The tabasco pepper is a variety of the chili pepper species Capsicum frutescens originating in Mexico. It is best known through its use in Tabasco sauce. — The American history of Tabasco pepper and its subsequent namesake sauce starts after the Civil War in Louisiana on Avery Island. McIlhenny grew his first commercial pepper crop in 1868. The next year, he sent out 658 bottles of sauce at one dollar apiece wholesale to grocers around the ... The Tabasco cultivar, named after the Mexican state of Tabasco, gained prominence in the 19th century through its role in producing the commercial hot sauce of ... [12] In 1849 Maunsel White was growing tobasco peppers at Deer Range Plantation long before Edmund McIlhenny began growing tabasco peppers on Petit Anse Island ... The Tabasco Pepper (Capsicum frutescens) gets its name from the state of Tabasco, Mexico, where it has been cultivated for centuries. Native to Central America ... — The history, culture and legacy of the McIlhenny family is infused in each bottle of spicy red pepper sauce known as Tabasco. — Instead of growing all the peppers on Avery Island, the majority of the crop comes from Latin America. 'In the 1960s we started sending seeds to ... Named after a state in Mexico, the Tabasco Pepper was made famous being the key ingredient for the hot sauce brand made in Louisiana. Tabasco plants produce ...
