How Texan Are You?

[CycleTex87 2979]

36 out of 36, although, to be fair, the only fried rabbit I ate was in China (at least they said it was rabbit).

[GringoSalado 1651]

no calf fries wtf

[gyroprotagonist 2594]

11 minutes ago, GringoSalado said:

no calf fries wtf

was coming to post this

maybe throw in King Ranch Casserole and Fletcher's (from the State Fair, not some bullshit Golden Chick)

Edited November 23, 2020 by gyroprotagonist

[LW Goatman 1124]

I’m at 34. No fried bologna and we only prepare our hare braised. 

[Walden Ponderer 12639]

On 11/22/2020 at 1:06 AM, Vic Mackey said:

36, but the fuckin' shrimp and gator were when I was in Louisiana, home of food you catch in the drainage ditch. Why those are "Texan" is beyond me.

[CHIEF 5094]

Yep 36/36. Would add:

Dove

Quail

Prickly Pear Jelly

Rattlesnake

Nopalitos

CHIEF

[Hpara759 1780]

On 11/22/2020 at 12:06 AM, Vic Mackey said:

bogus list.....no calf fries and Texas okra

[Trey3216 15350]

On 11/23/2020 at 1:28 PM, CHIEF said:

Yep 36/36. Would add:

Dove

Quail

Prickly Pear Jelly

Rattlesnake

Nopalitos

CHIEF

I have had and love all of those as well.  

[CooterBrown 18016]

Parisa
Klobasnek
Sheet cake
BBQ crab
Rice with giblet gravy
Big Red and barbacoa
Puffy tacos
Dewberry cobbler
Mustang grapes
Machacado con huevos
Pickled onions
Dublin Dr Pepper

[deadshank 24653]

6 hours ago, CooterBrown said:

Parisa
Klobasnek
Sheet cake
BBQ crab
Rice with giblet gravy
Big Red and barbacoa
Puffy tacos
Dewberry cobbler
Mustang grapes
Machacado con huevos
Pickled onions
Dublin Dr Pepper

I must second this list of additions.   Parisa is an intriguing dish. 

[nnm 36481]

36/36. But as others have pointed out (I’m late to the party), some are definitely not strong Texas-origin things. And I can’t say I LIKE everything on the list. Just that I’ve had it. 
(TWSS). 

[SquishMitten 10421]

Ya know, I’ve had tons of rabbit, but I can’t specifically say I’ve had fried rabbit. I assume I have, and it just wasn’t something I considered unusual so I didn’t make a memorable note of it. So either 35 or 36

[SquishMitten 10421]

24, and I'm a picky eater.
I had to think about the Homemake Ice Cream question.  My grandmother had this bucket thing with a crank that you had to put rock salt into, so I'm saying "yes."

That’s exactly what homemade ice cream is

[CooterBrown 18016]

Redfish on the half shell
Fried backstrap
Menudo
Tamales from an Igloo
Fried chicken gizzards and livers
Steak fingers
Migas
Breakfast tacos
Pearl
Shiner Premium
Lone Star
3 tacos on a styrofoam plate standing in a gravel parking lot next to a taco truck.

[NotActuallyALonghorn 4976]

14 hours ago, deadshank said:

I must second this list of additions.   Parisa is an intriguing dish. 

Parisa is basically crack on a cracker.

[Doc Reeves 6434]

List is missing Big Red

[RollLeft 5045]

35

[General Specific 3262]

100%, A+, whatever. But what does half of that list have to do with being a Texan?

[burntorangebongos 10750]

I'm sure it is 34 but it might be 35 if I've eaten a breaded pork chop.  

[BlueGreySky 1021]

34. Lots of good foods on that list but not all exclusive to Texas.

[Guest]

On 11/23/2020 at 1:28 PM, CHIEF said:

Yep 36/36. Would add:

Dove

Quail

Prickly Pear Jelly

Rattlesnake

Nopalitos

CHIEF

5 for 5 on those too.  Not a fan of the nopalitos, but yeah, there's a bunch of Tex-Mex stuff that could be on the list.

Dove and quail fries with family and friends are some of my favorite memories.

[DigglerontheHoof 21207]

41 of 41, if you include CHIEF's list

[Anastasis 23481]

I'd be n-1/n if you added cooter's very good additions to the list. I don't think that I have ever had dewberry cobbler.

