A little interesting that Fredericksburg peaches didn't make the list. Or Czech Stop kolaches.

Tramp96 said:

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Who?mikejones! said:

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CDUB98 said:

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Upon further reflection, I'm 100% sure that list was made by some yankee.

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Time to make our own:

1. Shiner
2. Whataburger
3. Rare steak
4. Ribs
5. Brisket
6. Cheese enchiladas with Chile con queson and onions
7. Tamales
8. Chili sans beans
9. Gulf seafood
10. Margaritas
11. Pecan pie
12. Grape fruit
13. Texas sheet cakes
14. Roasted pecans
15. Chicken fried steak
16. Chili con queso
17. Kolaches
18. Concession stand frito pie
19. Texas caviar
20. Salsa
21. King ranch casserole
22. Mesquite jelly
23. Vension anything
24. Fried Gator
25. Fried frog legs
26. Fried rattle snake
27. Catfish
28. Lone star beer
29. Armadillo
30. Burracho beans
31. Chicharrones
32. Crawfish
33. Wild berries from side of road
34. Dove of any variety
35. Wild pig
36. Guacamole
37. Sausage, preferably deer
38. Street tacos/breakfast tacos
39. Blue bell
40. Cactus
41. Cow nuts
42. Buccees nuggets
43. Dr. Pepper
44. Fajitas
45. Fresh peaches from marble falls or pittsburg
46. Roasted pine nuts(this one might just be me)


Feel free to add or criticize

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I would also add:
1. Pecans picked up off the ground from under the tree that you crack open with your own hands (or place on the concrete and gently crack open with your heel).
2. Watermelon growing under the nest of trees between two of the fields you are working that makes a cool treat on a hot July afternoon when you're taking a break. Cut open with your own pocket knife.
3. Blueberries and blackberries that you just plucked off the branch....also on a hot summer afternoon while taking a break from farming.
4. Pickles made from the cucumbers grown in your own garden.
5. Crawdads you plucked out of their holes yourself.
6. Corn on the cob that you just picked from your own field and shucked yourself on the front porch.
7. Squash and zucchini from your own garden

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Texas watermelon has to be eaten with Tajin or it doesn't count.

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Crawdads

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As Lyle would say, "that's right you're not from Texas"

Nachos should probably also have made the list, but I get that they're everywhere now.

For me the only one missed is bluebonnet wine. And as others have said, that can't be a thing. Googling produces little info on this, besides white wines with bluebonnets on the label, a bluebonnet wine trail, and other random things.

Who?mikejones! said:

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SPF250 said:

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Chili sans beans? Are you from the Department of Redundancy Department?

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Assistant to the regional manager

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Im Gipper said:

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Crawdads

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As Lyle would say, "that's right you're not from Texas"

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I dunno. That's what we always called them. I've eaten hundreds if not thousands of pounds of them over my life.

We'd eat crawdads at a crawfish boil.

All but two: Cowboy beans and bluebonnet wine.

Never heard of either one of them.

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Never heard of bluebonnet wine. Only one I missed.

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I'd never heard of that or cowboy beans. I missed 2.

Texas watermelon was eaten for decades upon decades before people had ever heard of Tajin.
I have never eaten watermelon with Tajin but I might give it a try. I know my wife would like it.

What happened to BBQ cabrito? When I was a kid in the Gillett, TX area when there was a "feed" put on for friends and neighbors it wasn't brisket, pork shoulders or chicken that was cooked over the coals. It was Spanish goat. Even had some soft shell turtle once........and racoon

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All but two: Cowboy beans and bluebonnet wine.

Never heard of either one of them.

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its just beans with ground beef. I had that million different ways, i've never heard it called cowboy beans.

Just like the king ranch casserole, never heard of that, but have had several versions of that dish

I have never seen a Texan eat Shiner Bock

47. I dont know what some of those are

Im Gipper said:

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As Lyle would say, "that's right you're not from Texas"

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As a kid in Central Texas in the early-to-mid 70's, we called them crawdads. We were taught "crawdads" by parents who grew up in Texas (we being me and my friends).

So anyone who says that "crawdads" is not Texan has no clue what they're talking about.

American Hardwood said:

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Tramp96 said:

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Who?mikejones! said:

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CDUB98 said:

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Upon further reflection, I'm 100% sure that list was made by some yankee.

