86R5647 KSM-D
By: Klick H.C.R. No. 123
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, Texas is renowned for its distinctive and delicious
foods, and our state has put its brand on breakfast with a versatile
item that is beloved from the Panhandle to the Rio Grande: the
breakfast taco; and
WHEREAS, The taco has been one of the fundamental building
blocks of Mexican cuisine for well over a century and possibly much
longer; using savory breakfast foods such as eggs and potatoes as
taco fillings was a natural idea, and an account of pairing bacon
with a tortilla dates to the 1850s in a chronicle of a Texas to
California cattle drive; references in the press to tacos eaten for
breakfast are found beginning in the mid-20th century: in May 1959,
the San Antonio Express and News reported on a taco shop on the West
Side that featured egg tacos, and the El Paso Herald-Post reported
in May 1962 that gubernatorial candidate Don Yarborough had tacos
for breakfast while on the campaign trail; one of the earliest uses
of the term "breakfast taco" comes from a 1975 newspaper article
about a food tour of San Antonio; and
WHEREAS, More recently, a spirited debate has arisen over
which part of the state originated the breakfast taco; many Texans
of a certain age have fond memories, dating back decades, of being
served tacos for breakfast by their mothers and grandmothers in San
Antonio, South Texas, and the Rio Grande Valley, and by the 1960s,
the "taco for breakfast" could be found farther north in the Lone
Star State, on school menus in Kerrville and Seguin; some food
writers and restaurateurs have claimed that Austin originated the
term "breakfast taco," if not the food itself, which has led to an
energetic dissent from residents of San Antonio and other regions
and municipalities around the Lone Star State; and
WHEREAS, No matter where or when it got its start, the
breakfast taco has quickly become popular with both native Texans
and delighted visitors from across the nation; as long as it
includes a tortilla and is eaten for breakfast, the breakfast taco
can range from the simplest (tortilla and egg) to the traditional
(tortilla and machacado con huevo) to the innovative (tortilla,
eggs, and hot dogs) to the most extravagant (tortilla plus whatever
else is on the menu), and it can be enjoyed in every corner of the
state; and
WHEREAS, Whether purchased at a drive-through in Fort Worth,
ordered at a restaurant in Corpus Christi, or served by a loving
grandmother in Del Rio, the breakfast taco has become a signature
Texas food on a par with barbecue and chicken-fried steak, and it is
enjoyed by countless residents of the Lone Star State each morning
as the perfect way to start their day; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the 86th Legislature of the State of Texas
hereby designate the breakfast taco as the official state breakfast
item of Texas.