 

I would add further three items I haven't seen to the list:

cabrito

carne guisada

carnitas

[Anastasis 23481]

On 11/26/2020 at 12:07 AM, General Specific said:

100%, A+, whatever. But what does half of that list have to do with being a Texan?

Food is one of the most, if not THE most, important defining aspects of culture. 

[Anastasis 23481]

Oh, and original list is like an applebee's menu of food midwesterners think of when they think of Texas. 

Edited December 2, 2020 by Anastasis

[CooterBrown 18016]

Here's a consolidated list of actual Texan eats.

 

Your Score:

• 60 - Roy Benavides
• 50-59 - Earl Campbell
• 40-49 - Willie Nelson
• 30-39 - Beyonce
• 20-29 - Kelly Clarkson
• <20 - Ted Cruz

1	3 tacos on a styrofoam plate standing in a gravel parking lot next to a taco truck.
2	BBQ crab
3	Big Red and barbacoa
4	Breakfast tacos
5	Dewberry cobbler
6	Dove
7	Dublin Dr Pepper
8	Fried backstrap
9	Fried chicken gizzards and livers
10	Klobasnek
11	Lone Star
12	Machacado con huevos
13	Menudo
14	Migas
15	Mustang grapes
16	Nopalitos
17	Parisa
18	Pearl
19	Pickled onions
20	Prickly Pear Jelly
21	Puffy tacos
22	Quail
23	Rattlesnake
24	Redfish on the half shell
25	Rice with giblet gravy
26	Sheet cake
27	Shiner Premium
28	Steak fingers
29	Tamales from an Igloo
30	Frito Pie
31	Biscuits and Sausage Gravy
32	Skillet Fried Chicken
33	Raw Oysters
34	Fried Squash
35	Fried Squirrel
36	Chili - no beans, no tomatos
37	Smoked Brisket
38	Smoked Beef Ribs
39	Ranch Style Beans
40	Borracho Beans
41	Corn Dog
42	Texas Toast
43	Mustard Potato Salad
44	Chicken Fried Steak
45	Pecan Pie
46	Hot Gut Sausage
47	Buttermilk Pie
48	Posole
49	Cast-Iron Pan Cornbread
50	Chili Con Queso
51	King Ranch Casserole
52	Peach Cobbler
53	Pecan Pralines
54	Beef Fajitas - skirt steak only
55	Texas Caviar
56	Kolaches
57	Tostada Burger
58	Cabrito
59	Carne Guisada
60	Carnitas

 

 

[Anastasis 23481]

That's a really superb list.  There are a few very good differentiators. Went through it just now with my daughter, and was pretty surprised how many of the non-alcohol items she was able to check off.  Solid Willie Nelson level. 

[Longboard Horn 40397]

35/36 never had rabbit 

[High Plains Drifter 11050]

 

36/36

plus everything (I think) in all the added lists, although I'm not sure what "King Ranch Casserole" is, and I've never had fried squirrel, that I know of.

 

My addition: Allsup's burrito.

 

As a kid, we used to hunt rabbits and squirrels on my grandfather's farm. Grandma would fry up the rabbit, but she wouldn't touch those "tree rats" with a ten foot ladle.

 

 

 

 

 

[Anastasis 23481]

Just now, High Plains Drifter said:

My addition: Allsup's burrito.

Too overly regional imo, but not an unreasonable add. 

[DigglerontheHoof 21207]

2 hours ago, CooterBrown said:

Here's a consolidated list of actual Texan eats.

 

Your Score:

• 60 - Roy Benavides
• 50-59 - Earl Campbell
• 40-49 - Willie Nelson
• 30-39 - Beyonce
• 20-29 - Kelly Clarkson
• <20 - Ted Cruz

