The Critical Process Behind Tabasco Sauce's Iconic Red Color - Chowhound

Tabasco brand hot sauce is still made in Avery Island in Southwest Louisiana (just south of my hometown of Lafayette) using the same heirloom tabasco seeds from the plants that Edmund McIlhenny first began growing there. Avery Island isn't an island but rather a giant salt dome, which still provides the salt for Tabasco sauce. The land rises above the surrounding area and is bordered by swampland. Advertisement…