Jan. 16, 2025

National Hot Sauce Day Trivia

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Mark Ellison spices things up with fascinating facts about hot sauces. From Depression-era accidents to hurricane-threatened recipes, this episode explores the fiery world of spicy condiments. Learn about Tabasco's bourbon barrel aging process and discover which president's sauce collection was found hidden in the White House.

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Calorogus Shark Media. Greeting spice lovers.

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I'm Mark Ellison, and welcome to a fiery edition of

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five daily trivia questions on National Hot Sauce Day. Let's

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explore some fascinating facts about these spicy condiments. Question one,

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which famous hot sauce accidentally got its distinctive red color

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when the maker ran out of what ingredient?

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During the Great Depression? Question two?

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What unusual manufacturing method does Tabasco still use today that

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dates back to their original eighteen sixty eight recipe?

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Question three?

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Which US President's hot sauce collection is now displayed in

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a museum after it was discovered where in the White House?

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Question four?

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What common breakfast item in spot hired the Scoville heat

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scale after a scientist noticed what pattern?

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Question five?

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Which top secret hot sauce recipe was almost revealed when

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a hurricane flooded?

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What secure location?

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We'll be right back with these spicy answers after this break.

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Welcome back trivia fans, Let's reveal today's answers. Question one

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asked which famous hot sauce accidentally got its distinctive red

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color when the maker ran out of what ingredient?

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During the Great Depression. Answer.

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Frank's Red Hot got its color when they ran out

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of green peppers and had to use fully ripened red ones,

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creating its signature taste. They kept the recipe change after

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customers preferred the new version. Question two asked what unusual

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manufacturing method does Tabasco still use today that dates back

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to their original eighteen sixty eight recipe. Answer they age

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pepper mash and used bourbon barrels sealed with salt caps

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for three years. Some original barrels from the eighteen hundreds

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are still in rotation. Question three asked which US president's

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hot sauce collection is now displayed in a museum after

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it was discovered where in the White House. Answer Lyndon

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Johnson's collection of one hundred and twenty four bottles was

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found in a White House kitchen cabinet, including sauces from

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every state. He required hot sauce at every meal, even breakfast.

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Question four asked what common breakfast item inspired the Scoville

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heat scale after a scientist noticed what pattern.

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Answer.

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Wilbur Scovell based his scale on how many sugar cubes

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it took to neutralize spiciness. After watching his children eat

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pancakes with hot sauce. He tested hundreds of breakfast combinations

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to perfect the scale. Question five asked which top secret

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hot sauce recipe was almost revealed when a herd ricane flooded.

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What's secure location? Answer?

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The original Surracha recipe nearly floated away when Hurricane Harvey

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flooded the Houston Bank vault where it's kept. They now

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store copies in three different states. That concludes today's five

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Daily trivia questions. I'm Mark Ellison, and today's questions were

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crafted with the help of AI technology. If you'd like

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link in our show notes.

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See you tomorrow.

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