Texas Scramble (scramble golf) & Texas Scramble (scrambled eggs with chili)

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I probably won't get down to the University of Texas to check out the  Dallas 
Morning News until next week. Any help on Texas Scramble (egg dish &  golf 
term)?
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Any "Texas Scramble" entry in DARE, OED?
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Texas Scramble (scrambled egg and other dishes)
 
"Texas Scramble” is a name for a scrambled egg dish, sometimes mixed with  
chili, cheese, onion, and ham or chorizo. A Texas Scramble Pie with chili con  
carne (below, from 1945) is entirely different, as is the Texas Scramble with  
pretzel sticks (below, from 1984). 


_Cowgirl NYC_ (http://www.cowgirlnyc.com/menu_breakfast.html)   
Texas Scramble 7.95 
green chiles, jack, onion and ham 

_Curley’s Cafe (Signal  Hill, CA)_ 
(http://www.curleyscafe.com/bikenightcruisenight/)  
Texas Scramble –scrambled eggs topped with chili and  cheese 

_Valentino’s Cafe (Victoria,  BC)_ 
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Texas Scramble 
Ham, eggs, potato and cheese & toast  

_TheFoodCourt.net_ 
(http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:shqSr1QEoIMJ:www.thefoodcourt.net/menu.aspx?city=Westlake%20Village&state=CA&name=The%20Plug%20Nick
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Texas Scramble $4.95/$5.95 
Two eggs scrambled with chorizo and  cheddar cheese, served with house 
potatoes or sliced tomatoes, English muffin or  toast. 

_City  Diner Fabulous Fifty’s (San Jose, CA)_ 
(http://www.citydiner-fabulousfiftys.com/files/14473248.pdf#search=""texas%20scramble"%20potatoes")  
TEXAS SCRAMBLE  
Scrambled eggs, two sausage patties, hash browns, biscuit with country  
gravy. 

_Egg Whites  International_ (http://www.eggwhitesint.com/recipes.htm)  
“Texas White” Omelet  
- 1 1/2 Tbsp olive or corn oil 
- 1 cup Egg Whites 
- 2 Tbsp chopped  green and/or red pepper. 
- 1 Tbsp chopped onion 
- 1 Tbsp diced ham 
-  1/4 cup grated cheddar cheese (if desired) 
- Salt and Pepper to taste  
Heat 1 Tbsp oil in a 9-inch nonstick frying pan. 
Lightly sauté onions,  peppers and ham. Set aside. 
Place 1/2 Tbsp of oil in pan at medium high  heat. 
Pour in Egg Whites. 
As eggs begin to cook, lift sides to allow Egg  Whites to set. While top of 
omelet is still moist, place the sautéed mixture  (with cheese if desired) on 
the omelet. 
Using spatula, fold omelet in half.  
Be sure to not over cook. 
Season with salt and pepper as desired.  
Texas Scramble 
Follow the same instructions as “Texas White” but  don’t let the eggs set up 
as they would for the omelet. 
After sautéing the  peppers, onions and ham, scramble everything together. 
Cheese is optional  

_Mr.  Breakfast_ (http://www.mrbreakfast.com/superdisplay.asp?recipeid=117)  
Texas Scramble 
(1 serving)  
1/2 cup new red potatoes—cooked & cubed 
1 Tbsp butter 
1/8 tsp.  garlic powder 
1 green onion—sliced 
1/4 lb. sausage—browned & drained  well 
1/4 lb. Canadian Bacon or regular bacon 
1/2 each red & green  bell peppers—diced 
3 eggs—beaten 
Black pepper to taste 
Dash of  Spanish paprika 
1/2 cup Cheddar cheese—shredded 
1/2 cup Monterey Jack  cheese—shredded 
1/4 cup milk 
(...) (This recipe is printed on many  websites—ed.) 

15 April 1945, Chicago Daily Tribune, pg. F8:  
TEXAS SCRAMBLE PIE 
(Serves five) 
1 1/2 cups self-rising cake  flour 
1/2 cup enriched farina 
1/4 cup margarine or other fat 
1/4 cup  water 
1 can chili con carne 
1 cup diced cooked potatoes 
1 cup cooked  kidney beans 
1 cup left-over meat, diced 
2 onions, sliced and separated  in rings 
Salt, pepper, chili powder 

To make crust, combine flour and  farina, cut in fat until the mixture forms 
coarse crumbs, and add water. Mix  lightly with fork. Mixture will be crumbly. 
Turn out onto floured cloth and  press into a mound with the hands. Divide 
dough, saving a third of it for  topping. Roll out larger portion. Turn crumbs 
from edges to center. Press into  pie plate. Fill with mixture of chili con 
carne, potatoes, beans, meat, onions,  and seasoning. 

