Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Is BBQ the "official" food of Texas?

When people think of food in Texas, do they think first of BBQ or is it something else? Chicken-fried steak? Maybe Tex-Mex? To help the case for BBQ, there aren't scores of restaurants outside of Texas that are dedicated to Texas (fill in the blank with a cuisine other than BBQ). If there were an official food of The Lone Star State, what would it be? (UPDATE: There is an official food of Texas: chili.) When most non-Texans think of Texas food, what comes to mind most often?

14 comments:

Drew Thornley said...

Twitter reply: "It should be the official food of America!!"

Drew Thornley said...

Twitter reply: "Tacos. Easy."

Drew Thornley said...

Twitter reply: "I love them all."

Drew Thornley said...

Twitter reply: "Chili."

Drew Thornley said...

Twitter follow-up to "I love them all" Twitter reply: "BBQ has to edge out Tex-Mex. Especially nowadays. So many diff flavors/crafts of que: wood, times, pits, temps."

Drew Thornley said...

Twitter reply: "going to be Que, we brought it to the White House. Walter Jetton, LBJ et al. Tex Mex 2nd and prolly 1st outside central Texas"

Drew Thornley said...

Twitter reply: "The Official State Dish of Texas is chili. This has been so since 1977. Read the legislation here: tinyurl.com/ckrz6df"

Drew Thornley said...

Twitter reply: "Could you roll all of that in to a Taco? That might be the solution to this conundrum #RealMenOfGenius"

Drew Thornley said...

Twitter reply: "@ManUpTexasBBQ: The OFFICIAL dish of #Texas is #chili. (H/t, @thetexanist) Did the #txlege get it right, people?// I respectively disagree"

Drew Thornley said...

Twitter reply: "I love chili and make it all yr long but I don't ponder which chili joint I want to hit up next. Brisket chili is insane tho"

Drew Thornley said...

Twitter reply: "Oooo. Tough question!"

Drew Thornley said...

Twitter reply: "@thetexanist is right. Chili is the official dish of TX & folks who know beans about chili know there's no beans in chili."

Drew Thornley said...

Twitter reply: "tacos! We Texans make a taco out if everything! And you can't get Texas tacos outside of Texas!"

Drew Thornley said...

Twitter reply: "Shiner Bock..."