Texas Coffee & Texas Toast (1944); O.T.: Election wagering (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Mullins, Bill AMRDEC]

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I don't think the toast in the 1944 cite is anything other than a joke.


The other cites seem to refer to what I think of as Texas Toast.  A key
element
is that the bread has to be thickly sliced -- maybe twice as thick as a
slice
of normal sandwich bread.


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> > TEXAS COFFEE & TEXAS TOAST
> > ...
> > NewspaperArchive added more San Antonio newspapers a day ago, but
> > still no "Margarita" breakthrough. I have 1952 "Tequila Daisy," if
> > anyone's interested...The following 1944 citation on "Texas coffee"
> > and "Texas toast" is interesting. For possible DARE use...The 1948
> > citation for "Texas puppies" (hush puppies?) appears to be
> an isolated
> > use of that term.
> > ...
> > ...
> > ...
> > 23 January 1944, Abilene (TX) <i>Reporter-News</i>, "Benny
> Beam from
> > the Air Base," pg. 9, col. 1:
> > The other day a lad came in wailing about "Texas coffee" and "Texas
> > toast"..."What is it?" we asked innocently...The Sad Sack replied:
> > "It's coffee made with hot water that has come from the
> tap, and the
> > toast is only done on one side...."
>
> I'm a native of Texas and we in my family have always made
> toast in the form of "light bread" buttered and toasted in
> the oven on only one side. We know this foodstuff only as
> "toast." "Texas" toast as the term for it is news to me.
>
> -Wilson
>
>
> > ...
> > ...
> > 10 December 1948, Elyria (OH) <i>Chronicle-Telegram</i>,
> pg. 26, col. 5 ad:
> > THE LITTLE WHITE HOUSE
> > - OF -
> > FRENCH FRIED CHICKEN, OYSTERS, POTATOES, FISH AND TEXAS PUPPIES
> > (Chic-Wich -- ed.) ...
> > ...
> > 23 February 1957, Waco (TX) <i>News-Tribune</i>, pg. 13, col. 8 ad:
> > Our own Texas Toast, coffee with pure cream and famous old
> fashioned
> > strawberry shortcake topped with delicious whipped cream.
> > (THE HICKORY STICK -- ed.)
> > ...
> > ...
> > 27 October 1957, San Antonio (TX) <i>Light</i>, pg. 12F, col. 2 ad:
> > Featuring: FAMOUS "TEXAS" TOAST
> > (Harry's Drumstick -- ed.)
> > ...
> > ...
> > 18 November 1957, Abilene (TX) <i>Reporter-News</i>, pg.2A,
> col. 1 ad:
> > ...hot biscuits and Texas style toast made from thick sliced white,
> > butter bread, baked fresh daily in our own bake shop.
> > (Mack Eplen's Restaurants -- ed.)
> > ...
> > ...
> > 9 March 1959, Odessa (TX) <i>American</i>, pg. 11, col. 3 ad:
> > Served with Salad, Gravy, Honey, Tangy and Tartar Sauce,
> French Fries
> > and Texas Toast.
> > (Buck's -- ed.)
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