Chili
Whether it's mild, hot or three-alarm, chili is Texas. In fact, chili is the official state dish. But, there are as many variations of it as there are Texans. The definition of "real" chili depends on the interpreter's taste buds. In some circles, adding beans to chili is almost sacrilegious.
Once a year, on the first Saturday in November, thousands of "chili heads" converge in Terlingua for the International Chili Championship. The first was held in 1967 as a contest of both wit and chili between humorists Wick Fowler of Texas and New Yorker H. Allen Smith. It has become a Texas tradition, ever since.
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