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Uncovered – TABASCO^® Myths

• Did a man named Maunsel White produce a pepper sauce prior to Edmund McIlhenny's introduction of 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?

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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

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

Nutrition Info and Cooking

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

Consistency and Shelf Life

• Where should TABASCO Sauce be stored?
• Why do the ingredients in TABASCO sauce sometimes separate?
• Why does a bottle of TABASCO sauce
  darken over time?
• What is the shelf life of TABASCO?
• How do I read the date code on a
  bottle of TABASCO 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 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 Sauces.
• Does the heat level vary among
  batches of TABASCO sauce?

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