"The Galloping Gourmand" wrote in message
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On Mar 23, 7:01?am, "Jack Tyler" wrote:

Texans have made chili since the cattle drives north since it was an
independent Republic in the 1830's.

I found a little book in the library, don't remember what the name
was, but it was about the excesses of cowboy style cooking on the
trail. One recipe was for porterhouse steak. It went into great detail
about the slaughtering and dressing of a whole steer to provide enough
steak to feed just 6 or 7 cowboys...


Reading the Lewis and Clark history reveals huge quantities of buffalo and
other game to keep their small group fed. You wonder how much of the critter
was tossed into the river if it took one head to feed six or seven.

Interesting.