones that have been rehydrated.
However, that experience taught the family not to depend solely upon
tabasco chiles
grown in Louisiana.
Today,
tabascos are
grown under contract in Honduras, Colombia, and other Central and South American countries, and the mash is imported into the United States in barrels.
A piquín chile that
grows wild in
Tabasco, Chiapas, and Yucatán.
About
TABASCO ® Industrial Ingredients Division As the leader of the fast -
growing pepper sauce market, McIlhenny Company supplies food manufacturers with the same authentic
TABASCO ® brand Original Red Sauce flavor that has been enjoyed for over a century by both consumers and foodservice professionals.
The description continues: In the manufacture of Gebhardts Eagle
Tabasco Sauce we use only the pure extract of the finest
Tabasco peppers, which are
grown especially for us in the State of
Tabasco, Mexico.
Rather, McIlhenny
grew his first commercial crop in 1868, but sold no
Tabasco sauce until 1869, when he sent 658 new cologne bottles filled with his condiment to market.
And the top fifteen varieties you are
growing are: 949 Bhut Jolokia (bih Jolokia), 826 Jalapeno, 692 Naga Morich (dorset Naga), 643 Habanero Orange, 612 Chocolate Habanero, 549 Fatalii, 510 7 Pod (7 Pot), 509 Cayenne, 505 Trinidad Scorpion, 502 Aji Lemon Drop (pi 315024), 378 Habanero White, 370 Habanero Caribbean Red, 367 Hungarian Hot Wax, 365 Serrano, 365
Tabasco (pi 586675), (All of the numbers above are updating in real time).
Emma Jean Cervantes, president of Cervantes Enterprises, shows a stand of
Tabasco chile
grown in an experimental drip irrigation field for the McElhenny Company.
The difficulty with such a theory is the fact that the principal chile of Brazil was Capsicum chinense, yet that species is rare today in India — the chinense
growing in India may actually be an extreme form of frutescens, the
tabasco chile.
Today at Avery Island, the site of the original
tabasco growing and manufacturing operation, there are still fields of Tabasco under cultivation — but mostly for crop improvement and seed prod
tabasco growing and manufacturing operation, there are still fields of
Tabasco under cultivation — but mostly for crop improvement and seed prod
Tabasco under cultivation — but mostly for crop improvement and seed production.
Demand outstripped supply, and today
tabascos are commercially
grown in Central America and Colombia and shipped in mash form to Louisiana.
A piquín chile that
grows wild in the Mexican states of
Tabasco, Chiapas, and Yucatán.
At this time these peppers were
grown in the State of
Tabasco, Mexico and elsewhere in Mexico, and were known as Mexican or Chili peppers — not as
Tabasco peppers.
At any rate, we know the
tabasco variety of frutescens was being cultivated near Tabasco, Mexico in the early 1840s because it was transferred to Louisiana in 1848, where it was eventually grown to produce Tabasco ®
tabasco variety of frutescens was being cultivated near
Tabasco, Mexico in the early 1840s because it was transferred to Louisiana in 1848, where it was eventually grown to produce Tabasco ®
Tabasco, Mexico in the early 1840s because it was transferred to Louisiana in 1848, where it was eventually
grown to produce
Tabasco ®
Tabasco ® Sauce.
In February, the editors of The Guinness Book of World Records announced that the Infinity chili,
grown by Nick Woods, the proprietor of a hot - sauce company in Lincolnshire, England, was the hottest pepper ever — more than 250 times as hot as
Tabasco sauce.
-- Brian A: Hello Brian:
Tabasco chiles are not
grown commercially in the U.S. except for some
grown for seed by McIlhenny Company on Avery Island, LA.
Avery Island is one of the five salt dome islands rising above the flat Louisiana Gulf Coast, and it's where the peppers for
Tabasco sauce are
grown (and where the sauce is made).
I
grew up in a family with many good cooks, so foods that rely on
Tabasco or hot mustard for flavor but don't back it up with other enhancing flavors are doubly annoying.