Texas Style Barbecue, Brisket, Pork Butt Roast and Sausages

I’m dedicating this post to Lydia of the Perfect Pantry, who requested brisket the last time I did barbecue, and every expatriate Texan out there, including of course the lovely Lisa from the Homesick Texan. I wish you could have…

Beef and Butternut Squash Chili with Beans (a.k.a Jerry’s Texoma Chili)

As much as I appreciate Texas Red Chili, it’s not what I crave when I’m in the mood for a bowl of chili.  The chili I crave is a variation of the chili my father used to make when I…

Refried Beans (Frijoles Refritos)

When I heard that my friend Susan, The Well Seasoned Cook was hosting a roundup of legume recipes because she’d seen that it was National Bean Day that morning on “Your Morning Cuppa“, I was not only honored and flattered,…

Tzatziki

I had my first taste of tzatziki about 400 feet from the main gate of The Great Lakes Naval Training Center in the city of North Chicago, Illinois just about 20 years ago at a local Gyro stand. I’ve been…

Texas Red. Chili, That Is

Texans in general are a laid back bunch of folks. We’re generally not in a big hurry to get from place to place, and rather than seeing people power walk through a parking lot to get back to their car,…

Cowboy Cookies

What is a cowboy cookie? Where did it get its name? I have no idea, but if you ask me, this is just about the best cookie you’ll ever get yer grubby lil’ paws on, and I can’t exactly send…

Southern Cornbread Stuffing

Like most families, we saw each other mostly on holidays, and the order of the day was, of course, the food. Turkey, in particular, with homemade cornbread stuffing, though there would be literally tons of other dishes and desserts. My…

Texoma Style Barbecued Pork Baby Back Ribs

I call these ribs “Texoma style” simply because I happen to live in Texoma. For those who care to know, Texoma is defined as follows:

Texoma generally refers to the region bordering the Red River that runs between north Texas…

A Taste of Greece, Sardine Meze

I discovered Meze, Small Bites Big Flavors from the Greek Table in my wife’s cookbook collection a few months ago. The impact that just flipping through the pages had on me was intense, immediate and life altering. I had to…

Everything’s bigger in Texas

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It’s a Texas tradition, one that I have never partaken of myself, though at 18 I wouldn’t have hesitated.

It just goes to show that everything is bigger in Texas!

I found this clip at Roadhouses, Diners, Joints and…