Jalapeño Soup is a popular use of the jalapeño (the state pepper). The first recorded citation of "jalapeño soup" appears in the 1970s, but the soup became popular in the 1990s.…
"Jala-Piña Cocktail" is cited from at least 2006 and usually contains a pineapple, silver tequila, fresh lime juice, sugar, a small jalapeño, ice and pineapple wedges. Juicebox in…
Jambalaya is a Louisiana dish that is sometimes brought into Texas by the citizens of that state. Jambalaya features meat, vegetables, and lots of rice. The origin (and the spelling) of the word…
The jalapeño is an official state pepper of Texas. The abbreviated name for the jalapeño is not "jal" or "hal" (as it would be pronounced) or even "hap," but…
The collared peccary wasa familiar sight to Texans of the 19th century. The animal is popularly called "javelina" or ""jabalina" or "javalina" or "Mexican…
Cowboys Stadium (the new stadium for the Dallas Cowboys football team, located in Arlington, TX) was completed in May 2009. It is the largest domed stadium in the world. By at least March 2007, the…
The Cowboys Stadium television screen is the largest high-definition television screen in the world. It's 90 feet off the ground; in the first pre-season football game on August 21, 2009, a…
Dallas Cowboys football team owner Jerry Jones had long planned that his team would move into a new stadium in Arlington in 2009. The proposed stadium and entertainment complex was quickly dubbed…
"Jevver" ("did you ever?") is said to be a part of Texas speech. Indiana's Hoosier poet James Whitcomb Riley used "jevver" as early as the 1890s. Urban…
The city of McAllen in the Rio Grande Valley has long been known as the "City of Palms." A McAllen slogan (dating from at least 2007) is "Jewel of the Valley Crown," enphasizing…
The city of San Marcos is located in the I-35 corridor between the cities of Austin and San Antonio. San Marcos has large outlet malls, Texas State University-San Marcos, and the San Marcos River…
"Jewel of the Forest" is the slogan of Jasper, a city in Jasper County in East Texas. Jasper is located in the Piney Woods area of Texas, and the slogan (used since at least 1953) has…
The Highland Lakes of central Texas are the following six lakes: Lake Buchanan, Inks Lake, Lake LBJ, Lake Marble Falls, Lake Travis, and Lake Austin. Water sports are popular on the lakes and…
The city of Fredericksburg in the Texas Hill Country (central Texas) is a popular tourist town. Fredericksburg's Germanic heritage is evident in its architecture, and there are many bed and…
The Santa Fe Railroad Building (13 stories) at 900 South Polk in Amarillo was built in 1930 and is on the National Register of Historic Places. The building has been called "the beacon"…
Jezebel sauce is a spicy sauce (like Jezebel herself) that contains pineapple preserves, apple jelly, horseradish, and mustard. The Jezebel sauce (or glaze) is often served over ham. A Southern…
"Jimplecute" is almost exclusively used as the title of the Jefferson Jimplecute, the fifth-oldest newspaper in Texas. The words "jimplecute" and "jimsecute" were used…
"Jokelahoma" (joke + Oklahoma) is an unflattering nickname for the state of Oklahoma, or just Oklahoma University. The nickname is sometimes used at the Texas-Oklahoma football game known…
Cowboys Stadium (the new stadium for the Dallas Cowboys football team, located in Arlington, TX) was completed in May 2009. Cowboys owner Jerry Jones planned such an opulent football palace that…
E. M. ("Ed") Pooley, editor of the El Paso (TX) Herald-Post from 1937-1963, was sympathetic to the "average Joes" in El Paso. Instead of John Q. Public or John Smith, Pooley…