Tom Rasberry, owner of Budget Pest Control in the Pearland area (near Houston), discovered an ant in 2002 that didn't appear to be like the fire ants typically found in Texas. This ant does…
Texans love cream gravy (sometimes called "pan gravy" or "country gravy"). Cream gravy is famously served with chicken fried steak, but it's also served with biscuits,…
"Crepesadilla" is the name for a food that's part "crepe" and part "quesadilla." Like the quesadilla, the crepesadilla contains cheese and other fillings. Like…
"Crockettite” is the name of an inhabitant of Crockett, Texas. The name “Crockettite” has been cited in print since at least 1907. Wikipedia: Crockett, TexasCrockett is a city in Houston…
Cornbread and milk is a popular dish in the South, especially so in the 19th century and early 20th century. There usually is no proper name for cornbread and milk, but when the cornbread is…
The Pittsburgh Steelers defeated the Dallas Cowboys in Super Bowl X (January 18, 1976) and Super Bowl XIII (January 21, 1979). Pittsburgh Steelers broadcaster Myron Cope (1929-2008) noticed that…
"Tres leches" (three milks cake) contains evaporated milk, condensed milk, and whole milk or cream. "Cuatro leches" (or "quatro leches") is a "four milks…
Cuernos are Mexican horn-shaped pastries that are sold in Mexican bakeries (panaderias) all throughout Texas and in many supermarkets as well. Cuernos have been compared to French…
"Curtido" (from the Spanish encurtir, "to pickle") is a Salvadoran cabbage salad that's served with pupusas, the popular national dish. Curtido is usually made with…
Texas has long had a heritage of Czech immigrants. Foods, such as the kolache, are part of the Czech legacy in the state. The name "Czechxas" (Czech + Texas) has been put on T-shirts and…
Dallas has long been called "Big D." In the 1990s, "H-Town" became a hip-hop nickname for Houston, and "D-Town" soon followed. "D-Town" was used in CB-radio…
Round Rock was declared the "Daffodil Capital of Texas" by the Texas legislature in 2003. Round Rock holds an annual Daffodil Festival; the daffodil association began in the 1990s when…
Are the city of Dallas and the county of Dallas named after two different people named Dallas? President James K. Polk and Vice President George Mifflin Dallas (1792-1864; a former senator from…
Dallas County Jail chili (or Texas prison chili) supposedly originated in the 1930s in the Dallas County Jail. Dallas Sheriff Smoot Schmid (sometimes spelled Smood or Schmidt) became famous for it.…
The Dallas Times Herald began in 1879 as the Dallas Daily Times, merging with the Dallas Daily Herald to become the Dallas Times Herald in 1888. The newspaper was a popular news source until 1991,…
The Dallas Morning News began in 1885 and is the major daily newspaper for the Dallas area. The Morning News is one of top twenty largest circulation newspapers in the United States. The rival…
A "Dallas palace" is what is known to most of Texas as a "big hair house," and known to most of America as a "McMansion." The term "Dallas palace" is used in…
The Reunion Tower (built in 1978) in Dallas is part of the Hyatt Regency hotel. The tower looks like a ball on a stick and has been called a "ball," a "golf ball," a…
Trader Vic's is a chain of Polynesian-themed restaurants founded by Victor Jules Bergeron, Jr. (1902-1984). The restaurants were enormously popular in the 1950s and 1960s, during a Tiki…
"Dallasite" is the name of an inhabitant of Dallas, Texas. The name "Dallasite" has been cited in print since at least 1873. The name "Dallasonian" for an inhabitant…