1	3 tacos on a styrofoam plate standing in a gravel parking lot next to a taco truck.
2	BBQ crab
3	Big Red and barbacoa
4	Breakfast tacos
5	Dewberry cobbler
6	Dove
7	Dublin Dr Pepper
8	Fried backstrap
9	Fried chicken gizzards and livers
10	Klobasnek
11	Lone Star
12	Machacado con huevos
13	Menudo
14	Migas
15	Mustang grapes
16	Nopalitos
17	Parisa
18	Pearl
19	Pickled onions
20	Prickly Pear Jelly
21	Puffy tacos
22	Quail
23	Rattlesnake
24	Redfish on the half shell
25	Rice with giblet gravy
26	Sheet cake
27	Shiner Premium
28	Steak fingers
29	Tamales from an Igloo
30	Frito Pie
31	Biscuits and Sausage Gravy
32	Skillet Fried Chicken
33	Raw Oysters
34	Fried Squash
35	Fried Squirrel
36	Chili - no beans, no tomatos
37	Smoked Brisket
38	Smoked Beef Ribs
39	Ranch Style Beans
40	Borracho Beans
41	Corn Dog
42	Texas Toast
43	Mustard Potato Salad
44	Chicken Fried Steak
45	Pecan Pie
46	Hot Gut Sausage
47	Buttermilk Pie
48	Posole
49	Cast-Iron Pan Cornbread
50	Chili Con Queso
51	King Ranch Casserole
52	Peach Cobbler
53	Pecan Pralines
54	Beef Fajitas - skirt steak only
55	Texas Caviar
56	Kolaches
57	Tostada Burger
58	Cabrito
59	Carne Guisada
60	Carnitas

 

 

59/60  Never had fried squirrel 

[CHIEF 5094]

4 hours ago, CooterBrown said:

Here's a consolidated list of actual Texan eats.

 

Your Score:

• 60 - Roy Benavides
• 50-59 - Earl Campbell
• 40-49 - Willie Nelson
• 30-39 - Beyonce
• 20-29 - Kelly Clarkson
• <20 - Ted Cruz

1	3 tacos on a styrofoam plate standing in a gravel parking lot next to a taco truck.
2	BBQ crab
3	Big Red and barbacoa
4	Breakfast tacos
5	Dewberry cobbler
6	Dove
7	Dublin Dr Pepper
8	Fried backstrap
9	Fried chicken gizzards and livers
10	Klobasnek
11	Lone Star
12	Machacado con huevos
13	Menudo
14	Migas
15	Mustang grapes
16	Nopalitos
17	Parisa
18	Pearl
19	Pickled onions
20	Prickly Pear Jelly
21	Puffy tacos
22	Quail
23	Rattlesnake
24	Redfish on the half shell
25	Rice with giblet gravy
26	Sheet cake
27	Shiner Premium
28	Steak fingers
29	Tamales from an Igloo
30	Frito Pie
31	Biscuits and Sausage Gravy
32	Skillet Fried Chicken
33	Raw Oysters
34	Fried Squash
35	Fried Squirrel
36	Chili - no beans, no tomatos
37	Smoked Brisket
38	Smoked Beef Ribs
39	Ranch Style Beans
40	Borracho Beans
41	Corn Dog
42	Texas Toast
43	Mustard Potato Salad
44	Chicken Fried Steak
45	Pecan Pie
46	Hot Gut Sausage
47	Buttermilk Pie
48	Posole
49	Cast-Iron Pan Cornbread
50	Chili Con Queso
51	King Ranch Casserole
52	Peach Cobbler
53	Pecan Pralines
54	Beef Fajitas - skirt steak only
55	Texas Caviar
56	Kolaches
57	Tostada Burger
58	Cabrito
59	Carne Guisada
60	Carnitas

 

 

55/60 Earl Campbell

CHIEF

[hornbri 1400]

3 hours ago, High Plains Drifter said:

My addition: Allsup's burrito

Good add, but isn't that more a New Mexico thing?

I think I am 60/60 on the list. 

[Vic Mackey 47093]

I always hear about Allsup's on here. Never seen one of those places in my life.

[Anastasis 23481]

9 minutes ago, hornbri said:

Good add, but isn't that more a New Mexico thing?

I think I am 60/60 on the list. 

I'll allow it.

 

 

[956 Worldwide 34738]

5 hours ago, CooterBrown said:

Here's a consolidated list of actual Texan eats.

 

Your Score:

• 60 - Roy Benavides
• 50-59 - Earl Campbell
• 40-49 - Willie Nelson
• 30-39 - Beyonce
• 20-29 - Kelly Clarkson
• <20 - Ted Cruz

