Deep In the Heart (Attack) of Texas - Update!

• Shelby, they carry Ro Tel in the Met near my apt in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn.  I made some queso this weekend.  I've also seen it in some smaller grocery stores with decent Mexican/Latin American sections.

• Brother Jimmy's does chicken fried steak, Blue Smoke does chicken fried steak, Brooklyn Star does chicken fried steak... I ate this today for lunch, in fact. It's perfectly fine, worth the curiosity factor, and of course not something you ought to eat every day, even if you're a glutton for punishment.

• Oh wow, that's awesome! Too bad they left out the "ass," I thought it really tied the whole sentiment together.

• Ha! Dude, you were mentioned on Marketplace. http://bit.ly/numeRo (6:45 mark).

• ONE bite of a sandwich and you would die? 

• This poses no threat to Texas' status as a flyover state.

• Even better, as I was reading it (from Texas) my first thought (before seeing the update) was "who hasn't had this sandwich before?"  Brilliant Jeffrey, brilliant.  

• I live in Colorado.....do they deliver?

• to Jeffrey - Juniper in Williamsburg near the Bedford L stop makes a mean Chicken Fried Steak.

• The only thing it's missing is bacon.

• My favorite part of Pee Wee's Big Adventure.

• True statement! There are probably more chinese, vietnamese, and thai restaurants in Houston than 95% of US cities. 

• Now that you've made me think about it, I might - starting today - create a list of favorite sandwiches each represented by one of our ethnic groups here in H-Town. With all the different foods, spices and breads available I would be severely limited if I picked just one sandwich. Has anyone ever cobbled together their personal favorite list of Top 10 or Top 7 H-Town sandwiches? Might be changes and substitutions on the list for Summer vs. Winter sandwiches.

• The only thing "The Deep" was missing: Chicken Fried BACON!  Also, a side of deep-fried Twinkie, and a Lone Star (or, even worse, a "713" longneck). ~EdT.

• That wasn't necessarily aimed at you, just at the weird alarmist (at least one comment, plus the name of the thing)  tendency that seems to pop up around "extreme" sandwiches, most of which wouldn't really be considered extreme in their non sandwich form. Even weirder to me was the Double Down phenomenon, where the *lack* of a bun seemingly made it more horrifying.

• It's not The Deep itself that's intimidating; it was the supposed combination of that along with Cer Te's BBQ Brisket Sandwich in my head that I thought would be an instant artery-hardener.  ;)

• Truth.

• Why does food immediately become more intimidating, more likely to be labeled death-inducing, merely by getting stuck between slices of bread/buns? How many actual Texans out there haven't eaten a plate of CFS with mac as a side, a couple slices of toast or a few rolls, probably another side, and some cobbler for dessert?

• Extra Fancy ketchup on the side, please.

• I want to eat that.

• I'm from Lubbock, living in New York, and I will not be trying this because...I don't want to die. But my Texas sandwich would have to be brisket w/ sauce on TX toast completely doused in yellow queso dip. Which they rarely have up here. And I can hardly ever find Rotels to make it!

• You are a dangerous man, stop reading my mind! That sounds brilliantly tasty.

• (clap clap clap clap)

• Uhhhh, that looks awesome.

• How many of you now have "Deep in the Heart of Texas" stuck in your head for the rest of the day?

• Also sprach Rob... Contest over.

• The Texas? A Whataburger #1 with cheese and a Dr. Pepper. And Whatasized. 

• That does not look good. Also, it's far too small to be associated with Texas, but they do love their dinky ass portions up there.

• Damn, I like your style!!

• This is a layup: Brisket, tomatillo salsa and fried oysters on some Central Texas Czech-style bread or a bolillo.  Maybe some Velhueizen cheese for good measure.

• I chose shrimp because they're one of those ingredients that are found in all of our most popular cuisines in Texas; they're not a mutually exclusive ingredient in any way (unless we're talking about Jewish cuisine, in which case...maybe chicken can sub).

• Mexican history of Texas comes in with both the chipotle peppers in the cheese and the bolillo bread. Both Pure Luck and Knopp Branch are quite a ways outside of Houston. And that Gulf shrimp could come from anywhere along our coast!  :)

• If you are willing to ignore the whole Asian influence in Houston (as most of the food world outside of Houston is indeed willing to do), the fajita burger at Ninfa's on Nav is a pretty good example of a "Houston sandwich."

• Forgive my being obtuse, but perhaps you're describing a *Houston* sandwich, as opposed to a *Texas* sandwich. And I'll agree the Cer Te is probably hitting the lowest common denominators (except for mac n cheese - I mean, really?). I'd say it needs something from the Mexican history of Texas (too much Europe in that). Pickled jalapeños, cornbread, salsa - something recognizable from El Paso to Lubbock. 

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