Friday, March 15, 2013

Mali Mish - Day 185: Tabasco Factory and Jungle Gardens at Avery Island.




From the site: Mali Mish - Day 185: Tabasco Factory and Jungle Gardens at Avery Island.

From New Iberia, Avery Island is just a few short miles away. Since our only purpose to come down here is to see Avery Island, we headed straight there as we got ready in the morning. I suppose Avery Island is technically an island as there is water that runs all the way around it. In the same way that a moat surrounds a castle. The island is actually a giant and ancient rock salt dome. Over the last several thousands of years, it rose up and became the island it is today. It is named after the Avery family that owned the land in the early 1800s but native Americans existed in the area long before that. The founder of Tabasco Sauce is a man named Edmund McIlhenny. I am sure you have seen the label on the hot sauce bottle that says McIlhe ...Read more...




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