Feb 242013
Of course there are a few entries that should be on the list (most all of the celebrities, especially Beyoncé Knowles), but also:
- Johnny Manziel — who cares? He’s not the first Texan to win the Heisman, and, as only a freshman, not even close to the best college football player in Texas history.
- Demi Lovato and Selena Gomez — First of all: Who the hell are these two bubble-gum chewing children? And…umm, no. Just. No.
- The Houston hip-hop scene — again, no. Something that nobody who lives outside of Loop 610 cares anything or knows anything about. While other items on this list are truly iconic and will be long remembered, Houston rap is not one of those things.
And any list like this is always going to be most criticized for what the left off, such as:
- BBQ — Ok, you included breakfast tacos and Tex-mex cuisine (rightly so), but to leave off the official food of Texas? Criminal. The best BBQ in the world is smoked in small towns around central Texas; markets where meats have been smoked by the same families in the same pits for more than a hundred years. I promise you that Mueller family BBQ, the big three joints in Lockhart (which makes it the official Mecca of BBQ), and even the venerable Salt Lick are much more authentically Texas and much more important to more people than Demi and Selena.
- Lone Star and Shiner Bock — Oh come on! These two beers are more popular in Texas than Barack Obama (or rap music of any kind), and are a big part of Texas culture.
What else is missing from this list? Padre Island (longest barrier island in the word)? The Big Thicket National forest (one of the most biodiverse areas in the world outside of the tropics)? Or, how about any mention of the best economy in the nation? The Medical Center in Houston?
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I agree…how in the hell can you leave off Texas BBQ as one of the reasons it’s heaven on earth? The lady who did this list up needs to be Gibb’s slapped for not putting Texas BBQ on the list. It’s a freakin religous experience. It’d been so long since I had ribs that about 2 weeks ago I ordered some from a well known restaurant chain. Destroyed an entire rack, my side of fries, my side of cole slaw, half the mashed potatoes on my mom’s plate, some of her steak and half a nice gooey triple chocolate cake slice with a scoop of vanilla ice cream and hot fudge slathered on it. And I barbeque at least once a week. On a really insane week I’ll bbq 5 days out of 7! I had a 4 burner gas grill in the garage set up right in front of one of the doors and grilled every day pretty much rain or shine when I had it. Had a cast iron box that sat on top of the grid that I dumped wood into for smoke. Right now I have one of the brinkman vertical smokers. I WANT one of the brinkman horizontal offset firebox smokers like this one…
http://www.homedepot.com/Outdoors-Grills-Grill-Accessories-Charcoal-Wood-Grills/h_d1/N-5yc1vZbx8h/R-203736346/h_d2/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10053&langId=-1&storeId=10051#.USq6KFcbuvs
Alas I don’t have the funds for it…
post script and I bbq with wood lump charcoal and wood chunks…not briquettes…sigh…I love the smell of a mesquite wood fire in the afternoon.
I’ve been cheating. I have one of these electric smoke boxes, which works so damned well and so damned easy. Though I do love the day-long process of smoking a brisket or a pork butt on a wood-fired off-set pit.
*gasp!* your…you’re using an electric! Shame upon you my friend.
I grill all year but really start to go bonkers when the weather warms up..
What an absurd list. Not only missing smoked meats, but no SRV. When he(and smoked meat) weren’t listed in the top three I knew the rest of the list would be a subjective nightmare.
Nahh I thought half the list or so was right on the money.
Not me, I thought about 20%.