Back in the late 1980’s, long before I became the chilehead that I am today, I was a college student at Tulane University in New Orleans. There I became infatuated with hot & spicy food such as jambalayas, gumbo, etouffees, red beans & rice, and all sorts of Creole dishes. One of the standard things to have there was a bottle of Crystal Hot Sauce to use on your food. Sure there were others like Tabasco and Trappey’s, but I liked to use the Crystal when it was available. My soft spot for Crystal made me pay attention to this article today in the news:

Company Brings Hot Sauce Production Back to Louisiana 18 Months After Katrina

Hey, it ain’t the best hot sauce in the world…but I liked it a lot once upon a time. Now I know of lots of better ones, but I’m happy to see Crystal on the comeback trail.