How It's Made: Hot Sauce

Scott Roberts July 25, 2011 at 7:00 am food video Digg this Article

If you're a fan of the Science Channel program How It's Made and you missed the episode of how hot sauce is made, here's the first three minutes of the segment. It features Tabasco Pepper Sauce as made by the McIlhenny Co. on Avery Island, Louisiana and follows the process from pepper picking up through fermentation and mixing of the sauce:

Comments

andy
2011-07-25 11:20:04

and that's when they ruin it with all that vinegar

makeroux
2011-07-25 14:12:45

I have fond memories of touring the plant (and beautiful gardens surrounding it) as a kid. Loved the pungent smell of the peppers and vinegar.

Seb
2011-07-27 02:18:39

Too bad this is only the beginning.

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