
Tabasco put spice in American life: Here's the surprising origin of Louisiana heat
Fox News
Tabasco, founded in Avery Island, Louisiana, in 1868, is one of the world's most popular hot sauces. It was conceived by an Irish-American banker amid privation that followed the Civil War.
Tabasco was first imagined in 1868 by a Maryland banker named Edmund McIlhenhy. "The story goes that a passing Confederate soldier gifted McIlhenny some seeds from a Mexican tabasco pepper." Erica Lamberg is a contributing writer for Fox News Digital.
He was born to parents from Ireland – infamous for its bland cuisine – and created the sauce in the aftermath of both the Irish potato famine and the privation of the American South after the Civil War.

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