To distribute his, Edmund McIlhenny initially obtained unused cologne bottles from a New Orleans glass supplier. Still a managable size to keep on the dining table and big enough to last for more than a few meals. This cookbook came wrapped around a two-ounce bottle of Tabasco sauce in a camouflaged, water-resistant container.

The sauce is made from ripe red peppers, salt and vinegar and aged for up to three years in oak barrels. Despite the 2-ounce bottle being the hottest seller, the 5-ounce size is also gaining in popularity, as people want more spiciness in more food and “trade up” to a larger size, Simmons says. I add the green TABASCO brand Green Jalapeno Pepper Sauce - Gallon with anything that I make with eggs including the egg sandwich in between tortillas since this is the best with eggs. Though the tiny Tabasco bottle is its mainstay, McIlhenny has an even smaller bottle—one that contains just one-eighth of an ounce of Tabasco and is sold as individual portions at Marriott hotels and served to politicians and presidents on Air Force One. This is gonna be such an awesome surprise gift to the guy I'm giving it to - he goes through those weeny little bottles on a weekly basis.Ingredients: chipotle pepper, distilled vinegar, water, salt, sugar, onion powder, garlic powder, spices, TABASCO® brand Pepper Pulp (distilled vinegar, red pepper, salt). Sometimes it's hard for me to use this much before the use by date, but it's always been just fine to the very end. In 1868, Edmund McIlhenny mixed up his own personal pepper sauce recipe with three natural ingredients: fully aged red peppers, salt from Avery Island, Louisiana, and high-quality, distilled vinegar. Tabasco Original owes much of its unique flavour to the handcrafted way it’s been made for over 140 years. Some of the technologies we use are necessary for critical functions like security and site integrity, account authentication, security and privacy preferences, internal site usage and maintenance data, and to make the site work correctly for browsing and transactions.

It is produced by McIlhenny Company of Avery Island in south Louisiana, having been created over 150 years ago by Edmund McIlhenny.You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. It is exported to 165 countries, and non-US sales projections for the next decade are estimated to grow from 40% of total sales to a full half. Some appearances date as far back as the Our Gang short Birthday Blues in 1932 and Charlie Chaplin's Modern Times in 1936.