{"id":1069,"date":"2018-04-27T05:14:06","date_gmt":"2018-04-27T12:14:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aultcommunications.com\/rambles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/6D078ABB-BF29-4906-8CDC-020E2C4AF564.jpeg"},"modified":"2018-06-07T07:10:43","modified_gmt":"2018-06-07T14:10:43","slug":"6d078abb-bf29-4906-8cdc-020e2c4af564","status":"inherit","type":"attachment","link":"https:\/\/aultcommunications.com\/rambles\/?attachment_id=1069","title":{"rendered":"Even the food here has interesting stories"},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"class_list":["post-1069","attachment","type-attachment","status-inherit","hentry"],"description":{"rendered":"<p class=\"attachment\"><a href='https:\/\/aultcommunications.com\/rambles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/6D078ABB-BF29-4906-8CDC-020E2C4AF564.jpeg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/aultcommunications.com\/rambles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/6D078ABB-BF29-4906-8CDC-020E2C4AF564-300x225.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aultcommunications.com\/rambles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/6D078ABB-BF29-4906-8CDC-020E2C4AF564-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/aultcommunications.com\/rambles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/6D078ABB-BF29-4906-8CDC-020E2C4AF564-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/aultcommunications.com\/rambles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/6D078ABB-BF29-4906-8CDC-020E2C4AF564-400x300.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/aultcommunications.com\/rambles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/6D078ABB-BF29-4906-8CDC-020E2C4AF564-730x548.jpeg 730w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Our first stop in Louisiana was the Tabasco factory on Avery Island, where we took a self-guided tour. Who knew hot sauce could be so interesting to learn about? For example, these &#8220;batons rouges&#8221; (red sticks) were used by the pepper pickers as a color reference to make sure the spicy fruit had fully ripened. While in Louisiana we also learned that putting chicory in coffee dates back to bean shortages during Napoleon&#8217;s Continental Blockade of 1808, and that ordering two decadent desserts after a rich, Cajun-inspired meal sounds great at the time, but may not be the best idea when you&#8217;re spending the night in a tiny trailer at an RV park with limited bathroom facilities.<\/p>\n"},"caption":{"rendered":"<p>Our first stop in Louisiana was the Tabasco factory on Avery Island, where we took a self-guided tour. Who knew hot sauce could be so interesting to learn about? For example, these &#8220;batons rouges&#8221; (red sticks) were used by the pepper pickers as a color reference to make sure the spicy fruit had fully ripened. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/aultcommunications.com\/rambles\/?attachment_id=1069\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading &lsquo;Even the food here has interesting stories&rsquo; &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n"},"alt_text":"","media_type":"image","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","media_details":{"width":4032,"height":3024,"file":"2018\/04\/6D078ABB-BF29-4906-8CDC-020E2C4AF564.jpeg","sizes":{"thumbnail":{"file":"6D078ABB-BF29-4906-8CDC-020E2C4AF564-150x150.jpeg","width":150,"height":150,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/aultcommunications.com\/rambles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/6D078ABB-BF29-4906-8CDC-020E2C4AF564-150x150.jpeg"},"medium":{"file":"6D078ABB-BF29-4906-8CDC-020E2C4AF564-300x225.jpeg","width":300,"height":225,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/aultcommunications.com\/rambles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/6D078ABB-BF29-4906-8CDC-020E2C4AF564-300x225.jpeg"},"medium_large":{"file":"6D078ABB-BF29-4906-8CDC-020E2C4AF564-768x576.jpeg","width":768,"height":576,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/aultcommunications.com\/rambles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/6D078ABB-BF29-4906-8CDC-020E2C4AF564-768x576.jpeg"},"large":{"file":"6D078ABB-BF29-4906-8CDC-020E2C4AF564-400x300.jpeg","width":400,"height":300,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/aultcommunications.com\/rambles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/6D078ABB-BF29-4906-8CDC-020E2C4AF564-400x300.jpeg"},"post-thumbnail":{"file":"6D078ABB-BF29-4906-8CDC-020E2C4AF564-150x150.jpeg","width":150,"height":150,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/aultcommunications.com\/rambles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/6D078ABB-BF29-4906-8CDC-020E2C4AF564-150x150.jpeg"},"full-width":{"file":"6D078ABB-BF29-4906-8CDC-020E2C4AF564-730x548.jpeg","width":730,"height":548,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/aultcommunications.com\/rambles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/6D078ABB-BF29-4906-8CDC-020E2C4AF564-730x548.jpeg"},"full":{"file":"6D078ABB-BF29-4906-8CDC-020E2C4AF564.jpeg","width":4032,"height":3024,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/aultcommunications.com\/rambles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/6D078ABB-BF29-4906-8CDC-020E2C4AF564.jpeg"}},"image_meta":{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1","keywords":[]}},"post":null,"source_url":"https:\/\/aultcommunications.com\/rambles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/6D078ABB-BF29-4906-8CDC-020E2C4AF564.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aultcommunications.com\/rambles\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1069"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aultcommunications.com\/rambles\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aultcommunications.com\/rambles\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/attachment"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aultcommunications.com\/rambles\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aultcommunications.com\/rambles\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1069"}]}}