Old Sour is a
sauce
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used in
The Bahamas
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and
Key West
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,
Florida
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.
Old Sour sauce originated in The Bahamas, and was originally prepared using key lime juice, salt and
Bird peppers.
It is made from an aged (
ferment
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ed) mixture
lime (fruit) juice and
salt
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.
Old Sour has a salty and acidic flavor.
[ ]Hot sauce
Hot sauce is a type of condiment, seasoning, or salsa made from chili peppers and other ingredients. Many commercial varieties of mass-produced hot sauce exist.
History
Humans have used chili peppers and other hot spices for thousands of years ...
is sometimes used as an ingredient to add additional flavor.[Young, Joyce LaFray, The Key Lime Cookbook, The Ketch & Yawl Press, 2007, p 32] Conchs
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In North Ame ...
, natives of Key West use the sauce for a variety of food including to flavor seafood dishes.[
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See also
* Switcha
Switcha is a beverage made with native limes or lemon, water and sugar made in the Turks and Caicos Islands and is also apart of Bahamian Cuisine.
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References
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Sauces
Limes (fruit)
Bahamian cuisine
Florida cuisine