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From: riddle@ut-sally.UUCP (Prentiss Riddle)
Newsgroups: net.cooks
Subject: A new question: regional cookery
Message-ID: <304@ut-sally.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 2-Nov-83 11:33:31 EST
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Posted: Wed Nov  2 11:33:31 1983
Date-Received: Sun, 6-Nov-83 07:34:04 EST
Organization: U. Texas CS Dept., Austin, Texas
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Many thanks to all of you who responded to my eggplant question.  There
were enough answers by mail and by news to keep me busy slicing oblong
purple things for months.

The response was so encouraging that I've decided to post another question.
This time, though, please post replies to the net: the goal is to stimulate
discussion, not to fill up my mailbox here on ut-sally.
 

THE QUESTION:  One of the nicest things about USENET is the way it is spread
across a very wide geographical area;  if you had to choose one regional dish
unique to your area to share with the rest of the net, what would it be?


To get the ball rolling, I'll contribute something that, to my knowledge,
can be found only at a single establishment here in Austin and nowhere else
in the world.  This is liable to draw fire above all from other Texans, given
the variety of cuisine which may be more representative of Texas (Tex-Mex
dishes, chili, barbecue, southern cooking, and what have you).  My only
defense of my choice is that I like it and that it seems to nicely combine
the various influences on Texas cookery.

My choice is the infamous Reality Sandwich of the Hole-in-the-Wall (opposite
UT on the Drag).  A Reality consists of a tasty chicken-fried steak on a
bun, topped (hamburger style) with lettuce, tomato, onion, pickles, mayon-
naise and (brace yourselves) jalapen~os and your choice of cheddar or swiss
cheese.  This is served too hot to handle on a bed of fries.  Lowbrow food
indeed, but damned good!
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Prentiss Riddle
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