Texas Food Facts

This week at work, I was tasked with creating a proposal for Texas Tourism. Boy, was that finger lickin’ fun! And you know what, it actually was because I found some really entertaining food bits that I never would have learned.

Did you know that Texas is as large as all of New England, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Illinois combined? A state this large MUST have some great food facts…

• Jalapeno jelly originated in Lake Jackson in 1978.

• Dr Pepper was invented in Waco in 1885. There is no period after Dr in Dr Pepper.
• According to one report, more popcorn is sold in Dallas, Texas than anywhere in the US (the average American eats 42 quarts of popcorn each year)
• In Houston it is illegal to sell Limburger cheese on Sunday
• You can buy chicken fried steak at one Chinese restaurant in Fort Stockton, Texas
• It is illegal to milk another person’s cow
• The official state food of Texas is chili
• Seventy-five percent of the world’s Snickers bars are made in Waco at the M&M/Mars plant