tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-117716991958684262.post2126466836267628488..comments2023-11-02T10:36:46.641-05:00Comments on Mulligan Stew Me: Better Living Through Breakfast TacosBlue Zebrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09447214289877357403noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-117716991958684262.post-19290907296902694082007-08-05T23:51:00.000-05:002007-08-05T23:51:00.000-05:00Breakfast tacos... my kids would be all over these...Breakfast tacos... my kids would be all over these! What a great meal to start the day with.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-117716991958684262.post-31468655940861450582007-08-02T22:19:00.000-05:002007-08-02T22:19:00.000-05:00Hiya Neil! So glad to see you visiting and hope yo...Hiya Neil! So glad to see you visiting and hope you will come back and add a thought or two or three or .... :DBlue Zebrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09447214289877357403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-117716991958684262.post-20587405374728777892007-08-02T18:21:00.000-05:002007-08-02T18:21:00.000-05:00Oh my, I just had breakfast, now I want it again, ...Oh my, I just had breakfast, now I want it again, they look wonderful, great post too, I loved the history of it.neilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17247582833451153687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-117716991958684262.post-52152828331732358902007-08-02T12:27:00.000-05:002007-08-02T12:27:00.000-05:00Our scamp, KHY sent me another email cuz after bei...Our scamp, KHY sent me another email cuz after being able to post once on Google, he now can't post again. I hesitated posting it cuz it's such a slam against us Texans lol, but knowing him, he's getting a huge laugh at 'gettin' my goat' so I will go ahead and let him have this one. Just remember...he who laughs last and all... :D !!!<BR/>____________<BR/><BR/>Here is KHY's email:<BR/><BR/>Once again Google doesn’t want to play fair.<BR/><BR/> <BR/><BR/>This time I used a totally different email account. Registered using the same screen name (surprised I got away with that), and a new password. It sent me back to the blog, and allowed me to post.<BR/><BR/> <BR/><BR/>Tried it again, after closing down and reopening. And, again, all I get is an “incorrect password” message, and it won’t let me post. <BR/><BR/> <BR/><BR/>So, unless you want to keep cut & pasting, I’m done.<BR/><BR/> <BR/><BR/>Meanwhile, here’s a little something I’ve put together for you about eating your way through Texas. Something you can share with non-Texas visitors, so they understand how to survive. <BR/><BR/> <BR/><BR/>How To Tell The Natives.<BR/><BR/> <BR/><BR/>When sitting in a restaurant you can always tell the genuine Texicans from the tourists by what they order. <BR/><BR/> <BR/><BR/>Genuine Texicans only order one of two things. They’ll either say, “fix me a chicken fried steak, darlin’” (for years I thought that was the actual name of the dish---chicken fried steak darlin’), or they’ll say, “burn me a steak, honey.” That’s because a Texican’s idea of a good steak is to cut it off the cow and burn it---over mesquite, not because it’s haute, but cuz that’s about the only stuff down there that will burn. Only thing else that even looks like wood are the live oaks. And I feel sorry for anybody who cuts down one of those. <BR/><BR/> <BR/><BR/>Doesn’t matter where they are. Go to the best seafood place in Corpus Christi, and listen to your neighbors. Sure as shootin’ (which, of course, they do a lot of in Texas, too) you’ll hear them ordering those two meals in just that manner. <BR/><BR/> <BR/><BR/>Rule Number One!<BR/><BR/> <BR/><BR/>Never put nuthin’ red on your food in Texas. And be real careful about the green stuff. <BR/><BR/> <BR/><BR/>Rule Number Two!<BR/><BR/> <BR/><BR/>Never eat at any place called “Mom’s.” <BR/><BR/> <BR/><BR/>You can’t miss ‘em. They advertise on billboards about every 20 yards, starting about 200 miles from the joint. “Mom’s. Good Eats!” the signs proclaim. Don’t believe a word of it.<BR/><BR/> <BR/><BR/>The last sign says, “You Just Missed Mom’s Good Eats! Back Up 20 Yards.” If you back up, shame on you.<BR/><BR/> <BR/><BR/>Yeah, sure. Lot’s of trucks parked there. And everyone knows that truckers know the best places to eat. Maybe in general. But those trucks are parked at Mom’s because it has a gravel parking lot, strong enough to support the big rigs. It’s the parking, not the (shudder) food that brings ‘em in. <BR/><BR/> <BR/><BR/>Rule Number Three<BR/> <BR/><BR/>If you really want a good meal in Texas, keep driving until you reach Arizona. At least over there they know how to make chili.<BR/><BR/>(BZ Note: This is wrong on so many levels! ;) )Blue Zebrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09447214289877357403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-117716991958684262.post-52116287150253037652007-08-02T12:25:00.000-05:002007-08-02T12:25:00.000-05:00Thank you, Sue! I'm so glad you like the stories. ...Thank you, Sue! I'm so glad you like the stories. Lord only knows there are tons more where those came from! My mom alone, has so many stories that we used to number them then tell her to tell x or y story! ;) Hahahaha! I think someone had better stop me now, before I turn into her! :D<BR/><BR/>Seriously though, Texas has so many awesome foods, restaurants and cooks of all kinds; professional to amateur. I do think the South in general has an abundance, too. I do think it has to do with the whole food as love, food for the soul mystique.