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Published 9:23 am, Wednesday, April 12, 2017
Here in Texas if we’re not complaining about the weather, debating stating politics, or damning our local sports teams, we’re arguing about our most beloved foods.
Click through to learn about some foodie debates you probably didn’t know about…
Here in Texas if we’re not complaining about the weather, debating stating politics, or damning our local sports teams, we’re arguing about our most beloved
Photo: Nick De La Torre, Freelance
Or should we all just shut up and give thanks for meats from every city?
Or should we all just shut up and give thanks for meats from every city?
Photo: Dave Rossman, For The Chronicle
As long as it’s not mustard-based you should do what makes you happy.
As long as it’s not mustard-based you should do what makes you happy.
Photo: Bob Fila, MBR
This seems to be a family preference for some people. Don’t shoot the messenger.
This seems to be a family preference for some people. Don’t shoot the messenger.
Photo: Michael Paulsen, Staff
The big orange W doesn’t show any signs of losing steam.
The big orange W doesn’t show any signs of losing steam.
Photo: Courtesy Of Whataburger
As the California chain expands in Texas there is a food fight of sorts ahead. The lawmakers in Austin may need to get involved soon.
As the California chain expands in Texas there is a food fight of sorts ahead. The lawmakers in Austin may need to get involved soon.
Photo: William Luther, San Antonio Express-News
As long as the chips are hot there should be no complaints.
As long as the chips are hot there should be no complaints.
Photo: Laurie Smith
Cold at home, warm at the restaurant.
Cold at home, warm at the restaurant.
Photo: Mayra Beltran, Staff
Perhaps Texans should just be happy someone is attempting it inside the Lone Star State.
Perhaps Texans should just be happy someone is attempting it inside the Lone Star State.
Photo: D’Marcos Pizzeria
Having too many options is a good problem to have.
Having too many options is a good problem to have.
Photo: Kimberly Park
Charro beans are where it’s at, always. Wanna fight about it?
Charro beans are where it’s at, always. Wanna fight about it?
Photo: Alison Cook
Just make sure they’re warm.
Just make sure they’re warm.
Photo: Clarkson Potter
Beans or rice, someone needs to make a ruling.
Beans or rice, someone needs to make a ruling.
Photo: Sara Kraus
Let’s leave the sauce out of the burrito.
Let’s leave the sauce out of the burrito.
Photo: Melissa Phillip, Houston Chronicle
Believe it or not, some people aren’t on the crawfish train. Or is it a boat?
Believe it or not, some people aren’t on the crawfish train. Or is it a boat?
It will never be better than hot sauce though.
It will never be better than hot sauce though.
Photo: Lauri Patterson, Getty Images
We need to do more research on the topic. Send us all your bottles of Texas wine.
We need to do more research on the topic. Send us all your bottles of Texas wine.
Photo: Dale Robertson
Chili festivals are a battleground these days.
Chili festivals are a battleground these days.
Photo: Compiled By Lee McCullough
It does make a good garnish.
It does make a good garnish.
Photo: Mona Makela
More research is needed, with steak fingers.
More research is needed, with steak fingers.
Do Czechs have too many consonants in their surnames?
Do Czechs have too many consonants in their surnames?
Photo: Michael Ciaglo Michael Ciaglo, Staff
“Breakfast of Champions” is more like it.
“Breakfast of Champions” is more like it.
Photo: James Nielsen, Houston Chronicle
Some of us are still a bit hurt after the contamination scandal, but many have moved on.
Some of us are still a bit hurt after the contamination scandal, but many have
Photo: Blindfsr
Does Billy Gibbons have an amazing beard?
Does Billy Gibbons have an amazing beard?
You can tell a lot about a person by how they say the word.
You can tell a lot about a person by how they say the word.
Ask this and watch a room explode.
Ask this and watch a room explode.
Photo: J.C. Reid, For The Houston Chronicle
Here in Texas if we’re not complaining about the weather, debating state politics or damning our local sports teams, we’re arguing about our most beloved foods.
And there are some Texas food debates that will never, ever die.
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Tastes change and preferences evolve over time. Add in a constant influx of transplants and newcomers and our cuisine gets ever more muddled. However, Texans will always find time to get into verbal fisticuffs over beans in chili (negative), ketchup on tamales (sometimes) and sweet tea (keeping dentists busy daily).
When the question of the most debated Texas food topic was asked recently on Facebook, Chron.com discovered that tempers still flare over the use of the word “kolache,” where breakfast tacos were born, and whether or not menudo or pho is a better hangover cure.
By the way, the mayors of both San Antonio and Austin signed a truce between the two cities over who birthed scrambled eggs inside a tortilla. Things were bad last year when even The Atlantic had to cover such a heated issue.
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Shots were also fired in the ever-present Whataburger vs. In-N-Out Civil War. Can Texans all agree that In-N-Out fries are only good covered in cheese and other goop?
Hey, all this means is that Texans have a lot of be thankful for. Just think, in some states they have no such thing as Tex-Mex or barbecue to argue over. Things could always be worse. We could be arguing over pizza crust.
On a related note, Texans should not have an opinion when it comes to pineapple on pizza. Let the northern states decide.
Click through the slideshow above for a look at the most heated food debates in Texas…
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