Posted on 06/28/2021 6:25:09 AM PDT by mylife
The Sriracha story traces back to the 1930s.
In a Thai town called Sri Racha, a housewife named Thanom Chakkapak created a paste of chili peppers, distilled vinegar, garlic, sugar and salt.
Variations of this recipe have travelled across the globes in the decades since.
2/ One variation was created by David Tran, a major in the South Vietnamese army.
In 1978, the Tran family joined 3k+ refugees and fled Communist Vietnam on a Taiwanese boat called the Huey Fong (means "Gathering Prosperity”). The boat inspired the business name Huy Fong Foods. Image 3/ Tran landed in the US and ended up in LA.
At the time, Sriracha was absent from California. So Tran brought his recipe, swapping out chilis for a local ingredient: jalapeños.
He filled recycled baby jars and sold product out of a Blue Chevy Van, making $2.3k the first month. Image 4/ To really make the product stand out, Tran slapped a Rooster logo on everything he sold.
Why? He was born in 1945: The Year of the Rooster.
He would later design the famous squeeze bottle and added a green cap as a sign of "freshness". Image 5/ The sauce's popularity took off in the early-1980s among Asian restaurants and grocers. He kept upgrading manufacturing to meet demand:
7/ With so few ingredients, Tran prioritizes the best ones to win the market.
Timing fresh jalapeños is tough: the ripening window (green to red) leaves no room for error.
Due to the harvesting seasons, Huy Fong may make a whole year's supply of Sriracha in a 10-week span. Image 8/ For 28 years, Huy Fong was able to maintain its exacting quality standards with one exclusive jalapeño supplier.
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salsa casera rocks!
The Walton family are the wealthiest people in five US states.
Yes, But it was Sam who started very small and built it up with common sense. But the kids are not Sam Walton. He made himself and his family rich with his common sense business practices. He would roll over in his grave right now if he knew how they are operating. He was an American and a hard working patriot.
Should take the time to read that link I shared...
When I first got married we lived down wind from a bread and bakery plant, visiting friends loved it, with in a couple of months I wanted puke continuously. Found a new home shortly there after.
Yep...too much of a good thing!
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