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.
Tabasco Original rates 2,500 to 5,000 on the Scoville scale.
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.
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.
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.
I’m surprised that it varied half that much. I’d have thought that spiciness is one of the most controlled variables.