<BR/><BR/>I'd love to hear if other parts of the country share this type of phenomenon or is it only the South that seems to "immortalize food"? browndog can you offer some insight please, mam?Blue Zebrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09447214289877357403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-117716991958684262.post-12356710417080505192007-08-02T11:01:00.000-05:002007-08-02T11:01:00.000-05:00While I am not crazy about breakfast in general I ...While I am not crazy about breakfast in general I do love breakfast tacos with homemade tortillas.<BR/><BR/>I also love Texas. Some of the best food I ever tasted was on my visit to san antonio.<BR/><BR/>You were lucky to grow up in Texas and to have such great family stories.<BR/><BR/>I look forward to more of the stories and recipes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-117716991958684262.post-89540545529138065242007-08-02T09:47:00.000-05:002007-08-02T09:47:00.000-05:00Mornin' all and I'm sittin here with my cuppa coff...Mornin' all and I'm sittin here with my cuppa coffee finally gettin' to read. <BR/><BR/>KYH bwahahaha! The trouble with you gol' dern Kentuckians is that yore Daniel Boone wrestled "bahrs" and made mighty large hoofprints where ever he went! ;) You set the bar pretty dern high fer us Texians so it's all yore-ins fault! :D I love the history you are providing for us here on the different foods! I hope you will keep it up! The other special thing about the BTs is that eating the ingredients in combination with each other tastes sooo delicious!<BR/><BR/>Lynn! Thanks for adding me sweetie! Maybe it will help build Google standings for both our sites. Good times. Stand by cuz more Texan and Southern dishes are looming ahead!Blue Zebrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09447214289877357403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-117716991958684262.post-71316028268514458352007-08-02T08:50:00.000-05:002007-08-02T08:50:00.000-05:00It's breakfast time and this is making me hungry! ...It's breakfast time and this is making me hungry! I added a link for you on my site. I look forward to seeing more of Texas eats through your site.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-117716991958684262.post-81079866854262758712007-08-02T07:09:00.000-05:002007-08-02T07:09:00.000-05:00Two things about you gol-durned Texians: You're as...Two things about you gol-durned Texians: You're as bad as the Russians when it comes to taking credit for just about everything. And you wanna brag about how tough you are. <BR/><BR/>Next we'll be hearing about how often you drank water from a hoofprint, and was glad to get it (isn't that part of every true Texian's upbringing?). <BR/><BR/>Fact is, the only thing special about a breakfast taco is the tortilla. Wrap-type breakfast sandwiches have been part of the culinary scene, worldwide, ever since there was bread. Indeed, some evidence suggests there were wraps before there were actual sandwiches. <BR/><BR/>Most other wrap-type breakfasts, however, are made with wheat crepes or flat breads. Corn is a New World product, and tortillas were the only corn-based crepe until modern times. <BR/><BR/>Doesn't change the fact that breakfast tacos are everything you say they are. But.....KYHeirloomerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01834377103820175174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-117716991958684262.post-13947278095493457042007-08-01T20:29:00.000-05:002007-08-01T20:29:00.000-05:00Bueno browndog! ;) Some of my best memories from c...Bueno browndog! ;) Some of my best memories from college involved sitting at this little restaurant on Congress in Austin call Las Manitas. It was just opened then (and yep young is a state of mind I'm lucky if I don't forget it ;) ) and was just so tiny and we would have fresh squeezed oj and egg and potato tacos with homemade salsa. Oh my! They are hugely successful now and pack people in their front doors! And the BT is really a weekly meal for us and it mostly counts as two meals cuz we stay full all day! I hope you will try them out and see what you think about them!! :D (And btw! I'm so happy to see you here each day. It really means alot to me that you are finding something here to return to!)Blue Zebrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09447214289877357403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-117716991958684262.post-32487697346982462152007-08-01T18:15:00.000-05:002007-08-01T18:15:00.000-05:00These tacos struck a memory chord of a couple mont...These tacos struck a memory chord of a couple months I spent in Port Aransas back when I WAS young instead of actively subscribing to the 'young is a state of mind 'theory...<BR/>There was a tiny little Mexican restaurant outside Corpus Christi called La Azteca, and twas there we learned: 1.) the difference between Taco Bell and true Tex-Mex cookin', and 2.) that egg and potato taquitos, as they called them, were salsa-flavored heaven. Yours look even better than those memory-enhanced versions, Blue zebra. I'll have to serve up a trip down memory pasada one of these dias.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com