# Red pepper sauce -- LIMITED poll **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 6, 2013, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-pepper-sauce-limited-poll/662803 "2013-07-06T18:57:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Mister\_Owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/919ad9/32.png) [@Mister\_Owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Owl)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2013, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-pepper-sauce-limited-poll/662803/61 "2013-07-08T16:39:40Z")
This is a bit off topic, but I thought this thread would be a good one to ask this question. Has anyone had any experience with the red pepper pulp that is left over from the manufacturing of Tabasco sauce? A friend from Texas brought me some on a visit to So Cal. Holy cow! It wasn’t nearly enough! As I understand it, it can only be bought at Avery Island, but I hear there is a contact phone number and they will ship it to you. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2013, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-pepper-sauce-limited-poll/662803/62 "2013-07-08T16:52:17Z")
> [@Labrador\_Deceiver](#): > > Texas Pete is 750 scoville units. Tabasco is 700 and Franks is 450. I use it primarily for the pepper falvor, since heat is easy to add. > > ETA: That’s not right for Tabasco. The site I was on just said “Tabasco”, but I think they meant the sweet one. Tabasco Original rates 2,500 to 5,000 on the Scoville scale. ---
**Author:** ![Kyrie\_Eleison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kyrie_eleison/32/7682_2.png) [@Kyrie\_Eleison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyrie_Eleison)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2013, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-pepper-sauce-limited-poll/662803/63 "2013-07-08T22:43:54Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > What kind of communist would serve greens without a bottle of pepper vinegar standing by? Yankees, amongst whom I now find myself, who cannot find the stuff at their local grocery stores. I mentioned it because when I first saw “Louisiana” listed in the poll, I at first thought the choice referred to that. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2013, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-pepper-sauce-limited-poll/662803/64 "2013-07-09T00:52:36Z")
> [@bump](#): > > Crystal, Louisiana, Frank’s, Trappey’s, etc… don’t have this same weird funky taste. I personally like Crystal- it’s peppery, vinegary and has good flavor. If I want heat in a dish, I can always add cayenne pepper, but it’s a lot harder to get that right pepper sauce flavor. I would have picked Trappey’s, but only because my wife worked for them when I was in grad school. But for the vegetable part in Lafayette, not for the hot sauce plant in New Iberia. If you can even find it any more, it is just a relabeling, not the real deal. Of the real ones, I prefer Tabasco. And they have a very nice plant tour in Avery Island if you visit SW Louisiana. I’ve tried all three. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2013, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-pepper-sauce-limited-poll/662803/65 "2013-07-09T01:49:17Z")
> [@Kyrie\_Eleison](#): > > Yankees, amongst whom I now find myself, who cannot find the stuff at their local grocery stores. I mentioned it because when I first saw “Louisiana” listed in the poll, I at first thought the choice referred to that. [Amazon to the rescue!](http://www.amazon.com/Trappeys-Peppers-Vinegar-4-5-Ounce-Bottles/dp/B0025UNVXQ) ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2013, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-pepper-sauce-limited-poll/662803/66 "2013-07-09T03:29:25Z")
What’s this bottle next to my computer? Crystal? _tasting it_ Not hot enough, but it doesn’t have Tabasco’s _eau de vomi_ taste. I vote for Crystal. ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2013, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-pepper-sauce-limited-poll/662803/67 "2013-07-09T04:03:01Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Tabasco Original rates 2,500 to 5,000 on the Scoville scale. I’m surprised that it varied half that much. I’d have thought that spiciness is one of the most controlled variables. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-pepper-sauce-limited-poll/662803.md?page=3)