cybercat wrote:

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> "Blinky the Shark" > wrote in message
> news
>> 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!

I had no idea that there was much of a Germanic segment down there. I'll
be hog tied!

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