{"id":8819,"date":"2026-04-10T17:37:24","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T17:37:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/englishreally.org\/?p=8819"},"modified":"2026-04-10T17:48:01","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T17:48:01","slug":"a-short-story-of-the-tabasco-sauce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/englishreally.org\/index.php\/2026\/04\/10\/a-short-story-of-the-tabasco-sauce\/","title":{"rendered":"A Short Story Of The Tabasco Sauce"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Todo el tabasco del mundo se produce en Avery Island, una peque\u00f1a isla de sal en la costa de Luisiana, cerca de Nueva Orleans. \u00bfLa receta? La de siempre, la de 1868.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:11px\">Katheleen Cornford<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/englishreally.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/71TTZk1U0TL._AC_SX679_.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8830\" width=\"403\" height=\"417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishreally.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/71TTZk1U0TL._AC_SX679_.jpg 679w, https:\/\/englishreally.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/71TTZk1U0TL._AC_SX679_-290x300.jpg 290w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 403px) 100vw, 403px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Edmund McIlhenny first started selling Tabasco&nbsp;<strong>sauce<\/strong>&nbsp;from his plantation on Avery Island, Louisiana in 1868. Today his&nbsp;<strong>hot pepper<\/strong>&nbsp;sauce, which is a&nbsp;<strong>key<\/strong>&nbsp;ingredient in the Bloody Mary cocktail, is sold in 195 countries and territories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"blob:https:\/\/englishreally.org\/e5e536b6-58cf-41d8-bd09-698b6aa92622\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2>THE STORY<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In the 1840s, there was a war between Mexico and the United States, and there were two battles in the Mexican province of Tabasco. After the war, an American soldier took some&nbsp;<em>capsicum<\/em>&nbsp;peppers from Tabasco back home and he gave them to his friend, Edmund McIlhenny, who decided to plant the&nbsp;<strong>seeds<\/strong>&nbsp;on Avery Island.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>THE CIVIl WAR<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In the 1860s, there was another war: the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.speakup.es\/magazines\/culture\/the-american-civil-war-the-battle-of-fort-sumter_2945\">American Civil War<\/a>. Union forces invaded Avery Island, which also had important&nbsp;<strong>salt mines<\/strong>. The McIlhenny family&nbsp;<strong>fled<\/strong>&nbsp;to Texas. When they returned, the plantation was in ruins: there was nothing, except for the&nbsp;<strong>crop<\/strong>&nbsp;of Tabasco peppers. Edmund McIlhenny needed to make money and so he started producing \u2018Tabasco Sauce\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>THE PRODUCTION PROCESS<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>All of the world\u2019s<\/strong>\u00a0Tabasco is still produced on Avery Island today. The peppers are\u00a0<strong>picked<\/strong>\u00a0by hand. They are then macerated in\u00a0<strong>wooden barrels<\/strong>\u00a0which already contain Tabasco sauce. These barrels are protected from the air by a\u00a0<strong>layer<\/strong>\u00a0of salt. Three years later, McIlhenny company\u00a0<strong>employees<\/strong>\u00a0open the barrels and add vinegar. The sauce is mixed again and placed in bottles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>RECYCLING<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The McIlhenny company\u00a0<strong>saves<\/strong>\u00a0money and resources by using second-hand barrels. Some of them are\u00a0<strong>provided<\/strong>\u00a0by another famous Southern\u00a0<strong>firm<\/strong>: the Jack Daniels whiskey distillery in Tennessee. This certainly adds to the taste! After production, the barrels are used a third time, as\u00a0<strong>firewood<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center has-vivid-green-cyan-color has-text-color\">Tabasco Facts And Tips<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Tabasco Pepper Sauce is packaged in 36 different languages and dialects and is distributed in 195 countries and territories worldwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Japan is the the second largest Tabasco Pepper Sauce consumer in the world (after the USA). The most common usage there is for pizza and spaghetti.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to some doctors, a bit of Tabasco Sauce in your tomato juice or soup may help alleviate congestion if you\u2019re not feeling very well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Make sure you take a mini bottle when flying. There is nothing like Tabasco Sauce for improving airline food!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center has-vivid-green-cyan-color has-text-color\">if you go&#8230;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Avery Island isn\u2019t really an island: it is a \u2018<strong>salt dome<\/strong>\u2019 on the Louisiana gulf Coast, 225 km west of New Orleans. Here you will find the world\u2019s only Tabasco factory and bottling plant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Avery Island is also a natural paradise with exotic plants and a bird sanctuary. But please be careful: it is also home to a few alligators!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2>GLOSSARY<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>sauce:&nbsp;<\/strong>salsa<strong>hot pepper:&nbsp;<\/strong>pimiento picante, guindilla<strong>key:&nbsp;<\/strong>clave<strong>seeds:&nbsp;<\/strong>semillas<strong>salt mines:&nbsp;<\/strong>salinas<strong>to flee:&nbsp;<\/strong>huir<strong>crop:&nbsp;<\/strong>cosecha<strong>all of the world\u2019s:&nbsp;<\/strong>de todo el mundo<strong>to pick:&nbsp;<\/strong>recoger<strong>wooden barrels:&nbsp;<\/strong>barriles de madera<strong>layer:&nbsp;<\/strong>capa<strong>employees:&nbsp;<\/strong>empleados, trabajadores<strong>to save:&nbsp;<\/strong>ahorrar<strong>to provide:&nbsp;<\/strong>suministrar<strong>firm:&nbsp;<\/strong>compa\u00f1\u00eda, empresa<strong>firewood:&nbsp;<\/strong>le\u00f1a<strong>salt dome:&nbsp;<\/strong>mina de sal<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Todo el tabasco del mundo se produce en Avery Island, una peque\u00f1a isla de sal en la costa de Luisiana, cerca de Nueva Orleans. \u00bfLa receta? La de siempre, la de 1868. Katheleen Cornford Edmund McIlhenny first started selling Tabasco&nbsp;sauce&nbsp;from his plantation on Avery Island, Louisiana in 1868. Today his&nbsp;hot pepper&nbsp;sauce, which is a&nbsp;key&nbsp;ingredient in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/englishreally.org\/index.php\/2026\/04\/10\/a-short-story-of-the-tabasco-sauce\/\">Seguir leyendo <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[199],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/englishreally.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8819"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/englishreally.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/englishreally.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/englishreally.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/englishreally.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8819"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/englishreally.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8819\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8834,"href":"https:\/\/englishreally.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8819\/revisions\/8834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/englishreally.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/englishreally.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/englishreally.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}