The article immediately made me think of the Pace Picante ads from TV in the 1980s-1990s
Actually, as a New Jersey native myself, I have to observe that the original ads had the cowboys being steamed that “this sauce is made in New Jersey???!!”
I’ve always known Texas Pete to be North Carolinian , but that’s because I was I introduced to it by a North Carolinian. It’s more like a Louisiana hot sauce, though, and I use it interchangeably with Tabasco, Crystal, and the such.
North Carolina deserves to have its name associated with hot sauce. That’s where the Carolina Reaper, was developed, right?
EDIT: wiki says it was developed in SOUTH Carolina. Nevermind.
Don’t Fear The Reaper
It seems that the honor of producing the world’s hottest pepper has passed to North…Wales.
Apropos of nothing, I just finished re-reading a Travis McGee mystery which describes his sidekick Meyer’s Famous Cocktail Sauce. It’s composed of powdered hot Chinese mustard moistened to the proper consistency with Tabasco.
Not exactly lethal, though.
Certainly seems like a nuisance suit. What are his damages? $3 for a bottle of hot sauce that he presumably could have returned if he didn’t want it?
Not to hijack, but can someone explain to me the appeal of consuming peppers that measure seven figures on the Scoville scale? What’s that about, machismo? A dare?
Pretty much. Things like the “One chip challenge.” No ones doing it because it tastes good.
I have a bottle of Texas Pete at home. To me it comes in a distant 4th after Tobasco, Louisiana, Crystal. When I use Texas Pete I tend to really splash it on.
Yeah, not enjoyable to me. The couple of times I’ve had extreme peppers it was an excuse to drink gallons of beer and laugh at how stupid we were.
Oh, that’s funny, I’ve seen that commercial a bazillion times with NEW YORK CITY in place of New Jersey.
Joke’s on that guy… vinegary hot sauce isn’t even a Texas thing. We’re more about salsas of all kinds.
I hope this lawsuit wins, not because it’s remotely reasonable, but because Texas Pete is such a goddamned waste of hot sauce, and in too many NC restaurants it’s the only one they have. I’m not a snob, I’ll eat just about any hot sauce, but Texas Pete is like watery ketchup and I won’t eat it. So I hope they’re driven out of business and NC restaurants have to find a different hot sauce.
Exactly. I had never even heard of the stuff. Although on occasions I do like some Tapatio.
So, why did Pace change from “New Jersey” to “New York City”? Did New Jersey sue?
(I do remember both versions and never could figure out why the switch.)
Yawn. How many patriotically branded and advertised products turn out to be made in China or “H.K.” or whatever? At least the country is right. Will this lawsuit succeed? Not knowing much about it, unlikely.
This. I’m pretty sure a company can name its product anything they want and make it anywhere they want to without restrictions. If someone assumed it was from Texas and they never bothered to look and see where it was from they shouldn’t complain. If they didn’t like it, wherever it was made, they can take it back for a full refund. Stop filling up the courts with frivolous lawsuits.
The product is called “Texas Pete Hot Sauce”. I guess I just assumed Pete is from Texas and he makes hot sauce…in a facility that happens to be in North Carolina. If it was called “Pete’s Texas Hot Sauce,” that to me would indicate more strongly the product’s origins being from Texas.
Calling yourself “Texas Pete” while living in Texas would be a remarkable achievement of cluelessness.
Indeed.
And unless I’m misremembering my business law class from decades ago, I think the plaintiff would have to demonstrate some kind of harm that has (or could have) resulted from the alleged deception. Good luck with that.