Chili was an Aztec word for the chile pepper. The Spanish adopted the dish and called it chili con carne. If there was a dish with meat already as its main ingredient, why say meat dish (chili) with meat?
My son makes a chili with steak cut into cubes and canned tomato chunks, several types of chiles and other seasonings. Served over white rice. Chili con arroz no chili con carne y arroz! LOL
Now them Texans boasting that they invented BBQ and that it is a smoked brisket? Well a boastful Texan you say? Never heard of such a thing!
The word Barbacoa is from Arawak indians in the Caribbean and Timucua Indians in Florida a frame for drying meat. And the word became used for a method of dressing and cooking pork. So, the Texans are a little late to the table to be claiming they invented BBQ and that is beef.
As for was Florida a southern state? It was the 3rd state to join the Confederacy after only 15 years of statehood. War with the Seminoles had just ceased fighting a few years earlier. But, Florida was very much a frontier and was the least populated state in the War of Northern Aggression. Just prior to the war people in Georgia and other southern states migrated to Florida to avoid the war. Though they were often forced into conscription for the confederate cause.
At some point, I have read, that Florida's population was 82% people who's family had migrated from Georgia.
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Originally Posted by WalkingTree
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