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Uncovered – TABASCO^® Myths

• Did a man named Maunsel White produce a pepper sauce prior to Edmund McIlhenny’s introduction of Original TABASCO® brand Pepper Sauce?
• Does this mean that Maunsel White coined the TABASCO® trademark?
• Does history record that Edmund McIlhenny obtained his peppers or pepper sauce recipe from Maunsel White?
• Might Maunsel White’s and Edmund McIlhenny’s peppers been of the same variety?
• Does McIlhenny Company have exclusive rights to the trademark "Tabasco" if "Tabasco" is the name of geographic and political regions in Mexico?
• Did Edmund McIlhenny first bottle TABASCO® Sauce in discarded cologne bottles?
• Is it true that archaeologists found the oldest known bottle of TABASCO® Sauce while excavating the site of an Old West saloon in Nevada?
• Is it true that TABASCO® Sauce was so instantly popular in Europe that Edmund McIlhenny opened a London office in 1872 — only four years after TABASCO® Sauce went on the market — in order to handle intense European demand for his product?
• Is it true that a certain General Hazard, a federal administrator in Louisiana during Reconstruction, helped to introduce TABASCO® Sauce to consumers nationally by giving a bottle to his brother, food distributor E. C. Hazard of New York City, who liked the product so much that he sold it on a large scale for Edmund McIlhenny?
• When was the TABASCO® trademark first registered?
• Was former McIlhenny Company president E. A. McIlhenny (1872-1949) the first person to bring the South American nutria rat to Louisiana, or to North America in general?

The TABASCO^® PepperFest^®
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TABASCO^® Products and
Where They're Sold

• Where are TABASCO® products sold?
• Does McIlhenny Company make and sell any other sauces or food products under the TABASCO® registered trademark?
• Does McIlhenny Company make all products that use TABASCO® as an ingredient?
• How can I get a free TABASCO Country Store® paper catalogue?

TABASCO^® Historical Facts and Trivia

• What’s the trademark history of the TABASCO® bottle?
• Read about the oldest style TABASCO® bottle ever found.
• Who makes Original TABASCO® brand Pepper Sauce?
• Where does the name TABASCO® come from?
• What makes Original TABASCO® brand Pepper Sauce different from other pepper sauces?
• How many drops are in a bottle of Original TABASCO® brand Pepper Sauce?
• How many bottles of Original TABASCO® brand Pepper Sauce does McIlhenny Company make in a day?
• Is McIlhenny Company, makers of TABASCO® brand Pepper Sauce Products, a private or publicly held company?

Nutrition Info and Cooking

• What's in Original TABASCO® brand Pepper Sauce?
• What are the Original TABASCO® brand Pepper Sauce Nutrition Facts?
• How can I use Original TABASCO® brand Pepper Sauce?
• I'm on a restricted diet. Can I use Original TABASCO® brand Pepper Sauce?
• Is Original TABASCO® brand Pepper Sauce approved for Kosher cooking?

Consistency and Shelf Life

• Where should Original TABASCO® brand Pepper Sauce be stored?
• Why do the ingredients in Original TABASCO® brand Pepper Sauce sometimes separate?
• Why does a bottle of Original TABASCO® brand Pepper Sauce darken over time?
• What is the shelf life of TABASCO® Sauces?
• How do I read the date code on a
  bottle of Original TABASCO® brand Pepper Sauce?

New Product! TABASCO^® brand SWEET & Spicy Pepper Sauce

• Tell me about new TABASCO® brand SWEET & Spicy Pepper Sauce
• How hot is new TABASCO® brand SWEET & Spicy Pepper Sauce?
• Where can I buy TABASCO® brand SWEET & Spicy Pepper Sauce?
• How can I get TABASCO® brand SWEET & Spicy Pepper Sauce to pour more easily?

TABASCO^® brand Chipotle Pepper Sauce

• How do you pronounce "chipotle"?
• Where can I buy TABASCO® brand Chipotle Pepper Sauce?
• What's the history of TABASCO® brand Chipotle Pepper Sauce and how is it made?
• How can I get TABASCO® brand Chipotle Pepper Sauce to pour more easily so I can use it as a marinade?

TABASCO^® Heat Level

• What makes peppers so hot?
• What are Scoville Units?
• Who invented the Scoville Scale,
  and how does it work?
• Show me a Heat Scale of peppers
  ranging from mild to hot.
• Show me the range of Scoville ratings
  for TABASCO® brand Pepper Sauces.
• Does the heat level vary among
  batches of Original TABASCO® brand Pepper Sauce?

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