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Favorite Texas Food

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by Fatty FatBastard, Oct 18, 2006.

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  1. Fatty FatBastard

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    I'm saying that just because you grill skirt steak does not mean you made "fajitas". I think you would call that grilled skirt steak here, son. A meaningless notion, considering you obviously haven't looked up the damn word "vaquero", have you? They are the word given to a TEXAS ranchhand. As you so boldly pointed out, the article says THEY had been grilling skirt steak for years.

    Nonetheless, please find me an article stating that fajitas originated in Mexico. I've already found several that state they were created in Texas.

    And, as to you retorts? :rolleyes: yourself.
     
  2. Fatty FatBastard

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    Two places I know. The Church's on Scott @ 45, and a little known Frenchy's on Chimney Rock near Main st.
     
  3. Deckard

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    Man, I just don't know... my favorite meal that my Mom makes is chicken fried steak, with a host of veggies, but her BBQ steaks on the grill, with our own BBQ sauce passed down through the years, along with baked potatoes (after putting everything else in them, I top them off with some of that BBQ sauce. killer!), baked beans, and a bunch of other veggies (Mom makes about 6 veggies for a big meal. always) is a close second. But she also makes a fabulous smothered steak, which is a family recipe. It's basically chicken fried steak, smothered with a special gravy, and cooked until it almost falls apart. God, it's good, and the gravy is perfect on any kind of potatoes.

    Guess I'm going off on a tangent. Both my grandmothers owned their own restaurants in the '30's, during the Depression, and were incredible cooks. Classic Texas country cookin'. It was a way to make a living, if your food was so good that the people lucky enough to have a job would eat their lunch at your place. My grandfather and grandmother on my Mom's side had a place across the street from the old Ford plant in the Heights, and a place in West Columbia, during the oil boom there. I have a picture of Mom, about 10 years old, standing on top of the lunch counter in some kind of costume my grandmother sewed for a school thing. My other grandmother's place was over by the Ship Channel, and catered to workers there. I could never decide who was the better cook. Nanny (Mom's mom) made the best fried chicken, best in town, and Granny made the killer smothered steak.

    Mom carries the torch, although she's 83 now, and getting up there a bit. I love every single thing on the list. I guess you could say my favorite Texas food depends on the mood I'm in, and who's doin' the cookin'. ;)
     
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    The fajita discussion is interesting. Oddly enough, Pappasito's has a "origin" description and, when bringing up the A & M study says this:

    My own family history has some involvement with the Klebergs so that is interesting.

    I also read on another site that the A&M researcher discovered that his grandfather was the first to coin "fajita" - seems suspicious:

     
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    really? have you seen grilled skirt steak in the menu restaurant or do you see fajita?

    oh so you're saying the american ranch owners taught the mexican vaqueros how to grill and eat skirt steak and vaqueros didn't learn it from their mexican ancestors?
     
  6. Fatty FatBastard

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    #1: Have you ever ordered fajitas and just got a skirt steak? Pointless analogy on your part.

    #2: Considering they use the word exclusively developed by vaqueros in Texas, yes, that is EXACTLY what I am saying. Find some proof it came from Mexico, or admit you were wrong.
     
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    And I bet it wasn't the Mexicans who created a Soy Sauce/Pineapple Juice marinade....was it?! was it?!!

    ;)
     
  8. Two Sandwiches

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    Mel's has PHENOMINAL hamburgers. :eek:
     
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    amen, brotha!
     
  10. Two Sandwiches

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    Even though I live in NY now, someday, when I'm down visitng family, I'm not going to eat for 2 days, and I'm gonna try to eat the big burger there.

    I once didn't eat for a whole day, and then went to Mel's and ordered the second-in-line burger (forget the exact name). My cousin and I decided to race to see who could eat their's the fastest. We tied - 8 minutes! :eek:



    By the way, nobody cares for Frito Pie? Or is that not a "Texas Food?"
     
  11. Fatty FatBastard

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    Everyone loves Frito pie. But that is pretty much chili.
     
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    That's true, I guess.

    My favorite Frito Pie, though, I used to get from a little BBQ stand in Magnolia called The BBQ Hut. Instead of chili they used pulled pork bbq (which I think is fairly common, also), and it was SO GOOD.
     
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    Does anyone know where I can get this inside the city? If not, I may have to make a trip out there. There were a few places in Austin and one in Dallas I know of that do this, but I haven't been able to find one here in Houston.

    Again, is peach cobbler really Texan in origin?
     
  14. Fatty FatBastard

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    Not a clue about Peach Cobbler. I got the 5 choices directly from the Texas website that is doing this poll.
     
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    That was my choice, basically by default, but I began to wonder that too. I even, stupidly, tried to search for it on wikipedia, but it didnt say ****. Googled as well, but still nothing (though I didnt look past the first page).

    I guess it will remain a mystery...
     
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    I would think it's a Georgia thing.
     
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    i'm wondering how on earth could they forgot about pecan pie??? peach cobbler clearly isn't a Texan dish.
     
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    Fruit cobblers of various sorts are a southern thing, so I'd think somebody in Georgia, SC or somewhere came up with it.

    Pecan pie is not Texan. French New Orleans.
     
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    come on fajitas! kick brisket's ass!! GO GO TORTILLA POWER
     
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    Are you guys talking about
    FAJITA - THE FOOD
    or
    FAJITA - THE WORD

    Rocket River
    Since I prefer Chicken . . I don't think their is a Skirt part of the Chicken
     

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