Where to buy fresh tabasco chili peppers?
Patrick Danville
chilis. I'd like to try a homemade version of tabasco sauce and can't
find any fresh peppers locally. Many thanks.
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Maguire
sauce and is not the name of a type of pepper...
julie
David Wright
wrote:
>I _think_ (in fact, I'm fairly sure) that Tabasco is just the brand name of the
>sauce and is not the name of a type of pepper...
>julie
>
>Patrick Danville wrote:
>
>> I'd appreciate any direction to a mail order source for fresh tabasco
>> chilis. I'd like to try a homemade version of tabasco sauce and can't
>> find any fresh peppers locally. Many thanks.
>>
If you do a search on google.com for "tabasco peppers" you'll see
several references. As to where to buy them, I can't help, but maybe
you could grow your own next year.
HTH,
David
Gary M.
>
> I _think_ (in fact, I'm fairly sure) that Tabasco is just the brand name of the
> sauce and is not the name of a type of pepper...
Right you are! :-D
I just looked and it's made from red peppers, vinegar and salt:
http://www.TABASCO.com/html/historian_whats_in.html
Gary
Patrick Danville
Maguire <jkja...@earthlink.net> wrote:
>I _think_ (in fact, I'm fairly sure) that Tabasco is just the brand name of the
>sauce and is not the name of a type of pepper...
>
>Patrick Danville wrote:
The McIlheny clan who make "the" Tabasco, claim they use tabasco
chilis grown locally and in the West Indies, and I did find sources
for tabasco pepper plants, so assumed they are the ones used.
>
>> I'd appreciate any direction to a mail order source for fresh tabasco
>> chilis. I'd like to try a homemade version of tabasco sauce and can't
>> find any fresh peppers locally. Many thanks.
>>
Steve Bennett
>I _think_ (in fact, I'm fairly sure) that Tabasco is just the brand name of the
>sauce and is not the name of a type of pepper...
>
According to the Chile-Heads website the pepper used in Tabasco sauce
is the C. frutescens. Go to
http://neptune.netimages.com/~chile/gallery/tabasco.html.
Steve Bennett
JimF
plant and the fruit are named tabasco. I buy tabasco plants at the
nursery, and no, it is not 'just what we call it'. The goobers over in
Louisana were smart enough long ago to trademark a name everyone
already knew and used. If you are going to try and make your own, be
aware the stuff is aged like wine to get the flavor that way. The good
homemade stuff sets up for over a year(at least my grandmas did). Buena
suerte.
Maguire wrote:
>
> I _think_ (in fact, I'm fairly sure) that Tabasco is just the brand name of the
> sauce and is not the name of a type of pepper...
> julie
>
JUST AN H
>chilis. I'd like to try a homemade version of tabasco sauce and can't
>find any fresh peppers locally. Many thanks.
>
>
As I promised earlier, I spoke with my co-worker today, and she assured me that
there is definitely a "tabasco pepper." Apparently, it's grown exclusively on
a small island called "Turtle Island" off the coast of Louisiana, and from
these peppers, Tabasco Sauce is made.
To obtain seeds for this pepper, check out a website entitled,
"shepherdseeds.com." Celeste brought it up on her computer at the office this
morning. It's a delightful website and very easy to get around .... and they
have every kind of pepper you could ever want.
J.
Richard Ogden
peppers to grow (well, they are all pretty easy if the weather's hot
enough). Peculiar habit, though - they grow erect rather than hanging down
from the branches, and the pop off the stems when ripe - no need to cut off
the green parts. In fact, they can be tricky to handle, because if you try
to pick them by the stems the red fruit will often end up on the ground.
Not my favorite hot pepper, but good.
BTW, anyone contemplating making the Louisiana type sauce should be aware
that the processing makes what some people would consider "rotten"
peppers... (Basically, leave the peppers in a barrel with some salt until
they are no longer recognizable...) But then, I use Thai and Vietnamese
fish sauce, and you *know* how that's made, right?
-Rich
JimF <ji...@redriverok.com> wrote in message
news:8247B49EC3E4CABD.706D7152...@lp.airnews.net...
JimF
>
> And you are absolutely right. Tabascos are one of the easiest of the hot
> peppers to grow (well, they are all pretty easy if the weather's hot
> enough). Peculiar habit, though - they grow erect rather than hanging down
> from the branches, and the pop off the stems when ripe - no need to cut off
> the green parts. In fact, they can be tricky to handle, because if you try
> to pick them by the stems the red fruit will often end up on the ground.
> Not my favorite hot pepper, but good.
>
> BTW, anyone contemplating making the Louisiana type sauce should be aware
> that the processing makes what some people would consider "rotten"
> peppers... (Basically, leave the peppers in a barrel with some salt until
> they are no longer recognizable...) But then, I use Thai and Vietnamese
> fish sauce, and you *know* how that's made, right?
>
> -Rich
>
BTW, I sneak up on my peppers with a pair of scissors and snip the stem,
the day before they would have detached, then string them with needle
and thread through the stem. Lots of the peppers insist on losing their
stem anyway, and those go in the vinegar. I usually end up with more
strings than I can use, and my friends seem to enjoy them. My kids put
them on the christmas tree. I enjoy my food way too much. Is this weird?
JimF
pearlyv...@gmail.com
> You are dead wrong. I have grown peppers for ages here in Texas. The
> plant and the fruit are named tabasco. I buy tabasco plants at the
> nursery, and no, it is not 'just what we call it'. The goobers over in
> Louisana were smart enough long ago to trademark a name everyone
> already knew and used. If you are going to try and make your own, be
> aware the stuff is aged like wine to get the flavor that way. The good
> homemade stuff sets up for over a year(at least my grandmas did). Buena
> suerte.
>
> Maguire wrote:
> >
> > I _think_ (in fact, I'm fairly sure) that Tabasco is just the brand name of the
> > sauce and is not the name of a type of pepper...
> > julie
> >
rickeyj...@gmail.com
> I'd appreciate any direction to a mail order source for fresh tabasco
> chilis. I'd like to try a homemade version of tabasco sauce and can't
> find any fresh peppers locally. Many thanks.
>
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thanks Rickey
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> I'd appreciate any direction to a mail order source for fresh tabasco
> chilis. I'd like to try a homemade version of tabasco sauce and can't
> find any fresh peppers locally. Many thanks.
>
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