do you enjoy spicy food? my favorite is louisiana hot sauce. ill put that on anything
Oh yeah! Louisiana Hot Sauce is awesome! I recently read that the cayenne peppers used for their sauce are aged for an entire year!
are they really? I had no idea!
Yes! I also read that spices are more commonly used in warmer climates. It's kind of gross why. Warmer climates usually have more infectious diseases and spices helps prevent meat from spoiling.
that is so interesting..gross, but interesting!
The Egyptians even used spices for mummification! Their demand for spices help stimulate trade across the world.
Ill never look at hot sauce the same way again!
in medicine, religious rituals, cosmetics or perfume production.
History.
History Early history.
The spice trade developed throughout the Indian subcontinent and Middle East by at earliest 2000 BCE with cinnamon and black pepper, and in East Asia with herbs and pepper. The Egyptians used herbs for mummification and their demand for exotic spices and herbs helped stimulate world trade. The word "spice" comes from the Old French word "espice", which became "epice", and which came from the Latin root "spec"
aged long cayenne peppers, which undergo the aging process for a minimum of one year. The product is among hot sauces manufactured in the "Louisiana style", whereby cooked and ground chili peppers are combined with vinegar and salt, and then left to ferment during the aging process. In 2001, over 200,000 bottles of hot sauce were manufactured daily in various sizes.
Uses.
Louisiana Hot Sauce is used as a condiment to add flavor to foods, as an ingredient in some dishes, and also as a marinade