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Lone Star Cuisine

SPECIAL LESSON 17TEXAS ALMANAC TEACHERS GUIDE

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A chili stand in San Antonio’s Haymarket Plaza in 1933 shows food vendors, at right, known as “chili queens,” with customers seated and spectators. Photo by Jack Specht, San Antonio

Light Collection, Institute of Texan Cultures, UT San Antonio.”

PRIOR KNOWLEDGE

Students should know the following to successfully take part in these activities:● ThatTexashistoryismultifacetedandmulticultural.● AbasicunderstandingofthehistoricandongoingsettlementofTexas.● Theabilitytoresearchindependentlyand/orwithguidanceusingavailableresearch

materials(theInternet,schoolandpubliclibraries,textbooks,andclassroommaterials).● Theabilitytocitesourcesandidentifypotentialresources.

INSTRUCTIONAL SUGGESTIONS

1. FAMILY FOOD HISTORY: Studentswillreadthearticle“ManyCulturesConvergetoCreateOne-of-a-KindLoneStarCuisine”byDottyGriffithintheTexas Almanac 2016–2017.Next,havethemusetheFamily Food History Student Activity Sheet to identify foods and recipes thatareatraditionintheirfamilyandany family members especiallyknownformakingatraditionaldishbetterordifferentlythananyoneelse.Writethesedown,alongwithpossible cultural histories behind these foods,anddiscussinclass.

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2. MAPPING: Usingthemaponthe Five Culinary States of Texas Student Activity Sheet, studentswillcolor and label the different food regionslistedinthearticle“ManyCulturesConvergetoCreateOne-of-a-KindLoneStarCuisine”byDottyGriffithintheTexas Almanac 2016–2017.Coloredareascanoverlap.Studentswillthenlisttheparticularfoodsmentionedinthearticleintheareasofthemaptowhichthosefoodsbelong.Allofthefoodslistedonthemaparedescribedinthearticle.

3. RESEARCH: AftercompletingthemapinactivityNo.2,havethestudentsworkindividuallyorinsmallgroupsandassign each person or groupaparticularareaor“culinarystate.”Studentswillthenchoose one food or dishdiscussedinthearticlethatbelongstotheirculinarystate,researchitshistory,andanswerthequestionsaboutitontheLone Star Cuisine Research Student Activity Sheet.

4. RECIPE BOOK: Nowthatstudentshaveabetterideaofhowfoodplaysaroleinculturalidentity,havestudents pick a culture or geographic region ofTexasandcreate a recipe book featuringfoodsthatareprevalentinthatregion.For additional points,theywillillustratetheirrecipebookwithillustrationsand/orphotographs(theirownorcutfrommagazines).

RELATED RESOURCES:Tex-Mex Cuisine — https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/lgtlt Chicken-fried Steak — https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/lgc01 Texas BBQ (Southern Foodways Alliance) —

https://www.southernfoodways.org/oral-history/southern-bbq-trail/texas-bbq/ Cajun Texans (information on food culture in the middle of the article) —

http://texasalmanac.com/topics/culture/cajun-texans The History of Texas Cuisine — http://www.utexas.edu/gtc/assets/pdfs/texas_cuisine.pdf Chuckwagon History and Cooking — http://americanchuckwagoncooking.blogspot.com/p/

chuckwagon-historythere-is-majestic.html

The Old Borunda Cafe, an early, adobe Mexicanrestaurant in Marfa, photographed in 1913.

Photo courtesy of the Marfa PublicLibrary and the UNT Portal

to Texas History.

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Family Food HistoryDIRECTIONS: Listanytraditionalfoodsorrecipesthatyourfamilyhasalwayscookedand

anyfamilymembersknownformakingthisdishbetterordifferentlythananyoneelse.Writedownanypossibleculturalhistoriesbehindthesefoods.

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FOODS OR RECIPES FAMILY MEMBERS

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Five Culinary States of Texas

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DIRECTIONS: Color and label this map of Texas with the different food regions or “culinary states” listed in the article “ManyCulturesConvergetoCreateOne-of-a-KindLoneStarCuisine”byDottyGriffithintheTexas Almanac 2016–2017. Use a different color for each

food region and show which color you used in the key provided on the left. Finally, write the foods listed below in the areas of the map to which those foods belong. Some foods may belong to more than one area.

