A Hunger for Frito Pie, From the Artery-Clogged Heart of Texas

The New York Times ^ | February 21, 2003 | JOHN SCHWARTZ

[knak]

roflmao, that's a new one

[Diddle E. Squat]

Wolf Brand Chili isn't the only thing Corisicana is famous for. It was the site of the first major oilfield in Texas(before Spindletop) and is home to Collin Street Bakery, the first mail-order fruitcake business(for better or worse. Personally I like THEIR fruitcakes, and they've got tons of other great pies and cakes, delivered in nice decorative tins.)

[CCWoody]

For 2 days now our high has been 18 degrees. If you keep it up, we are going to finish acclimating one of our Rangers to that ice cube you call a state and send him up there to Whup all ya'll.

[JavaTheHutt]

Don't you really mean that Tejas was part of New Mexico (along with Colorado, Arizona, and portions of California) long before any "Texicans" got tired of Santa Ana?

Did them new Mexicans ever form their own country? Nope, I didn't think so.

[Diddle E. Squat]

Yep, that stringy stuff they call BBQ in Georgia and the Carolinas just doesn't compare. And good luck trying finding any links(sausage) at one of those BBQ joints.

[Ol' Sox]

And sausage is a "good" term for the meat product involved :)

LOL, its the only breakfast meat that can pucker.

I can't believe I just wrote that...:(

[knak]

I'll have to try those peanuts sometime, if I ever get to leave this frozen land.

CC: 18 degrees! You call that cold?

Just kidding. I was born and raised there and I still think 30 degrees in Texas is colder than it is here. Most of the time anyway.

[Diddle E. Squat]

Herr's Potato Chips are good, and I miss Sheetz, Eat-N-Park, and Wawa's!

[Mjaye]

Didn't know about Frito Pie, but it reminds me of my version of Tamale Pie. Line an 8x8 baking dish with sliced XLNT tamales, then cover with chili (I sometimes add sweet corn to the chili). Top with lots of Fritos and cheese and/or onions, bake until hot. Black olives, if you prefer, on top. Most excellent!

[dakine]

The first time I was served grits, I put milk and sugar on them like oatmeal....Now after all these years, I realize a fried egg and butter is the best....

[annyokie]

Eat 'n' Park is good, but Sheetz? (I lived in PA for ten years. Took many years off Purgatory that way.)

[uncbuck]

I had a scrapple sanwhich yesterday for lunch. I have been eating it for years, and to this day don't want to know whats really in it.

Suffice it to say, Its a breakfast "meat" made from scrap pig parts and corn meal.

What those parts are, you don't want to know.

If you do decide to try it, get habbersets, its the best.

[CCWoody]

(Don't stone me, I am married to a native Texan!)


Speaking as a Texan, everyone needs the experience. But, if you keep up your insolence against us, I may have to straighten you out when I come visit in May. HA!

[DeFault User]

Scrapple, huh?

Well, if you'll eat that stuff, come on down South and have some liver mush and chittlin's. (Same sort of ingredients [waste pork products], just different appearance.)

[uncbuck]

Awwlh, now see, ya ruined it, tellin' me its got liver a stuff.

Unknown pork parts is better than knowin' it's liver a b*tt-holes and snouts.

Been down south many times, dated girl from Texas, used to fly down to her family every other weekend.

We northerners just don't know how to cook, it's all that german, irish, english fare--- Bland as all h*ll!

[Diddle E. Squat]

I worked for the railroad, would go to work at all hours of the night in small PA towns. The Sheetz places we went to could make pretty good breakfast and sandwich foods at 3am.

[HoustonCurmudgeon]

but I have to ask...what about the beans?..

F^&*ING yankee ..... don't know a damn thing 'bout nothing ....... *&*^%$ ^%&%$ **&^%%^ ...... snow up to their a$$ .............. ;-)

[annyokie]

I agree. Sheetz is thoe only place to eat when you're on the Turnpike. How I missed the Waffle House, though.

[HoustonCurmudgeon]

The Woolworths on the Plaza in Santa Fe, New Mexico! Sorry, Texans.

No reason to be sorry, we gave up New Mexico long ago, not enough oil, but remember where you came from!

[jiggyboy]

Maybe you could put the chili over some lard-cooked potato chips for that PA touch!