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Jim Lane
 
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Default The origins of Texas style chili

David Wright wrote:
> On Mon, 20 Oct 2003 11:23:43 GMT, "Nixon, D" > wrote:
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>>"Charles Gifford" > wrote in message
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>>>But, but.....that's the same song that has non-existent buffalo roaming

>>
>>too!
>>
>>><grin>
>>>
>>>Charlie

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>>Well, one of those non-existent buffaloes tore the arm off a cousin of
>>mine when he was on a picnic in the Wichita Mountains of Oklahoma
>>in 1972. He was a native OKIE, a Warrant Officer in the U.S. Army
>>Artillery,
>>and should have know better than to wander among the herd in the
>>rutting season !! They did let him stay in the Army until his
>>retirement.
>>
>>McDave

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>
> I'm sure that what Charlie meant was that what many (most?) people in
> the US call "buffalo" are really "bison." Think water buffalo or Cape
> buffalo for the real thing. The song writer did get the "deer" part
> right, but missed on the antelope (pronghorn) and buffalo (bison.)
>
> David



Poetic license.


jim