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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, followed by peppered vinegar. [1] Like all C. frutescens cultivars, the tabasco plant has a typical bushy growth, which commercial cultivation makes stronger by trimming the plants. The ...
Tabasco is an American brand of hot sauce made from tabasco peppers, vinegar and salt.It is produced by the McIlhenny Company of Avery Island in southern Louisiana, having been created over 150 years ago by Edmund McIlhenny. [1]
Capsicum frutescens is a wild chili pepper having genetic proximity to the cultivated pepper Capsicum chinense native to Central and South America. [2] Pepper cultivars of C. frutescens can be annual or short-lived perennial plants. Flowers are white with a greenish white or greenish yellow corolla, and are either insect- or self-pollinated.
Pequin (or piquín) pepper (/ p ɪ ˈ k iː n /) is a hot chili pepper cultivar commonly used as a spice. Pequin peppers are hot, often 5–8 times hotter than jalapeños on the Scoville scale (30,000 to 60,000 Units). Flavor is described as citrusy and nutty. [1]
Tabasco, [b] officially the Free and Sovereign State of Tabasco, [c] is one of the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 17 municipalities and its capital city is Villahermosa . It is located in southeast Mexico and is bordered by the states of Campeche to the northeast, Veracruz to the west, and Chiapas to the south and the Petén ...
A mature siling labuyo bush. Like other Capsicum frutescens cultivars, siling labuyo has a compact habit, growing between 0.8 and 1.5 m (2 ft 7 in and 4 ft 11 in) high.. They have smooth ovate to lanceolate leaves that are around 64 mm (2.5 in) in length with pointed t
In 1868, he grew his first commercial pepper crop, selling the first bottles of his product the following year, which he called Tabasco brand pepper sauce. [4] In 1870, McIlhenny obtained letters patent for the sauce, which he packaged in cork-top two-ounce bottles with diamond logo labels very similar in appearance to those in present-day use. [9]
Chili oil is a condiment made from vegetable oil that has been infused with chili peppers. [1] Different types of oil and hot peppers are used, and other components may also be included. [ 2 ] It is commonly used in Chinese cuisine , Mexico, Italy, and elsewhere.