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Time to make our own:

1. Shiner
2. Whataburger
3. Rare steak
4. Ribs
5. Brisket
6. Cheese enchiladas with Chile con queson and onions
7. Tamales
8. Chili sans beans
9. Gulf seafood
10. Margaritas
11. Pecan pie
12. Grape fruit
13. Texas sheet cakes
14. Roasted pecans
15. Chicken fried steak
16. Chili con queso
17. Kolaches
18. Concession stand frito pie
19. Texas caviar
20. Salsa
21. King ranch casserole
22. Mesquite jelly
23. Vension anything
24. Fried Gator
25. Fried frog legs
26. Fried rattle snake
27. Catfish
28. Lone star beer
29. Armadillo
30. Burracho beans
31. Chicharrones
32. Crawfish
33. Wild berries from side of road
34. Dove of any variety
35. Wild pig
36. Guacamole
37. Sausage, preferably deer
38. Street tacos/breakfast tacos
39. Blue bell
40. Cactus
41. Cow nuts
42. Buccees nuggets
43. Dr. Pepper
44. Fajitas
45. Fresh peaches from marble falls or pittsburg
46. Roasted pine nuts(this one might just be me)


Feel free to add or criticize

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I would also add:
1. Pecans picked up off the ground from under the tree that you crack open with your own hands (or place on the concrete and gently crack open with your heel).
2. Watermelon growing under the nest of trees between two of the fields you are working that makes a cool treat on a hot July afternoon when you're taking a break. Cut open with your own pocket knife.
3. Blueberries and blackberries that you just plucked off the branch....also on a hot summer afternoon while taking a break from farming.
4. Pickles made from the cucumbers grown in your own garden.
5. Crawdads you plucked out of their holes yourself.
6. Corn on the cob that you just picked from your own field and shucked yourself on the front porch.
7. Squash and zucchini from your own garden

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Texas watermelon has to be eaten with Tajin or it doesn't count.

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Never heard of Tajin.

When you are eating watermelon that is growing out in the field with a pocket knife, you don't carry something called "Tajin" on the tractor with you.

Tramp96 said:

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Im Gipper said:

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Crawdads

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As Lyle would say, "that's right you're not from Texas"

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As a kid in Central Texas in the early-to-mid 70's, we called them crawdads. We were taught "crawdads" by parents who grew up in Texas (we being me and my friends).

So anyone who says that "crawdads" is not Texan has no clue what they're talking about.

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Yep. We called them crawdads as well.

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Nachos should probably also have made the list, but I get that they're everywhere now.

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Yes, i think the story is they were invented by some guy named nacho across the border from eagle pass for a group of americans and spread quickly through Texas after that

Who?mikejones! said:

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Jeeper79 said:

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Nachos should probably also have made the list, but I get that they're everywhere now.

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Yes, i think the story is they were invented by some guy named nacho across the border from eagle pass for a group of americans and spread quickly through Texas after that

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Just to be clear when it comes to nachos, from a guy who takes them way too seriously.

Tortilla chips with melted processed cheese from a can poured over them should not qualify as "nachos" if we are talking about Texan qualifications.

Nachos must have real cheese that has been placed on the chip first, and then baked to melt. Ideally, there will be a layer of refried beans under the cheese. And then of course, adding that glorious fajita steak on top is the chef's kiss, but isn't mandatory.

I'm surprised fried gator made the list and not squirrel. There are far more squirrels in people's freezers than gators.

Tramp96 said:

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Nachos must have real cheese that has been placed on the chip first, and then baked to melt. Ideally, there will be a layer of refried beans under the cheese. And then of course, adding that glorious fajita steak on top is the chef's kiss, but isn't mandatory.

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Where are the jalapenos? Without jalapenos, that's just chips with cheese, not nachos.

Tramp96 said:

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Who?mikejones! said:

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Jeeper79 said:

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Nachos should probably also have made the list, but I get that they're everywhere now.

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Yes, i think the story is they were invented by some guy named nacho across the border from eagle pass for a group of americans and spread quickly through Texas after that

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Just to be clear when it comes to nachos, from a guy who takes them way too seriously.

Tortilla chips with melted processed cheese from a can poured over them should not qualify as "nachos" if we are talking about Texan qualifications.

Nachos must have real cheese that has been placed on the chip first, and then baked to melt. Ideally, there will be a layer of refried beans under the cheese. And then of course, adding that glorious fajita steak on top is the chef's kiss, but isn't mandatory.

