Texas Pete Hot Sauce Makers Sued Over Famed Product Being From NC

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Texas Pete hot sauce, a condiment introduced by Sam Garner, is not directly tied to the Lone Star State but rather a result of Garner and his sons attempting to concoct a name for their sauce at their barbecue restaurant, according to the brand’s website.A marketing adviser floated the idea for the name “Mexican Joe” hot sauce “to connote the piquant flavor reminiscent of the favorite foods of our neighbors to the south,” the brand’s site says.Garner, however, allegedly wasn’t feeling the name.“Nope, it’s got to have an American name!” the website claims Garner said.The Texas Pete name was a combination of the Lone Star State’s name along with “Pete,” a nickname for Garner’s son Harold, according to the website.The complaint alleges Texas Pete, a Louisiana-style hot sauce, is a product of ingredients from “sources outside of Texas” and the hot sauce producer “admits that Texas’s reputation was one they were trying to mimic and capitalize on.”The hot sauce brand did not immediately respond to a HuffPost request for comment.RelatedTexasNorth Carolinahot sauceKanye West Wonders How Conspiracy Peddler Tucker Carlson Is Taking His TheoriesDenver Broncos Fans Go Viral For Leaving Game En Masse At Most Bizarre MomentNiecy Nash And Her Wife Reveal The Hilarious Reason They Have Matching Tattoos Of Another Woman’s Name



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