Italian nouns are designated as masculine or feminine. For example, vicinanza (neighborhood) is a feminine word, and villaggio (village) is a masculine word. Generally, nouns ending in !a are feminine, nouns ending !e may be either masculine or feminine, and nouns ending in !o are masculine.
Sowing the Seeds. According to family tradition, TABASCO Â® brand Original Red Sauce was created in the mid to late 1860s by Edmund McIlhenny. A food lover and avid gardener, McIlhenny was given seeds of Capsicum frutescens peppers that had come from Mexico or Central America.
How We Make Original Red Sauce. The pepper sauce that Edmund McIlhenny created in 1868 on Avery Island is much the same TABASCOÂ® Sauce that is produced today, on that very same site. The basic recipe, the process by which itâs made, and the ingredients remain virtually unchanged.