- Hi y'all, I'm Jennifer.
And this is Texas-isms.
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Today, I'm giving you all the sweet tea
there is to know about the big lone star state, Texas.
Whether you call it Texas home like me
or you're planning to visit this list
will help you tackle Texas.
Let's get into it.
We're going to start with Texas barbecue.
All it is it's real simple, brisket, low and slow.
That's it, that's Texas barbecue.
If it's not smoked for 20 plus hours
I'm not even walking into your establishment.
If I don't see a pile of wood on the side
of your establishment, I'm not walking in.
If it's not a small place that doesn't really fit the amount
of people that needs to be in it,
I know that's awkward right now,
I'm not going in it.
If there's not a line at 10:00 AM, I'm not going in.
If you're not sold out of what I want
by the time I get to the front, I'm not going in.
With that being said, you do not need sauce.
Kentucky has their thing.
Memphis has their thing like Tennessee barbecue.
And the difference is cook time and sauce.
And for Texas we're low, slow, and no sauce needed.
That's the recipe.
So anywhere you go
and those are the characteristics
that they put into their food,
you're going to love that barbecue, trust me.
Next football has been shot.
Maybe you've heard of a little book
called "Movie Turn Series Friday Night Lights"
okay, if you've seen it then, yeah
that's like your typical Texas football situation.
So we start Peewee.
So they're like two years old running on a field, right?
And then we got it all the way
up until college football, which is my favorite favorite.
Before you get to the NFL from the time you got a baby,
put that baby in football
and then watch that baby grow up, playing football.
Setting up a typical football stadium day
just think about it I'm gonna paint you through this.
Okay, I'm back in college.
The stadium is just lit up, okay.
Friday night lights.
I'm in the marching band.
I am wearing the best colors in the world.
Focal orange, burnt orange, UT Hookem
that's what's going on.
You smell nachos over here.
You got like beer and hot dogs, like over here, that mix.
And you're watching everybody do the way.
Then everybody comes together and it's all about, okay.
Football is K.
It's time for Jennifer with the weather.
Honestly, I can only describe Texas weather
as completely unpredictably predictable.
I know everybody's going to say it's just stinking hot.
That's all you have to know.
You'll have summer 80% of the year, okay.
But it's that other 20% that really throws you
on some kind of roller coaster, okay.
You're going to have maybe a few consecutive days
of each season.
You really will dress in these weird layers, like backwards.
Like I can wear tanks and a flip-flop in the morning
but then by night I'm bundled up next to a bonfire.
And then the next day it's going to be thunderstorms
where the tornado, but then the day
after that it's going to be slick and snow.
And that could be in July.
Look it up, it's happened.
And then you're just thinking, this is it.
This is the end.
But no, it's just a week of weather in Texas.
Time for Tex-Mex, yes.
Tex-Mex is this beautiful fusion blend
of exactly what it sounds like.
You got Texas cuisine, Mexican cuisine.
And they just came together and made this beautiful fusion.
And it's like in your mouth.
So if you're getting Tex-Mex anywhere else,
besides Texas, it's incorrect.
You're going to get like some kind of Migas compilations
to get some eggs, some sauce are going on in there.
Of course it's Texas.
So you have some kind of meat.
You got the stake, you got Barbacoa.
Like you can make them at home.
Pick them up from a taco stand.
It's amazing, this goes without saying
that you're getting chips in Queso.
If you're getting white Queso, then you're fancy.
Like it's a whole thing.
No, it's not like authentic Mexican cuisine, but boy
at 2:00 AM and you got $3 and you want 19 tacos.
Where are you going?
That Tex-Mex stand on the corner.
You're getting all the little fixes
to putting all that cheese on there and just, Ugh.
Let's get tacos after this.
Lone star state, no, no, no, no, no, no.
We got quite a few stars.
We're talking Texan celebrities.
Lightning round, we got Matthew McConaughey,
George Strait, Beyonce, Selena, both the Selinas.
Put them both up there, Miranda Lambert,
Jim Parsons, Renee Zellweger, Jamie Fox, Tommy Lee Jones.
Iconic, the Jones brothers come on.
Patrick Swayze, Woody Harrelson.
Owen Wilson, Forrest Whitaker, Meg the Stallion,
Eva Longoria, the only Kelly Clarkson, Tom Ford
Erykah Badu, Willie Nelson.
Do I need to say more like we, the list goes on.
Okay, if you watch an iconic movie
in the past 20 years, they're from Texas.
You know it, you love it.
You drive through it.
It whataburger, whataburger.
There is so much good food in Texas.
But if you find yourself in the fast food category
you're getting whataburger
you're getting a honey butter chicken biscuit
or you're getting a number one.
Now you can add like jalapenos to it.
So go ahead and do that.
