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| 2 | 2 | | By: Klick H.C.R. No. 123 |
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| 5 | 5 | | CONCURRENT RESOLUTION |
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| 6 | 6 | | WHEREAS, Texas is renowned for its distinctive and delicious |
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| 7 | 7 | | foods, and our state has put its brand on breakfast with a versatile |
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| 8 | 8 | | item that is beloved from the Panhandle to the Rio Grande: the |
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| 9 | 9 | | breakfast taco; and |
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| 10 | 10 | | WHEREAS, The taco has been one of the fundamental building |
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| 11 | 11 | | blocks of Mexican cuisine for well over a century and possibly much |
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| 12 | 12 | | longer; using savory breakfast foods such as eggs and potatoes as |
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| 13 | 13 | | taco fillings was a natural idea, and an account of pairing bacon |
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| 14 | 14 | | with a tortilla dates to the 1850s in a chronicle of a Texas to |
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| 15 | 15 | | California cattle drive; references in the press to tacos eaten for |
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| 16 | 16 | | breakfast are found beginning in the mid-20th century: in May 1959, |
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| 17 | 17 | | the San Antonio Express and News reported on a taco shop on the West |
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| 18 | 18 | | Side that featured egg tacos, and the El Paso Herald-Post reported |
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| 19 | 19 | | in May 1962 that gubernatorial candidate Don Yarborough had tacos |
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| 20 | 20 | | for breakfast while on the campaign trail; one of the earliest uses |
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| 21 | 21 | | of the term "breakfast taco" comes from a 1975 newspaper article |
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| 22 | 22 | | about a food tour of San Antonio; and |
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| 23 | 23 | | WHEREAS, More recently, a spirited debate has arisen over |
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| 24 | 24 | | which part of the state originated the breakfast taco; many Texans |
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| 25 | 25 | | of a certain age have fond memories, dating back decades, of being |
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| 26 | 26 | | served tacos for breakfast by their mothers and grandmothers in San |
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| 27 | 27 | | Antonio, South Texas, and the Rio Grande Valley, and by the 1960s, |
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| 28 | 28 | | the "taco for breakfast" could be found farther north in the Lone |
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| 29 | 29 | | Star State, on school menus in Kerrville and Seguin; some food |
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| 30 | 30 | | writers and restaurateurs have claimed that Austin originated the |
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| 31 | 31 | | term "breakfast taco," if not the food itself, which has led to an |
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| 32 | 32 | | energetic dissent from residents of San Antonio and other regions |
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| 33 | 33 | | and municipalities around the Lone Star State; and |
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| 34 | 34 | | WHEREAS, No matter where or when it got its start, the |
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| 35 | 35 | | breakfast taco has quickly become popular with both native Texans |
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| 36 | 36 | | and delighted visitors from across the nation; as long as it |
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| 37 | 37 | | includes a tortilla and is eaten for breakfast, the breakfast taco |
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| 38 | 38 | | can range from the simplest (tortilla and egg) to the traditional |
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| 39 | 39 | | (tortilla and machacado con huevo) to the innovative (tortilla, |
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| 40 | 40 | | eggs, and hot dogs) to the most extravagant (tortilla plus whatever |
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| 41 | 41 | | else is on the menu), and it can be enjoyed in every corner of the |
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| 42 | 42 | | state; and |
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| 43 | 43 | | WHEREAS, Whether purchased at a drive-through in Fort Worth, |
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| 44 | 44 | | ordered at a restaurant in Corpus Christi, or served by a loving |
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| 45 | 45 | | grandmother in Del Rio, the breakfast taco has become a signature |
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| 46 | 46 | | Texas food on a par with barbecue and chicken-fried steak, and it is |
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| 47 | 47 | | enjoyed by countless residents of the Lone Star State each morning |
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| 48 | 48 | | as the perfect way to start their day; now, therefore, be it |
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| 49 | 49 | | RESOLVED, That the 86th Legislature of the State of Texas |
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| 50 | 50 | | hereby designate the breakfast taco as the official state breakfast |
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| 51 | 51 | | item of Texas. |
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