Tabasco
aka: Red Amazon
Heat Index- Hot
Color Pale yellow-green maturing to yellow then orange and then red ....... Average Size 1–1 1/2" long, 1/4–3/4" diameter ....... Shape Long cylinders, pointed ....... Description Thin-fleshed with sharp, biting heat. This pepper is not usually used fresh or dried, only as a mash in sauces. ....... Scoville Heat Units 30,000 — 50,000 ....... Most Common Uses Sauces Chile Trivia: A soldier fighting in the Mexican War in the mid-1800's returned to his native Louisiana with some seeds from the Mexican state of Tabasco. These peppers are now used to make Tabasco Sauce
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Tabasco