Texan Question

[gfs1943]

We used an expression for the food in military chow halls:

"Just like mama used to make -- except she didn't [moderator edit] in hers."

Sounds like the chef in that Washington cafe may have been a cook in the military!

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[capsfloyd]

My Big Mama made sun tea , people would look really strange at this glass gallon with tea bags in it
Sweet or unsweetened
Dr says no sweet , I'll have a glass once a week

I use Splenda in my unsweetened tea.

[gray ghost]

Originally Posted by gfs1943

We used an expression for the food in military chow halls:

"Just like mama used to make -- except she didn't [moderator edit] in hers."

Sounds like the chef in that Washington cafe may have been a cook in the military!

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I went to the mess hall shortly after arriving in Iraq and saw Southwest Style Brisket listed on the menu. I thought that was a very good omen. After one bite, the only thing I could figure is that someone took some corned beef, slapped some BBQ sauce on it and thought that made it Southwest style. Had to have been one of the worst things I ever ate.

[SCVJeff]

County Line, Austin

(Texans, please don't slap me here..): Went to Bill Miler for lunch last week and had Brisket Tacos. Even for Bill those were pretty darn good

[Wayne M]

Originally Posted by Francesca

Pot roast for ground beef?

No way...it's much more expensive than the ground up dairy cow sold all over the U.S.A. as ground beef. Whatever difference there is in ingredients up here, I'm pretty sure it's not in the cut of beef used, or even the breed.

No portion of a true "beef breed" gets ground up and sold that way anymore, and I'd bet that's true even in Texas. The cuts that used to be used that way have been renamed and sold under fancy new names that don't exist on a butcher's chart.

I was being generic. I should have said shredded pot roast was used. I don't like tacos with shredded pot roast and it tastes like New England pot roast.

If Fajita meat (skirt steak) is used in tacos it is not shredded it is cut into thin strips and has a very distinct, and good for me, flavor of it's own. When skirt steak is not available I prefer hamburger meat and not the pink slime, but it seems more and more are going to the pink slime so I'll stick with asking for skirt steak and when not available I'll ask for chicken or pork just as a variant, or better yet, cheese enchiladas. Even then they use Velveeta instead of the good Mexican Cheese.

We have Six Mexican restaurants here, all within a mile of each other, seven if you count the one only open for lunch. Then there is another two at the city limits going west. They each have their distinctive dishes but all with a true TexMex flavor, and not one serves shredded pot roast. They just would not stay in business.

[Pricejh]

Originally Posted by SCVJeff

County Line, Austin

(Texans, please don't slap me here..): Went to Bill Miler for lunch last week and had Brisket Tacos. Even for Bill those were pretty darn good

Bill Millers? I'm jealous

[SRT]

Originally Posted by Francesca

Oh, man- look at that chicken fried steak! Does Goodson's deliver within a 1500 mile radius, Rusty?

Yum, Yum!! That would be good for 3 meals for me.

[SRT]

Originally Posted by capsfloyd

My Big Mama made sun tea , people would look really strange at this glass gallon with tea bags in it
Sweet or unsweetened
Dr says no sweet , I'll have a glass once a week

I use Splenda in my unsweetened tea.

My wife makes sun tea all the time in the summer. Speaking of summer, will spring ever make it's appearance???

[rgvtexan]

Spring is here! Over 100 on Sat in Mission, TX

[flaggship1]

Originally Posted by rgvtexan

Spring is here! Over 100 on Sat in Mission, TX

And now for something completely different. Freeze warning in effect for Plano between midnight and 9 am tomorrow morning. Texas has four seasons in a day - depending on how you drive - you might experience them all in a day.

[whem2fish]

Agree 28 this morning I'm getting ready for the coast then real seafood

[KDbug]

I know right it was windy but nice when I got there Saturday and remained warm and nice through Tuesday in Gainesville, TX but then got cold and rainy till Saturday while in Dallas last week , I was down visiting . Had some really good home cooked Texas food (I miss it ). just cause your from there DOESN'T mean you can cook it right besides it ALWAYS taste brtter when MOM makes it .