tabasco
oxford
views updated May 23 2018tabasco A thin piquant sauce prepared by fermentation of powdered dried fruits of chilli
pepper, mixed with spirit vinegar and salt. Traditionally used with Mexican and Caribbean foods, first formulated in
Louisiana by Edmund McIllhenny, 1868.
A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition DAVID A. BENDER
tabasco
oxford
views updated Jun 11 2018tabasco pungent sauce made from capsicum. XVII (
tauasco). Name of a river and state of Mexico.
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology T. F. HOAD
