Tabasco is an American brand of hot sauce made from vinegar, tabasco peppers, and salt. It is produced by the McIlhenny Company of Avery Island in southern Louisiana, having been created in 1868 by Ed
Original Tabasco red pepper sauce
A Tabasco advertisement from c. 1905: Note the cork-top bottle and diamond logo label, which is similar to those in use today.
Tabasco pepper mash aging in barrels on Avery Island, Louisiana
A few of the varieties of Tabasco sauce, with the original on the far right
Avery Island is a salt dome best known as the source of Tabasco sauce. Located in Iberia Parish, Louisiana, United States, it is about three miles inland from Vermilion Bay, which opens onto the Gulf
Tabasco sauce
…Tabasco is an American brand of hot sauce made from vinegar, tabasco peppers, and salt. It is produced by the McIlhenny Company of Avery Island in southern Louisiana, having been created in 1868 by Edmund McIlhenny. Originally, the tabasco peppers were grown only on Avery Island; they are now…
Avery Island as seen from a distance across a sugarcane field
A rookery of egrets on Avery Island