And your drink comes in like this bigger cup
or this bigger cup and that commercial
that they made way back when is so accurate.
'Cause you know, you're going to be late
and the tuxedos are cheap and they're really good.
So yeah, I'm just going to sweep up a whole bunch of them.
And then I brought everybody tuxedos to the meeting.
Whataburger is saving jobs and therefore saving lives.
Get your whataburger, get your orange and yellow fix.
Get your little table tent, sit down
wait patiently for your meal.
That was prepared with love and dedication.
You get your spicy ketchup.
This is important.
I don't even like ketchup.
And I'm telling you to get spicy ketchup from whataburger.
It's amazing, it's great.
They do a good job.
No one's paying me to say this, whataburger.
I'm not wearing the proper attire to be saying this
because I'm missing my T-shirt and my hat.
But it's Bucky's time.
When people see Bucky they probably think,
damn, does Texas have a Beaver problem?
But in reality, he is the icon for Bucky's.
He is a pal, your friend confidant
someone wearing a Bucky shirt.
You're like, that's a stand up person.
You get Bucky's face on something.
And then it's automatically chic and cool.
I know people have to have tattoos of Bucky's face.
I just feel like that's a thing.
Let me know if you have a tattoo of Bucky's face
and I'll be like, yeah, that makes sense.
It is insane.
It's not just a truck stop or a gas station
or any of those blasphemous words, it is an experience.
Start in home decor, pick yourself up a T-shirt, a hat
then like wheeze on your way through
and then you're going to get to all the food.
Okay, so let's start with the jerky wall
pick just like five blindly.
They're all going to be delicious.
Okay, and then there's this trail mix combination situation.
Then you can get a brisket sandwich, what?
Yes a brisket sandwich at a whole like barbecue station.
And then you're going over to I'm sorry, the bakery.
Yes, the bakery.
Okay, and it's just a great time.
Okay, it's just, you forget you're at a gas station
honestly and what other gas station can you say?
I forgot I was at that gas station.
You can't it's only at Bucky's.
Three letters H-E-B.
South Texans know what's up about H-E-B.
Okay, you can get homemade
like fresh tortillas there every day.
And then they have their coupons
like their personal H-E-B coupons you know
like a little flyer that you have to flip through
and maybe decide because it's right in front
of the toilet paper, you were going to buy it's all there.
And there's just lines of them over every product
all these coupons and like I'm saving money.
I'm doing math, which means I'm working
in a way and not just eating junk food.
Does that make sense?
Also, if you go to like a bigger one, like an AGV plus
and now we're getting fancy gas station.
Like this chain has everything you would need.
It has good quality produce, good groceries, coupons galore
and a lot of the stuff is made fresh
and it's made just for that chain.
And I love this grocery store so much.
There is nothing quite like the aesthetic.
You know what I'm talking about?
We're talking fashion.
This one goes without saying you got boots and hats.
And they're always in season.
The whole thing has been ripped off so many times
but it is such a look like L-E-W-K, I'm wearing a hat.
I got on my boots.
I got to maybe like a dress.
That's a thing I put on jeans.
I've put on more boots.
I have a different hat on.
That's a thing.
And then I have on maybe a flannel shirt.
That's like a flannel shirt dress with boots.
That's a thing like they're all giving me looks.
And it's like this Western chic that can't be described
to anywhere else.
And you're thinking I could pull that off and you know what?
You can in Texas.
If I haven't made it super clear by now,
Texans are super proud to be Texans.
The Texas pride runs so deep.
I don't think it's possible
for you to just be dropped in Texas
and look around and not see a flag.
When we're not in Texas, we're wearing the Texas flag.
It's etched everywhere.
If we're from Texas, the Texas flag is everywhere.
It's all over our highways, all over our buildings.
It's in front of every building you see.
If it's in the U.S flag and the Texas flag.
U.S flag, the Texas flag,
you'll see no less than six of them.
Doesn't matter how large your establishment is.
I have no clue why.
It's just, we need to like, you know, Texas is here.
This is our flag.
This is who we are and we are so gosh darn proud of it.
The only way to describe this phenomenon
is that it's a Texas sized ego.
We have such a vast history too.
I think people feel the need to just like give it to you
at any time of day.
It doesn't matter.
Random trivia facts about Texas.
I've learned just waiting in line and people will say stuff
to me like, oh, did you know Texas's rivers?
Like why do I need to know about Texas's rivers?
Because it's Texas rivers.
And that's why you need to know about it
because Texas pride, this state takes pride
to a whole nother level, and I'm proud to call it home.
All right, y'all that is all I have for now.
But please, if you're from Texas, let me know
what should make this list, right.
I got to hop in my truck, go get some gas at Bucky's
get some whataburger, drop it off
at a Piney game and probably go grocery shop at H-E-B.
Bye.
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