State dish of Texas

I don't think I knew this. I'm pretty sure we never ordered chili in Texas. Our meals in Texas were quite memorable but chili is pretty ordinary for me and I like the recipe I make myself. I do remember ending up just ordering an appetizer for dinner since portions were so large. And I learned not to order anything called a "feast". I ordered a "Seafood Feast" once and this huge plate of all sorts of seafood arrived. Good thing Jim had a great appetite in those days.

Texas State Dish – Chili Chili was adopted as the Texas state dish on May 11, 1977. The International Chili Cook-Off has been held in Texas in 1967. President Lyndon B. Johnson commented that “chili concocted outside of Texas is a weak, apologetic imitation of the real thing,” and Will Rogers described Texas chili as “the bowl of blessedness.” The legislature said, “One cannot be a true son or daughter of this state without having his taste buds tingle at the thought of the treat that is real, honest-to-goodness, unadulterated Texas chili.”