Tabasco & the Military

September 19, 2017, 12:12 AM

1s1k

I use Tabasco sauce at least 5 times a week which is kinda weird since I never ate hot food until I was in my 20's.

September 19, 2017, 01:18 AM

newtoSig765

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Originally posted by 41:
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Originally posted by newtoSig765:
I've never tried Tabasco, but after reading these stories, I put it on the shopping list so I can try it on an omelet Thursday night.

Just make sure you don't get any on the grill while frying hamburgers or other food. It will vaporize and run you out of the room.

Toxic, is it? Now I'm REALLY looking forward to it!

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September 19, 2017, 05:12 AM

charlie12

I'm like Justin Wilson I like Louisiana Original Hot Sauce better. I like the Cayenne flavor more than Tabasco peppers. Justin used it in his cooking.

Louisiana Hot Sauce.

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September 19, 2017, 05:24 AM

CD228

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Originally posted by newtoSig765:
quote:
Originally posted by 41:
quote:
Originally posted by newtoSig765:
I've never tried Tabasco, but after reading these stories, I put it on the shopping list so I can try it on an omelet Thursday night.

Just make sure you don't get any on the grill while frying hamburgers or other food. It will vaporize and run you out of the room.

Toxic, is it? Now I'm REALLY looking forward to it!

Don't put it in a flameless ration heater either.

September 19, 2017, 06:11 AM

SgtGold

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Originally posted by CD228:
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Originally posted by newtoSig765:
quote:
Originally posted by 41:
quote:
Originally posted by newtoSig765:
I've never tried Tabasco, but after reading these stories, I put it on the shopping list so I can try it on an omelet Thursday night.

Just make sure you don't get any on the grill while frying hamburgers or other food. It will vaporize and run you out of the room.

Toxic, is it? Now I'm REALLY looking forward to it!

Don't put it in a flameless ration heater either.

GAS! GAS! GAS!

September 19, 2017, 06:13 AM

SgtGold

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Originally posted by slabsides45:
I have fond memories of eating a quasi-frozen package of chicken a-la-king (squeezing the chunk up to my face) through the driver's hatch of my one one three with one hand while driving with the other hand, all on icy roads in Bavaria. Looking back, I might have been out of my mind, but hey, I was 19 and hungry.

Tabasco was the only way to make some of those things bearable....

You are the reason as to why MP's drink.

September 19, 2017, 06:35 AM

RogueJSK

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Originally posted by charlie12:
I like Louisiana Original Hot Sauce better. I like the Cayenne flavor more than Tabasco peppers.

Same here. It also has a bit less vinegar than Tabasco.

Frank's is another of my favorites.

September 19, 2017, 06:44 AM

V-Tail

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Originally posted by RogueJSK:
quote:
Originally posted by charlie12:
I like Louisiana Original Hot Sauce better. I like the Cayenne flavor more than Tabasco peppers.
Same here. It also has a bit less vinegar than Tabasco.

Frank's is another of my favorites.

My all-time favorite. I was introduced to Frank's when I was working as a contract programmer at BellSouth, in the Birmingham area. One of my favorite lunch places, Johnny Ray's, had a bottle on every table.

I wish we had a Johnny Ray's here in the north suburbs of Orlando.

September 19, 2017, 11:03 AM

Rey HRH

I was still eating c-rats from 1945... in 1980.

"It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us. We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life, and instead to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life – daily and hourly. Our answer must consist not in talk and meditation, but in right action and in right conduct. Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for each individual." Viktor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning, 1946.

September 20, 2017, 01:03 PM

PASig

The regular Tabasco is pretty good, but my overall favorite from them is this one:

September 20, 2017, 01:26 PM

229DAK

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Originally posted by PASig:
The regular Tabasco is pretty good, but my overall favorite from them is this one:

^^^^The bee's knees!!!

Most soldiers I served with back in the 70s and 80s kept a 2-oz bottle of Tabasco sauce in their ammo pouch.

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September 20, 2017, 01:39 PM

MikeinNC

Try it on your popcorn.

Do IT.

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September 20, 2017, 01:56 PM

maxwayne

Call me a cynic, but I thought it was because the head of the Armed Service Committee was Rep Hebert of Louisiana.

September 20, 2017, 02:42 PM

PASig

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Originally posted by maxwayne:
Call me a cynic, but I thought it was because the head of the Armed Service Committee was Rep Hebert of Louisiana.

I'm sure that helped!

I cringe to think what the USG paid for each of those tiny MRE Tabasco bottles, probably as much as a full-size bottle in the store knowing how that all works.

September 21, 2017, 02:19 PM

newtoSig765

I got one of the small bottles, so I can try it tonight. Nothing says so on the bottle, should I refrigerate it after opening?

September 21, 2017, 04:08 PM

LS1 GTO

quote:
Originally posted by newtoSig765:
quote:
Originally posted by 41:
quote:
Originally posted by newtoSig765:
I've never tried Tabasco, but after reading these stories, I put it on the shopping list so I can try it on an omelet Thursday night.

Just make sure you don't get any on the grill while frying hamburgers or other food. It will vaporize and run you out of the room.

Toxic, is it? Now I'm REALLY looking forward to it!

My marines would get the MRE heater, put the enclosed Tabasco and add water, then toss into an enclosed space.

Yes, it would bring a tear to eyes.

Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

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The definition of the words we used, carry a meaning of their own...

September 21, 2017, 04:09 PM

LS1 GTO

quote:
Originally posted by newtoSig765:
I got one of the small bottles, so I can try it tonight. Nothing says so on the bottle, should I refrigerate it after opening?

Depends if your fridge has space or becomes easily hidden in there.

September 21, 2017, 04:30 PM

mutedblade

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Originally posted by newtoSig765:
I got one of the small bottles, so I can try it tonight. Nothing says so on the bottle, should I refrigerate it after opening?

If you're using it right, it shouldn't be around long enough to go bad

Seriously though, I don't think I've ever seen a bottle go bad. It has lots of vinegar and while it may separate a little, just a shake, and it's as good as new again. I know I didn't really answer your question, but around here, the stuff sits out on restaurant tables all the time.

September 21, 2017, 04:35 PM

GWbiker

Wish we had bottles of Tabasco when I was stationed in Korea.

ANYTHING just to give a good taste to powdered eggs and cans of C-rations.

September 21, 2017, 04:41 PM

newtoSig765

Thanks, mutedblade. I'll leave it out, and if it starts to rumble or smoke, I have a neighbor I could throw it at.

Oh, and LS1 GTO...