Current Events > Anyone ever made your own Tabasco sauce?

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We got lotta tabasco peppers, thinking of making my own. Non fermented version.

I've already made my own Sriracha which has turned out fucking awesome.
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If I'm not mistaken, Tabasco brand is just peppers, salt and vinegar.
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DevsBro posted...

If I'm not mistaken, Tabasco brand is just peppers, salt and vinegar.

Yep that's it pretty much.

But I think they ferment it but I'm not gonna do that.
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Nope, but they're in the same family as tomatoes so make it like you'd make a tomato sauce.

Still, it's hard to not have them ferment considering that vinegar is an important part of the recipe.
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Kineth posted...

Nope, but they're in the same family as tomatoes so make it like you'd make a tomato sauce.

Still, it's hard to not have them ferment considering that vinegar is an important part of the recipe.

Um...no you dont make it like tomato sauce its nothing the same.

Some recipies call for letting the chili vinegsr mash ferment a month before juicing it. Im doing the boil chilies soft in vinegsr and strain method.
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FF_Redux posted...

Kineth posted...

Nope, but they're in the same family as tomatoes so make it like you'd make a tomato sauce.

Still, it's hard to not have them ferment considering that vinegar is an important part of the recipe.

Um...no you dont make it like tomato sauce its nothing the same.

Some recipies call for letting the chili vinegsr mash ferment a month before juicing it. Im doing the boil chilies soft in vinegsr and strain method.

Eh, I wasn't clear on why I said that. I meant that you should cook the peppers in the oven at a low temp for awhile, like how tomatoes are done before making sauce. After that, your method is fine. I wasn't aware that they suggested fermenting them for so long though so, my bad.
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Kineth posted...

Eh, I wasn't clear on why I said that. I meant that you should cook the peppers in the oven at a low temp for awhile, like how tomatoes are done before making sauce. After that, your method is fine. I wasn't aware that they suggested fermenting them for so long though so, my bad.

Why would you put tomatoes in the oven tho? Unless you roast them for some smokiness, then peeling thing you can just do quick in boiling water. And peeling chilies is not needed like you might do with peppers. You could roast the chilies to give the Tabasco a smoky flavor.
But I don't want that.
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That's a waste of time, a bottle is like 50 cents
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lob_city_3 posted...

That's a waste of time, a bottle is like 50 cents

Um here a bottle is like $5

And home made stuff is always worth it. The Tabasco peppers are home grown.
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I know nothing about gardening but I'm a massive chili head so I really wanna start my own garden with a whole array of peppers

badasstion posted...

I know nothing about gardening but I'm a massive chili head so I really wanna start my own garden with a whole array of peppers

My mom does gardening, among it has some chilies. I really like Havanna peppers, they taste like Habanero but not as strong. Really tasty when dried and then chopped rough to put in soups for example.
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Tapatío hot sauce is cheap, but you have your reasons.
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ehhwhatever posted...

Tapatío hot sauce is cheap, but you have your reasons.

It's not made of Tabasco peppers and I can't get in here.
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hmm
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Not Tabasco but I make a mean pepper mango hot sauce using scorpion peppers.
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All hot sauce is not Tabasco sauce, Tabasco sauce is a specific brand

All the shit that goes into the actual brand name sauce is grown on Avery Island here in Louisiana, you just can't grow peppers in your backyard google hot sauce recipes and expect similar results
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ZombiePelican posted...

All hot sauce is not Tabasco sauce, Tabasco sauce is a specific brand

All the shit that goes into the actual brand name sauce is grown on Avery Island here in Louisiana, you just can't grow peppers in your backyard google hot sauce recipes and expect similar results

Tabasco sauce is made of Tabasco peppers. We have Tabasco peppers and the chilies raw have some of the recognizable flavors I taste in Tabasco sauce, so I'm sure I can make something similar.
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FF_Redux posted...

Tabasco sauce is made of Tabasco peppers. We have Tabasco peppers and the chilies raw have some of the recognizable flavors I taste in Tabasco sauce, so I'm sure I can make something similar.

If it were that easy everyone would be doing it and the McIlhenny family wouldn't be billionaires.

The soil on Avery Island is what makes the peppers grown there have unique flavor and unless you have similar soil in Finland or wherever you come from, you are not going to get very similar results
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ZombiePelican posted...

FF_Redux posted...

Tabasco sauce is made of Tabasco peppers. We have Tabasco peppers and the chilies raw have some of the recognizable flavors I taste in Tabasco sauce, so I'm sure I can make something similar.

If it were that easy everyone would be doing it and the McIlhenny family wouldn't be billionaires.

The soil on Avery Island is what makes the peppers grown there have unique flavor and unless you have similar soil in Finland or wherever you come from, you are not going to get very similar results

I said similar and not the same.

I've made my own sriracha and it's not the same but similar. But better than the store bought one.
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FF_Redux posted...

I've made my own sriracha and it's not the same but similar. But better than the store bought one.

That's nice, but you just cannot compare Tabasco sauce to Sriracha.

They're two completely different types of hot sauces with two completely different production methods. Tons of the process of making Tabasco sauce is still done by hand here while aside from the peppers being picked every part of Sriracha being made is automated. Apples and oranges.

You're from fucking Denmark or some shit, quit talking like you know hot sauce
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ZombiePelican posted...

FF_Redux posted...

I've made my own sriracha and it's not the same but similar. But better than the store bought one.

That's nice, but you just cannot compare Tabasco sauce to Sriracha.

They're two completely different types of hot sauces with two completely different production methods. Tons of the process of making Tabasco sauce is still done by hand here while aside from the peppers being picked every part of Sriracha being made is automated. Apples and oranges.

You're from fucking Denmark or some shit, quit talking like you know hot sauce

Tabasco is a sriracha without garlic and sugar and more vinegar and liquidy and another kind of peppers. So pretty much the same.
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Tabasco is trash.
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ZombiePelican posted...

FF_Redux posted...

I've made my own sriracha and it's not the same but similar. But better than the store bought one.

That's nice, but you just cannot compare Tabasco sauce to Sriracha.

They're two completely different types of hot sauces with two completely different production methods. Tons of the process of making Tabasco sauce is still done by hand here while aside from the peppers being picked every part of Sriracha being made is automated. Apples and oranges.

You're from fucking Denmark or some shit, quit talking like you know hot sauce

It's amazing that you don't get the concept of homemade items. Shit. I've made those cheddar biscuits from Red Lobster at home before. Obviously not the same exact thing, but that's not the fucking point.
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