Got this in an email today and had to share...
Things I learned living in Texas .
1. A possum is a flat animal that sleeps in the middle of the road.
2. There are 5,000 types of snakes and 4,998 of them live in Texas .
3. There are 10,000 types of spiders. All 10,000 of them live in Texas , plus a couple no one's seen before.
4. If it grows, it'll stick ya. If it crawls, it'll bite cha.
5. "Onced" and "Twiced" are words.
6. It is not a shopping cart, it is a buggy!
7. "Jaw -P?" means "Did ya'll go to the bathroom?"
8. People drive with the windows down and the AC on.
9. "Fixinto" is one word.
10. There is no such thing as "lunch". There is only dinner and then there is supper.
11. Iced tea is appropriate for all meals and you start drinking it when you're two. We do like a little tea with our sugar.
12. Backwards and forwards means "I know everything about you."
13. The word "jeet" is actually a phrase meaning "Did you eat?"
14. You don't have to wear a watch, because it doesn't matter what time it is, you work until you're done or it's too dark to see.
15. You don't PUSH buttons, you MASH EM.
16. "No. Jew ?" is a common response to the question "Did you bring any beer?"
17. You measure distance in minutes.
18. You switch from heat to A/C in the same day.
19. All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit, vegetable, grain, insect or animal.
20. You know what a "DAWG" is.
21. You carry jumper cables in your car --- for your OWN car.
22. You only own five spices: salt, pepper, Tony's, Tabasco and Ketchup.
23. The local papers cover national and international news on one page, but require 6 pages for local high school sports and motor sports, and gossip.
24. You think that the first day of deer season is a national holiday.
25. You find 100 de grees Fahrenheit "a bit warm".
26. You know all four seasons: Almost summer, summer, still summer, and Christmas.
27. Going to Wal-Mart is a favorite past time kno was "goin' Wal-Martin" or "off to Wally World".
28. You de scribe the first cool snap (belo w 70 de grees) as good chicken ste w w eather.
29. Fried catfish is the other white meat.
30. We don't need no dang driver's Ed. If our mama says we can drive, we can drive dag-nabbit.
31. An hour is not a long drive to work.
32. The first chigger bite of summer is a honnored thing.
33. 10 miles over the speed limit is the real speed limit.
34. Everyone must own at least one truck.
35. Hank Hill is a local hero, and he lives in each Texas town.
36. You can grill in the snow, sleet, rain, and hail.
37. Everything stops when the Cowboys are on.
38. It is to warm in winter to grow most things, and to hot in the summer for almost everything else - the few plants that will grow run like weeds.
39. Water is worth more than gold.
Things I learned Living in Texas
My sister-in-law, a transplant from Michigan, used to say "Everyone is "fixin' to" and nothing ever gets fixed!"
Carla
I wasn't born in Texas, but I got here as fast as I could.
LOL I had the dinner/supper conversation with my DH just yesterday. Even when I started scool it was the dinner bell!
Oh and don't forget! A coke is a coke no matter what flavor it is!
especially if you're in Waco or Dallas, and then it's a Dr. Pepper. :)
No, the first cold snap is CHILI weather! Not that mild stuff they call chili other places...if you don't reach for something to drink after one bite, it ain't really chili. And if you're kinda panting a little, your eyes water and you have to wait a spell before trying another spoonful, it's GOOD chili!
Anybody remember seeing your Daddy come home with a block of ice on the runnin' board for the icebox? Okay, that's more a test of how old ya are, not where ya lived! If you can't remember that, you're not that old!
Yup # 28 was written by a Yankee. Everyone knows the first cold snap is chili weather or in this part of the state it's Gumbo weather.
and "bless your heart" really means " that was pretty dumb" --"bless her heart " means you are about to gossip and i aint gonna be nice----------as in "bless her heart she looks like she never did lose that baby fat"
Yep,....ya got ice at the "ice house" and if you wanted it "already chopped up" (so you didn't have to use the pick......much),....it was carried with tongs to a biggo clunky lookin' machine with a chute on top - big enough to accept a big block of clear ice - and, while it was runnin',....drop that block in - after you positioned the large PAPER bag
(before plastic) to catch the chunks that fell out at the bottom,....and watch the chips fly while all the noise was being made. Of course,...the chopping machine was "new technology"
I'm native Houstonian, my DDH is Wisconsinite down here since '53. All our kids are Houstonians. But, DDH's birth family is in Wisconsin. I sent this link to them in Green Bay and Racine and DDH's brother wrote back " Now I can understand Y'all". Yeah sometimes you just gotta educate people in the foreign countries.
Ann
I learned that the people are friendly, witty, and kind.
