Cuatro Leches or Quatro Leches (four milks cake)
"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 (Mexican horn-shaped pastries)
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 (Salvadoran Cabbage Salad)
"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…
Czechxas (Czech + Texas)
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…
D-Town (Dallas nickname)
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…
Daffodil Capital of Texas (Round Rock nickname)
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…
Dallas (summary)
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 (Texas Prison Chili)
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.…
Dallas Crimes Herald (Dallas Times Herald nickname)
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,…
Dallas Morning Snooze (Dallas Morning News nickname)
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…
Dallas Palace
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…
Dallas Phallus/ Ball/ Golf Ball/ Microphone/ Dandelion/ Circle Tower (Reunion Tower nickname)
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…
Dallas Star (cocktail)
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 (inhabitant of Dallas)
"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…
Dallasonian (inhabitant of Dallas)
"Dallasonian” is the name of an inhabitant of Dallas, Texas. The name “Dallasonian” has been cited in print since at least 1932, but has been very rarely used. An inhabitant of Dallas is…
Dallass (Dallas nickname)
"Dallass" (or "DallASS") is a spelling for some people who do not like the city of Dallas or the Dallas Cowboys. It's sometimes used with "Texass" to form…
Dallitude or Dallatude (Dallas attitude)
"Dallitude" (somewhat less frequently spelled "Dallatude") is a "Dallas attitude." It has been described (below) as "snobby elitism." The term…
Danger Dog (Tijuana Hot Dog; Tijuana Dog; Mexican Hot Dog; Bacon Dog)
The "bacon dog" (a hot dog wrapped in bacon, also often containing cheese) has been served in the United States since the early 1960s. In the 1990s, Mexican street vendors began selling…
Dark Thirty (Zero Dark Thirty; Oh Dark Thirty; 0 Dark 30; 0 Dark 100)
"Dark thirty" (or "dark-thirty") means thirty minutes after the sun goes down. The earliest citations for "dark thirty" appear to be from Texas and New Mexico in the…
Dead Man’s Hand
The "dead man's hand" is a two-pair poker hand that also appears in Texas hold 'em. The hand is widely believed to be aces and eights, but early citations show jacks and eights,…