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

[Laurence Horn]

At 8:04 AM -0600 11/7/07, Mullins, Bill AMRDEC wrote:
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>I don't think the toast in the 1944 cite is anything other than a joke.
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>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.

Yes, the New York Brand ® Texas Toast available
in the freezer section of our local Connecticut
supermarkets (made in Ohio, of course) is
basically thickly sliced "buttered" bread.

LH

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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.
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>>  > ...
>>  > ...
>>  > 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
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>>  > ...
>>  > ...
>>  > 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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