| Things may be heating up for hot sauces, but they've | | | | newspapers as early as 1807, according to some |
| been around since humans first realized they could eat | | | | reports. In 1849, England's Lea & Perrins |
| chile peppers. Bottles containing hot sauce have been | | | | Worcestershire Sauce was first imported into the |
| recovered from archaeological digs as well as | | | | United States from Great Britain.Many of the first |
| shipwrecks, according to "The Hot Sauce Bible," The | | | | homegrown hot sauces in the United States came |
| Crossing Press, 1996.We have had a long love affair | | | | from the South. Cajun cuisine and other fiery ethnic |
| with hot sauces in the United States. Advertisements | | | | foods fueled the drive to make hot sauces. |
| for cayenne sauces appeared in Massachusetts | | | | |