1	3 tacos on a styrofoam plate standing in a gravel parking lot next to a taco truck.
2	BBQ crab
3	Big Red and barbacoa
4	Breakfast tacos
5	Dewberry cobbler
6	Dove
7	Dublin Dr Pepper
8	Fried backstrap
9	Fried chicken gizzards and livers
10	Klobasnek
11	Lone Star
12	Machacado con huevos
13	Menudo
14	Migas
15	Mustang grapes
16	Nopalitos
17	Parisa
18	Pearl
19	Pickled onions
20	Prickly Pear Jelly
21	Puffy tacos
22	Quail
23	Rattlesnake
24	Redfish on the half shell
25	Rice with giblet gravy
26	Sheet cake
27	Shiner Premium
28	Steak fingers
29	Tamales from an Igloo
30	Frito Pie
31	Biscuits and Sausage Gravy
32	Skillet Fried Chicken
33	Raw Oysters
34	Fried Squash
35	Fried Squirrel
36	Chili - no beans, no tomatos
37	Smoked Brisket
38	Smoked Beef Ribs
39	Ranch Style Beans
40	Borracho Beans
41	Corn Dog
42	Texas Toast
43	Mustard Potato Salad
44	Chicken Fried Steak
45	Pecan Pie
46	Hot Gut Sausage
47	Buttermilk Pie
48	Posole
49	Cast-Iron Pan Cornbread
50	Chili Con Queso
51	King Ranch Casserole
52	Peach Cobbler
53	Pecan Pralines
54	Beef Fajitas - skirt steak only
55	Texas Caviar
56	Kolaches
57	Tostada Burger
58	Cabrito
59	Carne Guisada
60	Carnitas

 

 

52/60 Earl Campbell

Possible contributions:

Raspa with chili powder 

Nilgai burger 

[CooterBrown 18016]

2 minutes ago, 956 Worldwide said:

52/60 Earl Campbell

Possible contributions:

Raspa with chili powder 

Nilgai burger 

I agree with the raspa but iffy on Nilgai.

I think maybe a Vietnamese style crawfish boil should be on there too.

Also fried cornmeal coated bass and perch.

 

 

[gsoda3 3274]

35/36.  only one i hadn't had was fried rabbit.  i've had stewed rabbit but never fried.  

[tx 3 putt 77237]

On 11/22/2020 at 5:38 AM, immamac said:

36/36 I just call these items "food" 

same

[956 Worldwide 34738]

15 hours ago, CooterBrown said:

I agree with the raspa but iffy on Nilgai.

I think maybe a Vietnamese style crawfish boil should be on there too.

Also fried cornmeal coated bass and perch.

 

 

+ 1 on the bass/perch

Fried snapper throats would be a strong contender, too.

[bluto 4934]

I always hear about Allsup's on here. Never seen one of those places in my life.

There’s one on 78 just north of pgbt in Garland ish

[Walden Ponderer 12639]

23 hours ago, Anastasis said:

I don't think that I have ever had dewberry cobbler. 

I would add further three items I haven't seen to the list:

cabrito

carne guisada

carnitas

if your granny called it blackberry, that's just fine. It was probably dewberry.

Meanwhile, if you haven't had cabrito, turn in your Texan card. That's just bullshit right there. No cabrito, you're not a Texan.

[Guest]

17 hours ago, Vic Mackey said:

I always hear about Allsup's on here. Never seen one of those places in my life.

West Texas thing...

Almost every little town has an Allsups.  I've compared the burritos with the JITB 2/$1 tacos for being a grotesque, yet slamming hard delicacy.

 

Edited December 3, 2020 by slorch

[Anastasis 23481]

2 hours ago, Walden Ponderer said:

if your granny called it blackberry, that's just fine. It was probably dewberry.

 

Well god damnit, why didn't y'all just say so.

Wait, does not knowing the difference mean I lose my card?

[Nivek 16949]

Apparently I was a Texan as a Floridian kid. Huh.

[Walden Ponderer 12639]

21 minutes ago, Anastasis said:

Well god damnit, why didn't y'all just say so.

Wait, does not knowing the difference mean I lose my card?

No, it just means you haven't spent as much time in rural East Texas, where that dewberry nonsense started. It's blackberry to those of us whose German grandparents in the Hill Country knew what the fuck to actually call it.

[Steel Shank 9430]

Mulberries count?

[Vic Mackey 47093]

3 hours ago, bluto said:

There’s one on 78 just north of pgbt in Garland ish

Oh damn. Didn't know this. I might need to check it out just for the hell of it.

[Walden Ponderer 12639]

29 minutes ago, Steel Shank said:

Mulberries count?

Only if you're trying to cure constipation.

[DigglerontheHoof 21207]

On 12/2/2020 at 2:01 PM, CooterBrown said:

I agree with the raspa but iffy on Nilgai.

I think maybe a Vietnamese style crawfish boil should be on there too.

Also fried cornmeal coated bass and perch.

 

 

Intrigued.  I'm assuming the difference is the boil spice and veggies included.