"Blinky the Shark" > wrote in message
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> cybercat wrote:
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>> "George Shirley" > wrote :
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>>> For us Texians there's only one brand name - Gebhardt, the national
>>> chili
>>> powder of Texas.
>>
>> hahaha! Texas has a National Chil Powder??
>
> With a what...Germanic name? That's the part I like.
>

When I lived in Texas, it was striking how many antiques in the shops were
of German and not English origin. There were apparently lots of German
settlers there. That learned to make CHILI, hahaha! (The German food I have
had has got tobe the most nauseating food ever. In Munich, and in German
restaurants in the US.) Ughh. But I digress!