A Texan's Last Meal (San Antonio, Arlington: where to buy, restaurants, vs.)

[Cathy4017]

Originally Posted by blueskies49

That's because we have food worth drooling over! Making me hungry now!



I've never had it mixed together, TexasReb? Sounds yummy!



We've always pronounced it "ok-ruh", too. Cathy, I'm surprised with you liking the okra slime that you don't like the fried green tomatoes! My hubby is the opposite, he'll only eat okra fried, doesn't like the slime. I don't mind but I don't cook it other than fried cuz he won't eat it otherwise.

LOL...men!!

I don't like ANY veggie battered and fried....tomatoes, okra, squash.....they're so good either raw (tomatoes/squash) or lightly boiled/steamed/MWed...that I always do mine that way. Frying is such a MESS to me, LOL!!

I do love my okra gumbo, though.......okra, tomatoes, onions, a strip or two of bacon....and seasoning, usually cayenne in my case.

[lonestar2007]

One thing I did forget, that I absolutely love, fresh yellow crooked neck squash, sliced real thin, coated with cornmeal and fried up (more or less scrambled), then just before you take it out of the skillet, sprinkle a little sugar over it.

Cathy, as you can see I love the fried foods and you are so right, they ARE a mess and more unhealthy. I wish I didn't like the fried foods so much, be less fattening, too.

Kids and men my daughter likes the fried squash and will not eat the okra. Go figure.

[Hyun-Soo]

Originally Posted by MSJones

Good Lord, yes! My coworkers and I joke about that all the time - because we talk about food every day. It doesn't matter how any of our conversations start out - at some point, they steer toward food and we're off. LOL!

That's why Texans are fat!

[Cathy4017]

Originally Posted by lonestar2007

One thing I did forget, that I absolutely love, fresh yellow crooked neck squash, sliced real thin, coated with cornmeal and fried up (more or less scrambled), then just before you take it out of the skillet, sprinkle a little sugar over it.

Cathy, as you can see I love the fried foods and you are so right, they ARE a mess and more unhealthy. I wish I didn't like the fried foods so much, be less fattening, too.

Kids and men my daughter likes the fried squash and will not eat the okra. Go figure.

Uh huh....LOL!!

Not only is frying a mess, I can't really tell what I'm eating....fried zucchini, green/yellow squash taste the same to me....all I taste is the salt, grease and cornmeal.

With fried green tomatoes and okra, it's a texture thang.....ewwww.

[paradoxcop]

And now for something a little different...

How about a look at the actual last meals ordered by inmates on Texas' Death Row? Here ya go:

The Memory Hole > Deleted List of Texas Inmates' Last Meals

Plenty of Texas-to-the-bone meals in that lineup. Some of the requests are hysterical! Check out #271...yikes! I'm surprised that boy didn't drop from a heart attack before he walked over to the last roundup. For that matter, I'm surprised he could still walk.

[Lakewooder]

Originally Posted by lonestar2007

One thing I did forget, that I absolutely love, fresh yellow crooked neck squash, sliced real thin, coated with cornmeal and fried up (more or less scrambled), then just before you take it out of the skillet, sprinkle a little sugar over it.

Cathy, as you can see I love the fried foods and you are so right, they ARE a mess and more unhealthy. I wish I didn't like the fried foods so much, be less fattening, too.

Kids and men my daughter likes the fried squash and will not eat the okra. Go figure.

Give your daughter some pickled okra - I had to pay some kids in CA whose mother is from Texas $20 to try them -- and I got one okrahead out of it...

[momof2dfw]

No salad for me. No thanks, why waste calories on that stuff when I can cut right to the chase and get the good stuff Afterall at this point I won't be worried about making sure to get plenty of "ruffage".

Chicken Fried Steak w/ Cream Gravy
Filet Mignon medium
Finger Lickin good bbq ribs
Homemade mashed potatoes
Cream Corn (like to mix w/ the potatoes )
Farm fresh black-eyed peas
Warm, soft, yeast rolls w/ lots of fresh butter
Cornbread (yellow) w/ lots of butter
Buttermilk biscuit w/ butter and sorghum
Homemade Red Velvet Cake (and not w/ that cream cheese icing either but the one made w/ shortening)
Homemade Coconut Cream Pie w/ meringue
Homemade Chocolate Pie w/ meringue
Homemade Banana Pudding
Two bowls of homemade Vanilla Ice Cream (use Eagle Brand AND raw eggs please ) - one to eat just plain and the other w/ hot fudge.
Unlimited supply of Sweet Iced Tea

[pirate_lafitte]

Originally Posted by TexasReb

Oh lordy, the talk of grits and blackeyed peas and fried porkchops and all else got me to thinking...

OK. What would be your last meal? Keep in mind you are representing the Great State of TEXAS on your way out...LOL

But seriously, rules are ONE meat or fish, three veggies, a salad, bread, a drink, and condiments are unlimited.

Since I started it, I will go first:

Fried catfish, black-eyed peas, fried okra, mashed 'taters with chicken leavin' gravy. Homemade cornbread OOOZING with REAL butter. Green leaf lettuce salad drippin oil and vinegar...and cold sliced salted tomatoes. Sweet milk to drink (only a true Texan/Southerner of the old school knows what "sweet milk" means! LOL)

Y'all...?

Steak(well-done, TX barbecue style), roasted corn on the cob, broccoli(raw), carrot(raw), salad with olives, Texas wine(yes, Texas does have vineyards and does make wine), McIlhenny's "Tabasco" Sauce(Habanero).

And for dessert, churros con helado.

[TexasReb]

*grins*

We'da won the War if we Texans coulda keep providing the food!

[CaliforniatoTexas]

Ok, since one day soon I will be a Texan, and believe me eating won't be a problem, I would like to know what is TexMex food? Here in California My family loves to have Bar-B-Ques all summer long and they love to have people over, once we are settled in Texas, we would love to have a big Bar-B-Que and invite new friends and neighbors over, I would love to serve traditional Texas food as well as some California dishes, that's why I ask what is TexMex food, I know TexMex music Thanks!!