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April 15, 2015
An Illustrated History of Tex-Mex
“Otis created the combo plate with beans, rice, and an entree. He called it The Regular. Quickly after, restaurants in Texas started copying this concept. The first chains came from Dallas in the 1930s. El Chico and El Fenix were the first real chains in Mexican food history,” he says. They spread the combo plate and also popularized the concept of ordering by number. Melted cheese and sour cream became a recurring theme on platters. The new tweaks to the formula don’t stop there. In the 1930s, Fritos were created by an Oaxacan immigrant who sold the idea to Elmer Doolin of Fritos-Lays, based in San Antonio. Tortillas also began to be mass-produced, and were in such demand that they were sold in cans by Ashley’s Mexican Food to preserve the freshness. | First We Feast
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Gas on a plate. Later your get starts misfiring.
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at April 15, 2015 10:59 AM
I'm still amazed that the most popular mexican food chain is NOT named "Montezuma's Revenge".
Posted by: ghostsniper at April 15, 2015 7:19 PM
And the world was a better place for it, the food oh so good and filling and cheap.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at April 15, 2015 9:13 PM
Halal is just another word for Tex-Mex; it's cheap until you find out what's in it.
Posted by: Vermont Woodchuck at April 16, 2015 6:25 AM