This is Avery Island the home of Tabasco Pepper Sauce.
The island was named after the Avery family, who settled there 1830s, but long before that, American Indians had found that Avery Island was a precious natural resource - a massive salt dome. It is about 3 miles inland from Vermilion Bay, which in turn opens into onto the Gulf of Mexico. It is surrounded by marsh and swamp.
This is the village store run by the company.
Where you can buy a wide selection of products that contain Tabasco sauce including ice cream an a selection of caps and aprons.
A range of different flavors and of course half gallon and gallon jars.
They are purveyors to the Royal Family.
This is the only factory in the world that makes Tabasco and they ship to 165 countries
Todays peppers grown on the island are used to produce seed stock, which is then shipped to foreign growers primarily Central and South America.
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In this display the man is holding a small red stick in his hand it's color represents a ripe pepper, they only pick peppers that are that color.
The peppers are ground down and place in old Jack Daniels barrels which have been cleaned and scrapped to remove the whiskey
The barrels are covered with a salt crust to seal the barrel. The salt comes from their own salt mine which is one of the biggest salt mines in America.
The barrels are then aged for 3 years before they bottle the sauce.
No bottling today as they only work 4 days a week.
Well time to hit the road and find some food.
Thats an unusual load.
A starter with Onion rings and Jalapeño.
Followed by steak and mashed potato.
Of course if your still hungry you could always have these Pigs Lips..
No we didn't buy any we were full thank goodness.
Even took a doggie box for the steak & mashed potato.
This is considered a delicacy round here, Yuk!
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