Bill Text: TX HCR102 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Comm Sub
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Bill Title: Designating peach cobbler as the official cobbler of Texas.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Signed by the Governor [HCR102 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HCR102-Comm_Sub.html
Bill Title: Designating peach cobbler as the official cobbler of Texas.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Signed by the Governor [HCR102 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HCR102-Comm_Sub.html
By: Miller (Senate Sponsor - Fraser) | H.C.R. No. 102 | |
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 9, 2013; | ||
May 9, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on | ||
Administration; May 15, 2013, reported favorably by the following | ||
vote: Yeas 4, Nays 0; May 15, 2013, sent to printer.) |
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WHEREAS, All across the Lone Star State, perhaps no dessert | ||
is more welcome at the end of a meal than peach cobbler; and | ||
WHEREAS, Originally invented by British colonists in | ||
America, cobbler was the name given to any dish made by pouring a | ||
filling into a pan and covering it with batter, biscuits, or a pie | ||
crust before baking; fillings could be sweet or savory, ranging | ||
from apples, blueberries, and peaches to beef, mutton, and lamb; | ||
and | ||
WHEREAS, The name "cobbler" is thought to have been derived | ||
from the resemblance of the finished dish to a cobbled street, or | ||
from the fact that it is "cobbled" together from a variety of | ||
ingredients; the different types of cobbler all over the nation | ||
have gone by such colorful names as Brown Betty, the Grump, the | ||
Buckle, and the Sonker; and | ||
WHEREAS, Cobbler filled with delicious Texas peaches has | ||
become one of the signature desserts of the state; usually made very | ||
sweet, peach cobbler has become a summertime favorite, and a dish of | ||
cobbler with a single scoop of vanilla ice cream often serves as the | ||
perfect finish to any day; and | ||
WHEREAS, Many Texans prefer cobbler made with fresh peaches, | ||
and during peach season from mid-May to early August, Gillespie | ||
County becomes the center of the peach cobbler universe, producing | ||
40 percent of the state's peaches, many of which are sold to | ||
travelers from stands along the highways outside Fredericksburg; | ||
and | ||
WHEREAS, Whether served to beat the Texas heat or to | ||
complement a plate of Texas barbecue, whether prepared in a Texas | ||
roadhouse or from a treasured family recipe handed down through | ||
generations, peach cobbler is one of the distinctive flavors of the | ||
Lone Star State, beloved by Texans wherever they are in the world as | ||
a taste of home; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the 83rd Legislature of the State of Texas | ||
hereby designate peach cobbler as the official cobbler of Texas. | ||
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