# Tabasco lovers: what do you put it on? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 13, 2006, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tabasco-lovers-what-do-you-put-it-on/364355 "2006-07-13T17:41:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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 13, 2006, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tabasco-lovers-what-do-you-put-it-on/364355/21 "2006-07-13T21:51:38Z")
I guess it’s a good thing I didn’t turn [90° to the right then](http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a56/silenus_/P1010098.jpg), or I’d never get rid of you people! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2006, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tabasco-lovers-what-do-you-put-it-on/364355/22 "2006-07-13T21:52:20Z")
[QUOTE=silenus] Actually, we don’t use much Tabasco at all… [Rack #1 of 4](http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a56/silenus_/P1010096-1.jpg) [Rack #2 of 4](http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a56/silenus_/P1010097.jpg) Not to mention the shelf of hot sauces I cook with regularly, which currently has…14 bottles on it. 😃 [/QUOTE] May I just say: Goddamn! ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2006, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tabasco-lovers-what-do-you-put-it-on/364355/23 "2006-07-13T22:10:00Z")
[QUOTE=Cluricaun] Pretty much everything. We go through one of the big bottles every two weeks or so between my girlfriend and I. It goes on or in damned near most of what we cook or make be it breakfast, lunch, or dinner. I don’t even like pizza anymore if there isn’t Tabasco available, and by the way no, resturants of the world, Cholula \*isn’t \* the same thing. There’s nothing wrong with it (or any other hot sauce for that matter) but nothing else tastes like Tabasco does. [/QUOTE] I completely agree with this. It has got to the point where I check to make sure that we have Tabasco before I order the pizza, if we don’t I get Chinese instead. I put Tabasco on a lot of stuff (polenta with Tabasco is awesome) but pizza is the one thing that HAS to have Tabasco to be complete. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2006, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tabasco-lovers-what-do-you-put-it-on/364355/24 "2006-07-13T22:34:17Z")
[QUOTE=Lute Skywatcher] I’ve heard that Tabasco mixed with butter and poured over popcorn helps the popcorn keep longer. No idea if that’s true or not. [/QUOTE] Keep, schmeep. My tobasco-pop never lasts long enough to go stale. ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2006, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tabasco-lovers-what-do-you-put-it-on/364355/25 "2006-07-13T22:37:34Z")
[QUOTE=silenus] I guess it’s a good thing I didn’t turn [90° to the right then](http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a56/silenus_/P1010098.jpg), or I’d never get rid of you people! 😃 [/QUOTE] Well, at least they’ve got Talisker… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2006, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tabasco-lovers-what-do-you-put-it-on/364355/26 "2006-07-13T23:58:54Z")
At the risk of universal scorn, it makes Hamburger Helper palatable. ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2006, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tabasco-lovers-what-do-you-put-it-on/364355/27 "2006-07-14T00:10:49Z")
[QUOTE=silenus] I guess it’s a good thing I didn’t turn [90° to the right then](http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a56/silenus_/P1010098.jpg), or I’d never get rid of you people! 😃 [/QUOTE] Well, I’m more of a gin man myself… ---
**Author:** ![Gadarene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Gadarene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadarene)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2006, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tabasco-lovers-what-do-you-put-it-on/364355/28 "2006-07-14T00:25:46Z")
Everything humans can consume. (Anyone get the reference?) ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2006, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tabasco-lovers-what-do-you-put-it-on/364355/29 "2006-07-14T00:28:42Z")
[QUOTE=Godfrey Daniels] This must truly be the purpose for which the Original McIlhenny’s Tabasco was designed. I like my shrimp gumbo with lots of andouille sausage chunks, too, which I guess makes it shrimp/sausage gumbo. But after being liberally doused with Tabasco, in any form, it becomes the true food of the gods. [/QUOTE] Karana created Tabasco sauce to go with any and all things Cajun. Karana is both wise and generous. ---
**Author:** ![verbenabeast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c4cdca/32.png) [@verbenabeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/verbenabeast)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2006, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tabasco-lovers-what-do-you-put-it-on/364355/30 "2006-07-14T00:43:31Z")
Crystal is good… but not nearly hot enough… I put Tabasco™ on near-bout everything… and sliced jalepenos (but that’s another thread) It is really good on Italian food as well as the often mentioned cajun/creole food… you can’t eat a pork roast (or any pork for that matter) without it. Hot Dogs, soups, seafood, chinese food, it IS the universal condiment… I can think of very few non-dessert items that are not made better by Tabasco ™ … the Habanero flavor is very good. ---
