I should have posted this while I was in New Orleans, but this will be a good reference as I definitely plan to go back.
It seemed like Tabasco or some other hot sauce was present next to the ketchup bottle and salt and pepper everywhere in New Orleans. Now, l like spicy food but couldn’t figure out what you actually put the hot sauce on.
Well I know people put Tabasco on a variety of dishes, including gumbo, jambalaya, crawfish etoufee, etc. You don’t have to; it’s just there if you feel the urge.
Tabasco’s not so much a New Orleans thing as it is a South Louisiana thing. Jambalaya and gumbo. There’s also Tony Chachere’s.
Agree with eggs - Tabasco and Tony’s on eggs for sure.
Tabasco in bloody mary is also a thing.
It’s pretty good on fried potatoes.
Also, forum change?
I reported it for a move to the café where I had intended it, the board had been timing out on me and I must have pulled up an old session where I was in the game room.
Ok, I do remember seeing it at this small café that mainly served breakfast stuff, I had a sandwich with ham and eggs and there were definitely hot sauce bottles everywhere
Tabasco, or other hot sauce, is good on just about anything. Honestly about the only thing I’ve never put hot sauce on is a good steak. Every restaurant should have hot sauce on the table.
It’s on my table next to the salt and pepper. It gets used every day.
Eggs
Potatoes
Meat
Fish
Pretty much anything, except desserts.
I had a friend who carried it in her purse and used it on just about anything she ate. Pizza, big mac, chili, salad, sandwich, I can’t think of a lunch we ate together that the bottle didn’t come out of her purse. She was from the Bayou, and her mother used to ship her a monthly can of Community coffee and a bag of smoked chickory.
Not sure about Tabasco specifically, as I haven’t bought it in years, but hot sauce is great on vanilla ice cream.
I worked at a restaurant once with a woman who mixed Tabasco into her ketchup before eating fries. I thought it was weird at first, but got hooked–and to this day, I almost never eat fries unless I can put some Tabasco into the ketchup. Other hot sauces just aren’t as good.
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Tabasco adds a real nice tang to biscuits and gravy and New England clam chowdah.
I agree with the answer “just about anything.” I carry a bottle in my briefcase and have three different hot sauces, as well as Tony Chachere’s, on my desk at work. 7-8 varieties at the house.
Tabasco chipotle flavor goes on all my breakfast sandwiches.
Yup. It goes good on eggs, pizza, tacos, and just about anything where a little added heat is enjoyable.
(Obviously, IMHO, all of these things are interchangeable. As a resident of North Carolina, however, I am obliged to claim that Texas Pete is the best.)
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Yeah, I’m with the pretty much anything crew. Whenever I serve any creole or Cajun dish, I usually add some to my food at the table, especially because the vinegar tang cuts through the richness of these dishes. The pepper isn’t really spicy to me, but I do like the flavor. It adds a little heat, but a lot of flavor, for me.
It’s also a must for me with any kind of battered fried food, like shrimp, fish, or chicken. Once again, I love the way vinegar cuts through these foods, plus the flavor and little bit of heat these sauces add.