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