Massachusetts to Texas would be a 29-hour drive, so we decided to fly there for our virtual weekend trip to Texas.
It was a whirlwind trip, but we had good food and drink while we were there, and visited a variety of Texan tourist destinations.
Texas is a huge state, so, of course, we couldn’t see all of it in one weekend. Plus, we were there to sample Tex-Mex cuisine as much as to sightsee!
“5 Rules of Tex-Mex, According to The Homesick Texan“
With my husband’s PhotoShop skills, this photo of me at breakfast…
was transformed to this vacation photo to share on Facebook…
And, of course, I took pictures of my plate, close up:
What puts the “Tex” in Tex-Mex? Take a crash course in the difference between the two from Spoon University. (I found out our eggs should have had orange cheese on them to be truly Tex-Mex, but they did have cumin seed, which I love.)
From The United States of Cocktails by Brian Bartels, I learned that the frozen margarita originated in Texas, so we would have to sample some frozen margaritas!
Looking for Tex-Mex recipes? Try one of these cookbooks:
Jane Butel’s Tex-Mex Cookbook
The Homesick Texan’s Family Table by Lisa Fain
Tex-Mex Cookbook by Ford Fry and Jessica Dupuy
We had planned to watch “True Grit” on the flight to immerse ourselves in the Texas experience, but instead watched “Save Yourselves!”, which had nothing to do with Texas, but was still good!
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