Tabasco - Tabasco (English spelling)

Japanese: タバスコ - たばすこ(英語表記)tabasco
Tabasco - Tabasco (English spelling)

It is an annual plant of the nightshade family (APG classification: Solanaceae) and a variety of chili pepper. It is also the product name for Tabasco hot sauce. It is a hot vegetable native to South America, and the plant resembles the Japanese chili pepper variety Takanotsume (Eagle's claw). The stem is 30-60 cm tall, well-branched, and speckled with small white flowers. The fruit is small, slender, conical, about 2 cm long, and characteristically ripens while facing upwards. The flesh is thick and juicy, and the ones that ripen to an orange-red color in autumn are ground up to make Tabasco sauce. It has a strong spiciness and excellent aroma.

[Hoshikawa Kiyochika June 21, 2021]

Food

Tabasco sauce, which is made by McIlhenny Company in Louisiana, USA, which exclusively grows this fruit in the southern part of the state, thoroughly crushing it, adding a moderate amount of salt, and fermenting it, is a registered trademark of the company and is exclusively sold worldwide, with the recipe kept strictly secret. A spice with a strong, sour taste, it goes well with hors d'oeuvres such as shrimp cocktail and oyster cocktail, as well as pizza, various spaghetti dishes, and gratins, and just two or three drops will enhance the flavor of any dish.

[Hiroshi Saito June 21, 2021]

[Reference] | Chili pepper

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

ナス科(APG分類:ナス科)の一年草で、トウガラシの1変種。また、タバスコの辛味ソースの商品名ともなっている。南アメリカ原産の辛味野菜で、植物体は日本のトウガラシの品種タカノツメ(鷹の爪)によく似ている。茎は高さ30~60センチメートル、よく枝分れし、まだらに白色の小花をつける。果実は小さく、長さ2センチメートルほどの細長い円錐(えんすい)形で、上を向いたまま成熟するのが特徴である。果肉は厚く多汁質で、秋に橙赤(とうせき)色に熟したものをすりつぶしてタバスコソースの材料とする。辛味が強く、香りも優れている。

[星川清親 2021年6月21日]

食品

アメリカ、ルイジアナ州のマッキルヘニー社が同州の南部で独占的に栽培、この果実をよくすりつぶし、適度の塩を加えて発酵させてつくったタバスコソースは、同社の登録商標でもあり、製法も極秘にされて世界中に独占販売されている。酸味の利いた強烈な辛さをもつ香辛料で、オードブルのシュリンプカクテルやオイスターカクテル、またピッツァ、各種スパゲッティ料理、グラタンなどによくあい、2、3滴で料理の味を引き立てる。

[齋藤 浩 2021年6月21日]

[参照項目] | トウガラシ

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