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I'm just relaying their origin story.

Kinda like chili- the chili queens' original chili did not have beans or tomatoes or cheese or sour cream

The list is missing:

Menudo
Mollejas
Fried Bluegill

I have no clue what bluebonnet wine is. That's the only one I haven't tried.

I've always thought of menudo as more Mexican than texan

During Christmas break a local foreman of a huge ranch that ran Angus cattle would hire us to help work cattle which included castrating the young bull calves. Lunch was cheese, crackers and roasted bull nads

Tramp96 said:

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American Hardwood said:

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Tramp96 said:

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Who?mikejones! said:

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CDUB98 said:

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Upon further reflection, I'm 100% sure that list was made by some yankee.

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Time to make our own:

1. Shiner
2. Whataburger
3. Rare steak
4. Ribs
5. Brisket
6. Cheese enchiladas with Chile con queson and onions
7. Tamales
8. Chili sans beans
9. Gulf seafood
10. Margaritas
11. Pecan pie
12. Grape fruit
13. Texas sheet cakes
14. Roasted pecans
15. Chicken fried steak
16. Chili con queso
17. Kolaches
18. Concession stand frito pie
19. Texas caviar
20. Salsa
21. King ranch casserole
22. Mesquite jelly
23. Vension anything
24. Fried Gator
25. Fried frog legs
26. Fried rattle snake
27. Catfish
28. Lone star beer
29. Armadillo
30. Burracho beans
31. Chicharrones
32. Crawfish
33. Wild berries from side of road
34. Dove of any variety
35. Wild pig
36. Guacamole
37. Sausage, preferably deer
38. Street tacos/breakfast tacos
39. Blue bell
40. Cactus
41. Cow nuts
42. Buccees nuggets
43. Dr. Pepper
44. Fajitas
45. Fresh peaches from marble falls or pittsburg
46. Roasted pine nuts(this one might just be me)


Feel free to add or criticize

---

I would also add:
1. Pecans picked up off the ground from under the tree that you crack open with your own hands (or place on the concrete and gently crack open with your heel).
2. Watermelon growing under the nest of trees between two of the fields you are working that makes a cool treat on a hot July afternoon when you're taking a break. Cut open with your own pocket knife.
3. Blueberries and blackberries that you just plucked off the branch....also on a hot summer afternoon while taking a break from farming.
4. Pickles made from the cucumbers grown in your own garden.
5. Crawdads you plucked out of their holes yourself.
6. Corn on the cob that you just picked from your own field and shucked yourself on the front porch.
7. Squash and zucchini from your own garden

---

Texas watermelon has to be eaten with Tajin or it doesn't count.

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Never heard of Tajin.

When you are eating watermelon that is growing out in the field with a pocket knife, you don't carry something called "Tajin" on the tractor with you.

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Chili/Lime/Salt

Tramp96 said:

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Who?mikejones! said:

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Jeeper79 said:

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Nachos should probably also have made the list, but I get that they're everywhere now.

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Yes, i think the story is they were invented by some guy named nacho across the border from eagle pass for a group of americans and spread quickly through Texas after that

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Just to be clear when it comes to nachos, from a guy who takes them way too seriously.

Tortilla chips with melted processed cheese from a can poured over them should not qualify as "nachos" if we are talking about Texan qualifications.

Nachos must have real cheese that has been placed on the chip first, and then baked to melt. Ideally, there will be a layer of refried beans under the cheese. And then of course, adding that glorious fajita steak on top is the chef's kiss, but isn't mandatory.

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I ate those watching my HS football team play many times. Last I checked, San Antonio is in Texas...

To be fair ballpark nachos are a Texas creation too. Introduced at Rangers stadium in their first season iirc

I loathe pecans and watermelon

Purple Hull Peas

They are grown & consumed in Texas more than any other state, and it's really not close. Most of the nation has never even heard of them.

They are delicious too.

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Purple Hull Peas

They are grown & consumed in Texas more than any other state, and it's really not close. Most of the nation has never even heard of them.

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Not a fan.

Big Beef Ribs (AKA Back Ribs or Dino Ribs or Long Ribs)

They are still pretty unique to Texas

What are y'all calling Texas Caviar???

The stuff I've had was black eyed peas with chopped jalapeños and other stuff in kind of a charro bean / pico type dish