homesick Texan finds Homesick Texan
October 14th, 2008
I stumbled across a great foodie blog, Homesick Texan. Great to me, at least. There seems no shortage of great recipes on the wide Internet for how to serve the fresh cranberry beans, heirloom tomatoes or fava beans I’ve drug home from my farmer’s market, but although delicious, they all seem a little soul-less. But not Homesick Texan. The entire blog is dedicated to the kind of food that at least looks like my childhood and my favorite places. It is funny to write that considering my mom is Texan only by transplant, but somehow casually browsing this blog, I was reminded of all these long lost loved foods – jambalaya, chile con queso, pralines, enchiladas, ribs, …
October 15th, 2008 at 9:52 am
Your Momma took to Texas like a rattlesnake takes to Latin music. Your brother was nourished in the womb with nachos and sour cream, chicken enchiladas. I fed him guacamole for lunch everyday when I was in grad school and he was in diapers. I can’t remember what foods you specifically were fed, but unlike our sophisticated little biking buddies, yall got Mexican when we went Out for dinner, not Indian, Middle Eastern, Asian or Greek.
Someone must like Mexican food…I saw a restaurant in La Mongie, France…half way up the Tourmalet, that was named TexMex Cafe. BTW…Lance didn’t stop to eat that day.