Since I was off on Saturday Michael and I decided to go site seeing. We went to Avery Island first, that is where they make Tobasco Sauce. We went on a little tour of the factory and then we got to go to the store and do some taste testing. The interesting thing about the island is it is located on a huge salt mine. The way they make the original sauce is very cool. They pick the peppers when they are the perfect color of red. Then they seal the peppers in a big whiskey barrell and cover the top of the barrell in salt. They then store the peppers in the barrell for three years. Once the three years is up, they take the pepper paste out and mix it with venegar. They then stir the mixture for thirty days! We got to taste all of the sauces, Tobasco icecream and even some Tobasco Coca-Cola. They have a really nice park you can drive through, so we took advantage of the nice weather and rolled the windows down. Since it was so nice the alligators were out in full swing. We saw TONS of alligators and most of them were sunbathing. It is one of the most beautiful parks I have been to. If any of you come visit this is a must see. There is tons of spanish moss growing on all the trees, there are some swamps and bayous are everywhere. Once we were finished at Avery Island we went and got some lunch and headed to the Zoo of Acadiana. Now, we knew this zoo would be small, but we really had no idea just how small! We got to the zoo just in time to see a alligator show. It was pretty amusing with two very Cajun guys leading the show. They taught everyone all about alligators. We then went and looked around. The funniest thing to us was just how country this zoo was. Most of the animals were behind a fence that resembled chickenwire. They did had a white tiger and he was of course, behind glass. We are glad we went for the experiece, but I am pretty sure we will never go there again!
Since I was off on Saturday Michael and I decided to go site seeing. We went to Avery Island first, that is where they make Tobasco Sauce. We went on a little tour of the factory and then we got to go to the store and do some taste testing. The interesting thing about the island is it is located on a huge salt mine. The way they make the original sauce is very cool. They pick the peppers when they are the perfect color of red. Then they seal the peppers in a big whiskey barrell and cover the top of the barrell in salt. They then store the peppers in the barrell for three years. Once the three years is up, they take the pepper paste out and mix it with venegar. They then stir the mixture for thirty days! We got to taste all of the sauces, Tobasco icecream and even some Tobasco Coca-Cola. They have a really nice park you can drive through, so we took advantage of the nice weather and rolled the windows down. Since it was so nice the alligators were out in full swing. We saw TONS of alligators and most of them were sunbathing. It is one of the most beautiful parks I have been to. If any of you come visit this is a must see. There is tons of spanish moss growing on all the trees, there are some swamps and bayous are everywhere. Once we were finished at Avery Island we went and got some lunch and headed to the Zoo of Acadiana. Now, we knew this zoo would be small, but we really had no idea just how small! We got to the zoo just in time to see a alligator show. It was pretty amusing with two very Cajun guys leading the show. They taught everyone all about alligators. We then went and looked around. The funniest thing to us was just how country this zoo was. Most of the animals were behind a fence that resembled chickenwire. They did had a white tiger and he was of course, behind glass. We are glad we went for the experiece, but I am pretty sure we will never go there again!
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I can't belive we've never been to that Tabasco factory - my family would love it!! Looks and sounds like fun!
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