North American Hot Sauces

Tabasco is a hot sauce that is, at its basic, made from tabasco peppers, salt, and vinegar. The original sauce was invented in the 1860s by Edmund McIlhenny. He acquired the seeds of Capsicum frutescens peppers from Mexico or Central America and p... READ MORE

Texas Pete is a popular American hot sauce, and is currently the third best-selling hot sauce in the USA. The first bottle of Texas Pete was sold in 1929 by Sam Garner, a barbecue stand vendor from North Carolina. The customers were not completely... READ MORE

Crystal hot sauce is an American invention consisting of only three ingredients – salt, distilled white vinegar, and aged red cayenne peppers. It is the best-selling sauce in Louisiana, characterized by a reddish orange color, medium heat, a... READ MORE

Bajan pepper sauce is a popular Barbadian hot sauce made from scotch bonnet peppers, onions, turmeric, mustard, vinegar, and brown sugar. There are milder and hotter varieties, but the sauce is generally very spicy. It is traditionally used in mos... READ MORE