Texas and that steak house that nobody can eat it all....

[vmax]

Isn’t this like the 3rd thread title/merge on the Big Texan tonight.

oundhead

yeah, Big Texan, PCC back ups, illegal immigration, adult diapers, … all big Hotel Bravo topics tonight

 

[SloppyShooter]

"Welcome to the Hotel Colorado."

 

[Army 1911]

Just for fun, tell them you want to do the challenge but need it to go.

 

[bigwheel]

Very true. Its called the Big Texan steak house in Amarillo. Its like eating a five pound pot roast and all the trimmings at one sitting. Lot of of professinal wrestlers who live up there. They big whopper sized boys. They supposedly knocked one out for lunch an came back and ate another batch for supper. Untill they got barred. Last I heard a cute skinny Japanese lady pro eater came in and ate two back to back without a break. Its a tourist trap. The locals eat at the Red Barn which is in behind it.

 

[SQLGeek]

Reminds me of this:

 

[vmax]

Very true. Its called the Big Texan steak house in Amarillo. Its like eating a five pound pot roast and all the trimmings at one sitting. Lot of of professinal wrestlers who live up there. They big whopper sized boys. They supposedly knocked one out for lunch an came back and ate another batch for supper. Untill they got barred. Last I heard a cute skinny Japanese lady pro eater came in and ate two back to back without a break. Its a tourist trap. The locals eat at the Red Barn which is in behind it.

See post #19

 

[seeker_two]

Reminds me of this:

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[sucker76]

Featured in Rich Hall's You Can Go To Hell, I'm Going To Texas (starting at 14:45)...

The quote starting at 17:12 is priceless!

We went there when I was about 14 and dad took the challenge and ate everything in under 30 minutes and thought he could get another done in under one hour. He never did the second steak but it was fun to watch him tackle the 72oz monster. I haven't been back to Amarillo since but have wanted to give it a try for 'ol times sake. I have eaten the 50-ish oz steak at the Traildust Inn in Arlington.

 

[vmax]

Sadly , people who are not from Texas thinks that tourist trap represents the state
I've seen countless pics of travelers there wearing those carnival straw hats
.. really dumb

 

[grasshopperglock]

Sadly , people who are not from Texas thinks that tourist trap represents the state
I've seen countless pics of travelers there wearing those carnival straw hats
.. really dumb

I hate that $hit. They buy that used car salesman hat and think it's cool. When In reality it's a state joke.

They think, "Yee-haa". When we're thinking, "dumpa$$".

 

[Dad_Roman]

Big Texan

Mountain Oysters....MMmmmm

 

[grasshopperglock]

Fried field snipe taste pretty good too. Hardest bird in Texas to catch. I have a few that fly into my backyard. If there's any new people to Texas that would like to taste a delicacy.

Grab a flashlight and a bag. Ill show you were to stand to catch one.

 

[sucker76]

I remember snipe hunts from my boy scout days. Good times for sure.

 

[grasshopperglock]

I learned how to make fried donuts in the Boy Scouts. It was very cold camping trip. First thing that morning. The Scout Master busted out the cast iron frying pan. Used the biscuits out the can. Fried on both sides and hooked up with sugar.

Yep, Damn good times.

 

[sucker76]

That's how we made them too!

Edit: I need to start a thread on boy scouts and camp food when I get on a real computer.

 

[grasshopperglock]

I've never seen them made that way by anyone else except the Scouts.

When you tell folks about it. The usual reply, "Biscuits in the can?"

 

[TheDan]

Mountain Oysters....MMmmmm

...and that's the best thing on the menu. I was not impressed with their steak at all. I can buy better quality at the grocery store.

 

[benenglish]

...and that's the best thing on the menu. I was not impressed their steak at all. I can buy better quality at the grocery store.

I found Anthony Bourdain to be extremely charitable to them when he visited. He treated the place as a cultural touchstone and not as a restaurant.

 

[TheDan]

I found Anthony Bourdain to be extremely charitable to them when he visited. He treated the place as a cultural touchstone and not as a restaurant.

Yeah, there is a lot more to it than just the restaurant. I didn't particularity enjoy it, but I can see how kids and Asian tourists do. Makes you wonder about his descriptions of other place, tho doesn't it?

 

[Renegade]

I was at Saylers in Portland on business (http://www.saylers.com/steak-challenge.html) when someone at our table took the challenge. It was the worst cut of meat I ever saw, was undercooked (had to send it back 3 times) and generally disgusting.