everything is bigger in texas.

at least restaurants and portions sizes are bigger. and maybe waist lines too.

in the interest of documenting my daily activities, i think that it is important to cite the gustatory delights in which i have already indulged. a quick list:

• breakfast burritos/tacos (multiple days, multiple kinds. if i had to eat one food for the rest of my life, i might choose breakfast tacos.)
  
• tamales from a roadside stand (technically from a gas station. they were still hot and steamy in their ziploc bag. i promise i don't eat like this every day.)
  
• sweet potato empanadas (also from a gas station. also delicious.)
  
• smoked meats (assorted kinds of texas barbeque served on butcher paper. served with paper towels, not silverware.)
• gumbo (served with egg rolls. this combo was a bit confusing to my palate, but the gumbo was delicious.)
• tacos (need i say more.)
• granger's oatmeal cookies (if you have every been to my grandparent's house, you know the addiction that lives in the cookie jar. she started making these cookies because they are healthier than other sweets. i am not normally big on sweets or sugary bits, but i think that i must have eaten over two hundred of these cookies in the past two days. you don't have to be hungry to eat these cookies. the best part of each cookie: you can taste the grandmother love baked into every bite.)

this menu varies substantially from my normal diet of nuts and berries, but who am i to object to eating locally! and its certainly is local texas fare. mmmmm.....tasty!