Chili con CarneChicken Fried SteakPo’BoysFajitasStewed Green BeansFried ChickenSeafood GumboCornmeal-battered

Fried Fish SteakPecan PieBarbecue

Pork RibsSausageBlack-eyed PeasWhite GravyFlour TortillasBoudinSeafood BoilsCornbreadTamalesWiener Schnitzel

Tex-Mex Land

Coastal Bend

New Texas

The Old South East

Cowboy Country

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Lone Star Cuisine Research

1. Whendidthisfoodordishfirstappear?Whatcultureisfirstassociatedwithit?

2. Doesthenameofthefoodordishhaveanyculturalsignificance?

3. Isthisfoodordishmadebyaspecificpersoninthecultureorisitmadeforaspecificevent?

4. Dodifferentgroupsmakethisfoodordishanydifferently?Givesomeexamplesandexplainsomeofthereasonswhytheymaycookthisfoodinauniquewayorusedifferentingredients.

DIRECTIONS: Writeyourareaor“culinarystate”intheblank,below.Read“ManyCulturesConvergetoCreateOne-of-a-KindLoneStarCuisine”byDottyGriffithintheTexas Almanac 2016–2017 andchooseonefoodordishdiscussedinthearticlethatbelongstoyourarea.Researchthehistoryofthatfoodordishandanswerthequestions,below.

MY CULINARY STATE

_________________ FOOD OR DISH TO RESEARCH

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T E X A S A L M A N A C P O S T E R

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Six Flags and Five Culinary States

Spain 1519–1821 Mexico 1821–1836 SpainwasthefirstEuropeanpowertoclaimTexasbeginningwiththeexplorationsofcolonialmarauderHernánCortézin1519.Spanishinflu-encecontinuedfor300years,withasignificantlegacy.SpanishremainedthelanguageoftheMexicannationthatfreeditselffromSpainin1821,includingpartsofTexastoday.ManytownsinTex-asbearSpanishnames,prominentlySanAntonio,thehubofSpanishmissions.Ontheculinaryside,thechiliqueensofSanAntoniosymbolizerootsofthecuisineweknowasTex-Mex.

France 1685–1690 France’stenureinTexaswasbrief,ashort-livedattempttoexpanditsbasefromFrenchLouisiana.Theflagbear-ingthefleurdelyswasplantedinEastTexasneartheGulfCoast.TheFrenchinTexasdidn’tlastlongandtheirimpactwasnotparticularlysignificant.MostoftheFrenchin-fluenceinTexascuisine,likethefleetingFrenchpresenceinTexas,comesfromLouisianaintheformofCajunandCreoledishes,particularlysincethepost-Katrinamigrations.Thinkgumboandcrawfishboils.

The Republic of Texas 1836–1845 Thewarforindepen-dencefromMexicoestab-lishedTexasasarepublic.ThoughTexaswasn’tanindependentnationallthat

longbeforejoiningtheUnitedStates,thatstatushasforevermarkedtheLoneStarStateasabastionofbravado.Thisisjustoneoftheuniquefeaturesdefiningourstate.TexasasafledglingnationblendedEuropeanculturesintoanewidentity,muchthesamewayschnitzelmayhavebecomechickenfriedsteak.

The Confederacy 1861–1865 SixteenyearsafterjoiningtheUnion,TexaswentalongwithSouthernstatesinabloodyandill-fatedattempttosecede.TheeasternpartsofthestatewerecloselyalignedwiththeSouthculturallyandeconomi-cally.Thissentimentprevailedinthedebateoverjoiningthedoomedrebelcause.TheculinarylegacyoftheSouthhadagreatinfluenceonTexascuisine,especial-lyinEastTexaswheresaucybarbecueandfriedchickenareasmuchapartofthefabricoflifeassweet tea.

United State of America 1845–1861; 1865–present

BeefintheshapeoflonghornshelpeddefineTexasintheyearsimmediatelyfollowingtheCivilWar.Thiswastheeraofcattledrivesandsprawl-ingranches,driving thelorethatsymbolizesTexastomuchoftheworld.Addoilwellstotheimageofmuchlandandmanycattleandyouhavethebigger-than-lifemys-tiqueof16-ounceT-bonesteaks.Yes,there’smoretoTexascuisine,butformanyTexansa bigsteakremainstopswhenitcomestobig dealmeals.

More than roller coasters and Wild West shootoutsSix Flags isn’t just the brand of an amusement park empire, although the parks are tangible

memes that keep this Texas history alive. Six national flags have flown over Texas.

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