Re: [CH] Avery Island
xtremely fast (xtremely.fast@prodigy.net)
Thu, 26 Sep 2002 02:07:13 -0700
I toured the Tobasco facility about two months ago. Pretty impressive
little tour, takes about 30 minutes and then they have a lovely little gift
shop with grossly overpriced trinkets and stuff in the shape of peppers.
The place has been in the same family and producing peppers since before the
Civil war. They now bottle over 5,000,000 bottles a day and label them in
23 different languages. A cretin amount of seeds are collected each year to
keep the strain of peppers going but most of the peppers come from other
fields in Mexico, Hawaii [I think] and south America. They also make a
dozen of so other products besides Tobasco sauce there, one of which is the
Tobasco brand habanero sauce which is not as hot as it should be but has a
great taste. Anytime you might be in the area, the Tobasco tour is worth
the .50¢ road and bridge fee that it cost to get on the island.
Eddie Thompson
Baytown, Texas
life is good
Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2002 8:28 PM
Subject: [CH] Avery Island
> I don't know if it will be repeated, but CNN News had a segment on the
hunkering
> down at Avery Island for Hurricane Isadore. The Tabasco factory is
designed to
> handle 200 mph winds and the peppers are somewhat protected by pine
windrows
> planted 50 years ago. Seed was harvested and stored in a bank vault last
week
> when the first forecast came out. I don't have a clue as to how that was
done:-)
> Production was stopped today and tomorrow, but they expect to be bottling
the stuff
> on Friday.
>
> Dave Anderson
> TLCC
> http://www.tough-love.com