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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]
Edmund McIlhenny (/ ˈ m æ k əl h ɛ n i /; 1815 – 25 November 1890) was an American businessman and manufacturer who founded the McIlhenny Company, which was the first to mass produce Tabasco sauce. [1] [2] While company legend attributes the invention of the sauce to McIlhenny, plantation owner Maunsel White is said by some to have been ...
Walter Stauffer McIlhenny (October 22, 1910 – June 22, 1985) served as president of McIlhenny Company, maker of Tabasco brand pepper sauce, from 1949 until his death in 1985. He also distinguished himself as a member of the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve — receiving the Navy Cross for his actions during the Battle of Guadalcanal and retiring as ...
Tabasco is, for many, as staple a condiment as ketchup or mayonnaise. Thanks to its many fans, the spicy add-on has been a popular one for over 100 years. Here are 10 interesting facts about the ...
The McIlhenny Co. took notice of a bottle of their famous Tabasco hot sauce painted into a religious artwork inside a church in Parks.
In 1938, his son, Edward Avery McIlhenny established a nutria farm on Avery Island, Louisiana, near the factory where the company that bears his family name makes Tabasco sauce. According to company history, McIlhenny bought his stock of nutrias from a farm near New Orleans, so he was not the first to introduce the creature, a native of ...
The good folks at McIlhenny Co. are always up to something, so I figured I’d grab a variety pack and get to work answering those questions. Here are six Tabasco sauces, ranked. Here are six ...
Edward Avery McIlhenny (March 29, 1872 – August 8, 1949), son of Tabasco Company founder Edmund McIlhenny, was an American businessman, explorer, bird bander and conservationist. He established a private wildlife refuge around his family estate on Avery Island and helped in preserving a large coastal marshland in Louisiana as a bird refuge.