RE: [CH] Tabasco
ADAMSON BOYD (Boyd.Adamson@sbs.be)
Thu, 29 Mar 2001 10:18:34 +0200
And the classic "bloody Mary" demands Tabasco ...
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From: dpgillis [mailto:dpgillis@gateway.net]
Sent: 29 March 2001 02:38
To: Chile-Heads
Subject: [CH] Tabasco
Why all the Tabasco bashing? People are so venomously opposed to the
original hot sauce and I just don't understand it. The big complaint always
seems to be that it's "vinegar swill" or something equally as foolish. It
seems to me that a lot of very decent hot sauces have some sort of vinegar
in them (cider vinegar seems to work very well). However, many of what I
consider to be phony hot sauces are made from chemical extracts (you know..
burnt cat hair). I wonder if the same people who hate Tabasco so much are
the same people who think that being a chili-head means that you have to
only consume the most unnatural, nasty crap that they can find so they can
wear what they think is some sort of badge of honor. I happen to be a
serious habanero fan. I put them on crackers as an appetizer. I grow my
own peppers, jalapenos, habaneros, cayenne, a few ornamentals that I like to
eat because they kick ass, etc. I have hot sauce at work and about 20
varieties in my refrigerator right now. I do, indeed, eat the heat.
My point here is that Tabasco is a damn good sauce, and even though it's not
the hottest thing on the shelf, it's the original and deserves a little more
respect than it tends to get around here.