Cut star to fit top of pie from second portion of pastry  and place it in the 
oven with the pie but not on top of it. Bake at 450 degrees  fro 20 minutes. 
Transfer star to top of pie and bake a few minutes longer.  

9 June 1946, Chicago Daily Tribune, pg. G4: 
There’s New  England clam chowder, Boston baked beans, Florida red snapper, 
Philadelphia  pepper pot, New Orleans gumbo, Virginia spoon bread, Texas 
scramble pie, Alabama  hog jowls and black-eyed peas, Iowa corn on the cob, and 
countless others.  

Tastes & Tales From Texas With Love 
by Peg Hein  
Austin, TX: Heinco, Inc. 
1984 
Eighteenth Printing February 2003  
Pg. 4: 
Texas Scramble 
Yields 1 1/2 quarts 

1 12-ounce  package oyster crackers 
4 cups pretzel sticks 
1 cup dry roasted peanuts  
1 1-ounce package Hidden Valley Ranch Salad Dressing Mix 
1/2 teaspoon  garlic salt 
1 teaspoon chili powder 
1/2 cup oil 

Mix dry  ingredients together in large brown paper bag. Pour oil over top of 
dry  ingredients and shake until well mixed. 

Spread in large flat pan and  bake at 200 degrees for 1 hour.  
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Texas Scramble (golf)
 
Texas Scramble is a form of golf that allows players to form 4-person teams,  
with the best shot of a team used. There are other rules; it is not known who 
 invented the game or why it’s named after Texas. 


_About.com_ (http://golf.about.com/cs/golfterms/g/bldef_txscrambl.htm)   
“Texas Scramble” 
>From Brent Kelley 
Your Guide to Golf.  
Definition: Texas Scramble is a competition format that is a basic scramble  
with a slight twist. 
Scrambles involve 4-person teams playing four balls,  but with each shot 
coming from the same spot (the best of the four drives is  chosen and all four 
team members then hit from that spot, and so on).  
The variation in a Texas Scramble is that at least four drives of each member 
 of the team must be used during the course of the round: At least four 
drives  hit by Player A, four by Player B, and so on. In a regular scramble, a 
great  driver might have his tee ball used on every hole. A Texas Scramble 
eliminates  that possibility and allows even the weakest driver on the team to get 
into the  action.  
_UK Net  Guide Answer Bank_ 
(http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Sport/Question95603.html)  
A Texas scramble is where all the members of a team  (usually three or four) 
) drive from the tee. The shot that finishes in the best  position (in the team
’s own opinion) is chosen and each member plays again from  the same spot and 
the process is repeated, including on the green, until the  hole is 
completed. Only the chosen shot at each point is counted, so if four  players hit four 
shots each, the score for the hole is still only four.  (Handicaps are usually 
worked out as a percentage of the total of all the team’s  handicaps added 
together. A fourball with a combined handicap of say 60 normally  receives 10% 
i.e. 6 shots off the entire 18 holes). There are many variations of  the theme 
though. 

10 May 1973, Lincoln (Neb.) Star, pg. 21: 
A  Texas Scramble golf event for members of the Lincoln Municipal Golf 
Association  will be held Saturday at Holmes Park.  
25 September 1976, Winnipeg Free Press, pg. 58: 
“Many hands make  light work.”  
The old slogan was borne out again Saturday as Pine Ridge held its men’s  
closing day tournament, Texas Scramble-style.  
Under a system which uses the longest drive, the best second shot and so on,  
the fivesome of Bill Baluk,...  
30 October 1980, Los Angeles Times, pg. SG-A9: 
ALHAMBRA—The Texas  Scramble GolFun Fair at Alhambra Golf Course, 630 S. 
Alamansor St., on Sunday,  Nov. 9, will benefit the Alhambra Community Hospital 
Equipment Fund.  
14 August 1983, Los Angeles Times, pg. C7: 
Pomona National pro Tom  McHugh has scheduled his third annual Texas 
Scrambles, a three-man team event,  on Labor Day at his course in Walnut. 
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