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5 unusual facts about Tabasco sauce


Darrell Waltrip Motorsports

The team returned later in the year as the #35 Tabasco Pontiac with Waltrip driving after the team merged with a defunct team.

Fernand Petiot

Following his move to the United States, Petiot first added salt, lemon, and Tabasco sauce — now considered essential ingredients — to the Bloody Mary in order to satisfy requests from American customers for a spicier drink.

John Avery McIlhenny

Assuming control of Tabasco operations, he ran McIlhenny Company for eight years, expanding and modernizing production, and increasing promotion and advertising of the increasingly famous product.

On Avery Island

Avery Island is the headquarters of the McIlhenny Company, makers of Tabasco sauce.

Pique criollo

Pique criollo, also known as Pique boricua de botella or Puerto Rican Tabasco is a hot condiment used in Puerto Rican cooking.


Cerveza preparada

It is made with tomato juice, Clamato, or V8 Vegetable Juice mixed with beer and seasoned with hot sauce (e.g., Tabasco, Tapatio, or Búfalo).


see also

Chatham Hall

Members of the McIlhenny family - proprietors of the eponymous Tabasco Sauce