**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 14, 2006, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tabasco-lovers-what-do-you-put-it-on/364355/31 "2006-07-14T00:47:38Z")
But I find that Crystal has more depth of flavor. Tabasco is a bit too vinegary for my tastes. If I want more heat, then I bump the recipe with pepper flakes or one of the many killer sauces available. But Crystal I shake on pizza, burgers, pasta, etc. If only they made mini-bottles of the stuff like Tabasco does. ---
**Author:** ![Talon\_Karrde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Talon\_Karrde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Talon_Karrde)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2006, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tabasco-lovers-what-do-you-put-it-on/364355/32 "2006-07-14T01:27:25Z")
I’m another one who likes to put it on all sorts of stuff. My favorite kind is the green one; I like the way it tastes. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2006, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tabasco-lovers-what-do-you-put-it-on/364355/33 "2006-07-14T02:09:25Z")
I am from Louisiana and I have always thought that the Tabasco company was one of the most innovative and crushing companies in their own way. When I moved to New England, I was amazed that you could go into the tiniest little convenience store in Vermont and there will be bottles of Tabasco for sale between Campbells soup, Pampers, and toothbrushes. How a single hot vinegar sauce got that way is pretty amazing especially since there are so many competitors these says. Here is mine: Popcorn has already been mentioned but the technique wasn’t. Take hot popcorn and quickly sprinkle Tabasco over it while shaking the popcorn vigorously. Keep shaking and turning the popcorn after you stop and you should get a fairly even coating with some wet spots but those are special. A coworker once told me he did this too once and we talked about putting it in a spray bottle for more even coverage. Actually, that would be a killer invention. Nice quality little sprayers that fit the standard Tabasco bottles. Who is in? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2006, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tabasco-lovers-what-do-you-put-it-on/364355/34 "2006-07-14T02:46:18Z")
I like to sprinkle it on corn chips. ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2006, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tabasco-lovers-what-do-you-put-it-on/364355/35 "2006-07-14T02:48:51Z")
Tobasco was made for biscuits and sausage gravy. ---
**Author:** ![Cherry2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cherry2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cherry2000)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2006, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tabasco-lovers-what-do-you-put-it-on/364355/36 "2006-07-14T03:21:24Z")
[QUOTE=Tapioca Dextrin] Never tried it myself, but I once saw tip some Tabasco over ice cream :eek: :eek: [/QUOTE] LOL…actually, I tried it on vanilla ice cream just last night. Too vinegary for ice cream, in my opinion. However, I do see how “hot” and ice cream would indeed go together well. ---
**Author:** ![Sharky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@Sharky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sharky)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2006, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tabasco-lovers-what-do-you-put-it-on/364355/37 "2006-07-14T06:51:41Z")
I like to take a fat, salty, raw Apalachicola oyster and place it on a saltine cracker, top it with a big dab of fresh horseradish, drown the whole shebang in Tabasco and snarf it all in one bite. Followed with a swig of ice cold Sam Adams lager, and repeated a couple of dozen times. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2006, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tabasco-lovers-what-do-you-put-it-on/364355/38 "2006-07-14T07:06:53Z")
Party at Silenus’ house! I prefer Tapatio to Tabasco, and I’ll put it on pretty much anything non-asian. ---
**Author:** ![cckerberos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@cckerberos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cckerberos)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2006, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tabasco-lovers-what-do-you-put-it-on/364355/39 "2006-07-14T07:55:11Z")
[QUOTE=madmonk28] I completely agree with this. It has got to the point where I check to make sure that we have Tabasco before I order the pizza, if we don’t I get Chinese instead. [/QUOTE] When you order pizza in Japan, it comes with Tabasco packets inside the box. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2006, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tabasco-lovers-what-do-you-put-it-on/364355/40 "2006-07-14T08:03:15Z")
Bacon. Sausages. Hot dogs. Burgers. Eggs. Pasta. Peanut butter. Bananas. Chocolate (only once). I really like Tabasco. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tabasco-lovers-what-do-you-put-it-on/364355.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tabasco-lovers-what-do-you-put-it-on/364355.md?page=3)