And the wildflowers the most beautiful.
Josephine.
plantladyhou I laughed when I read your post...even if you lived in Illinois you would still have to educate cheeseheads unless it is about cheese, green bay packers or the polka and I say this as I spent most of my life in Illinois and know several cheeseheads. hehehe
Now on to the list..
#24 that isn't just in Texas back in Illinois it is the same as here
#37 it don't matter who is playing football stops everything here for DH and DS
#1 that is alot of places not just here but for Texas I thought it was the armadillo seen a number of those lately in the road.
Everything else I totally understand and why but I still giggle at the cold snap and probably will until I have been here long enough to not remember how cold ti really gets in northern Illinois
I'm with Carla up there.... wasn't born here but got here as fast as I could and really lovin it.
Phyllis
#1 might be difficult to get an accurate count by species - 'Dillos, 'Possums, Skunks, Snakes, & Deer are all out there.
#36 - those were the BEST weather conditions to grill in when we were stuck in Colorado for a couple of years - humidity so low the meat would turn into jerky otherwise.
Best thing the US military ever did for me was bring me here - been in Texas pert' near 80% of my life. Glad to be here.
#20 should be "horny toad"...lots of places call dogs "dawgs", so that's not unique to Texas.
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And if you're not from Texas, or haven't lived here a while, y'all just ain't gonna get it. It's a whole 'nother state.
(Texas born and bred.)
farfanger
the digit between the thumb and middle finger.
Hmmmm, Bubba....can't say I've ever eaten skunk.....never thought about it,...
OK,....jus' did and.....naaaaaaaa!
However,....everything else,....another story.
Native Houstonian (Heights Hospital) 5th gen (as Brigidlily said:.....
Texan born & bred....)
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ROFLOL.
Now, we're talking OLD Texans. I was born a hospital in downtown Houston so long ago that they have torn down the original. Honest........
As for #19...... Brazoria has a "NO NAME FESTIVAL" each June. It was named that due to no one agreeing to a name when it was first discussed some umpteen years ago. I know, I was there.
Not to mention all of the nationality festivals, food festivals, beer & wine festivals. As for festival names - one of my favorite is the "Mosquito Festival".
Those are all "hilarious" ROFLOL! I, too am not a born Texan, but got here as soon as I could!!! We've been here since 1977 and love it dearly!!!!
question ...do Texans eat turkey? I know I've been told that pork is not a big thing in Texas but what about turkey?
The Texans I know eat Turkey for Thanksgiving, and Christmas holidays.
They also eat pork chops, have Ham; Eat bacon; Most Texans I know will pretty much eat anything, if it doesn't eat them first......alligator, rattle snake meat have been found at Chili cookoffs!
#1 1. A possum is a flat animal that sleeps in the middle of the road.
Armadillos are those speed bumps in the middle of the highway.
Thanks AJNTEXAS for the speed bump info I try to avoid them ...sad there are 2 in town on a busy street bad choice of a place to try and cross the road.
Texasgal77...the reason I asked is with all the festivals named after bugs, plants, animals I wondered why there isn't a Turkey Testicial Festival down here ...
they have them back in Illinois....hahahahah...yes they really do they are cleaned, seasoned, deep fried and eaten
And NO I have never had any thank you very much
Mitch,
This had me LOL....we moved here from California 3 years ago, and we are still learning......thanks for the education.
Pam
Just got this is in an email and wow so many hit it on th head we lol for a long time over this and I just had to share.
Another one of those born, bred and not goin' anywhare else. The hospital I was born in was built around and then just sort of disappeared. Happy to report, I live 13 miles from the land where I was born. Can't imagine anywhare else.
Thanks, Mitch.
LouC
"any-whare" is on purpose.
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We had a friend from Pennsylvania, now living in San Antonio, who was asking about armadillos. DH was talking to her on the internet and she wanted a picture of an armadillo because she had never seen one that wasn't flat. She said she was beginning to think they were just born that way.:)
DH and I are both native Texans and glad to be back home after traveling around on the army's ticket for 11 years. DH was born here in Fredericksburg and I was born at Methodist Hospital in Houston.
I enjoyed reading the list Mitch. It brought many memories of trips to the grocery store with my Dad when he would tell me "go get a buggy."
And the one about tea. We used to drink iced tea everyday no matter what the weather was, out of these huge glasses. They must have been atleast 24 ounces. My maiden name was McCullough and my SIL called them McCullough glasses.
Mibus, typical BBQ in 'most' of Texas will mean brisket. Not, pulled pork (pork butt - actually the shoulder). Though I suspect over in Tyler you might find some decent pulled pork, for much of Texas, it isn't a traditional meat. Is that the pork you were asking about?
