Rattler12 said:

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Some of the posts on the Texas food thread got me thinking. Just what is a true Texan? If you're not of Caddo, Lipan Apache, Comanche, Kiowa, Kickapoo or Karankawa lineage do you qualify?

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Those groups were Johnny Come Lately's, actually. My ancestors came to Texas way, way before them, so far back that stories tell of them riding in on mastodons. One story was when a group of people were boiling tar to put on the cracks of a canoe they build when one of them spotted a cloud of dust and a rider headed their way. This guy was on a mastodon, and had a rattlesnake in each hand, whipping the mastodon to run faster. He reigned up when he got to them and asked for something to drink. They said they had nothing and he asked what was in the pot. They said boiling tar. He reaches down, grabs it, and drinks every drop of it, wipes his mouth and thanked them. One said you are one tough son of a *****. He said not really, you ought to see the ******* who is chasing me. That ******* was my ancestor, a true Texan.