But as for other cuts of pork - H3LL YEAH! Everything but the squeal (we recently added that to our tires!)
Carl
Mibus, a Turkey Testicial Festival ??????? LOL! OK! No, I guess we don't have one......
I've lived in Indiana, Florida, Hawaii, North Carolina, Virginia, and now Texas (I was a Marine Brat that also married a Marine in the Marine Corps for 10 1/2 years), so we moved around abit....but I never have heard of a Turkey Testicial Festival !!!!!! ROFLOL!!!!! That is SO FUNNY!
I don't think that I would care to taste test any, either, thank you! I'll stick with the brisket, BBQ sausage, tater salad, onions and pickles. Only I take my tea unsweetened (due to health reasons...)! Yum Yum Texas BBQ!!!!
Sure wish I could have made the RU and checked out Mike's BBQ!!!! I bet that it was GREAT!
Cuero has a Turkey Trot. I've never been, but that's where my father in law lived. I consider myself a "legal" transplant frim California, my husband was born at St. Joseph's in Houston. I won't mention how many years ago, but we, as a family, moved here in '74.
When I first moved down from Michigan in '93, we took a drive through hill country and ran across a few funny things: the Billy the Kid Art Festival, and the Baby Head cemetery. I still have framed pictures of both signs. :)
Dennis
yes it was good he did a great job and ya know there will be more Ru's to attend
Annette_M - I live in the Dallas area and I know I hear about Turkey trots every year (Mostly - people taking a walk)
Hey I'm with y'all about not being born here, but I got here as fast as I could & I'm really lovin it! A lot of people can't understand why. I've lived in New Jersey most my life, so......I guess that's why!!! I'm learning a lot of things down here & 1 most important, was & is how to slow down....constant battle w/racing to do. I much rather be fixinto go to WM & get me some more plants!
Real Texas chili - if you don't throw a little kerosene in it for good flavor, it's not real Texas chili. (Yep, that's what gives it that secret punch!)
LOL
(First time I ever ate Texas chili at a restaurant when we moved here, I sent it back and told the waiter to tell the cook that "It tastes like he put kerosene in there." Now I love it.)
ROFL Jo if I added that instead of the secret stuff I do put in my chili I'm afraid my house would be gone by the time DH and DS got done eating it all that is one of the favs for them chili.
Husband made *the best brisket ever* (at least that I've ever had) yesterday. I got to eat the very first-cut-off-charred-black-tail-end of it and it was like *candy*, it tasted so good and melted in my mouth.
If you're interested, I asked him to write up the recipe, and here it is. We ate it with homemade potato salad and grilled vegetable medley.
Ingredients
1 beef brisket (5 to 6 pounds), with a layer of fat at least 1/4 inch thick, preferably 1/2 inch thick
2 tablespoons coarse salt (kosher or sea)
1 tablespoon chili powder
1 tablespoon white sugar
1 tabelspoon brown sugar
1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1 teaspoon ground cumin (comino)
Remove brisket from packaging, rinse with cold water and pat dry. Combine the dry ingredients in a bowl. Sprinkle half the dry ingredients over one side of the brisket, then rub it into the meat by hand to spread evenly, including the sides and edges. Flip the brisket over and use the rest of the dry rub on the other side the same way. If you have the time, wrap the brisket in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 2-4 hours to cure in the rub - overnight is better (curing is optional, it will still be flavorful if you cook immediately).
If using gas grill, light only one side of the grill and set it to low heat. Soak wood chips (mesquite, hickory, or pecan) in water for 30 minutes, then drain and place in small foil pan (or other heat-tolerant metal container) and set on the grill directly over the side that is lit.
Place the brisket FAT SIDE UP in a large foil pan, or large roasting pan lined with foil, and place it on the grill on the side away from the direct flame heat, then close the grill and leave it alone for 2 hours (DO NOT OPEN GRILL DURING THIS TIME). After two hours, use a turkey baster to baste the brisket with the juices that accumulate in the roasting pan. Baste every 45 minutes or so after that. After three hours of total cooking time replace the wood chips with a freshly soaked batch. Let the brisket cook for a total of 6 hours from the time you put it on the grill. Remember, the brisket should not be lifted, turned, or punctured/pierced during the cooking process.
Remove from the grill, cover the roasting pan with foil, and let the brisket sit for 45-60 minutes, during which time it will re-absorb a lot of the juices and also undergo tenderization. This resting period is very important for juicy, tender brisket.
Enjoy!
oooohhhh sounds yummy ..thank you for sharing!!!!!!
I was looking for a recipe for brisket so if my folks come down in June or July I can make some for them