You just love assuming things and filling in the blanks, don't you? http://www.austinchronicle.com/food/2005-03-04/261130/ Invented by Mexicans in Texas. Tex-Mex. If that doesn't make it Tex-Mex in your eyes, you are either blind, poorly skilled in the English language (nobody can begrudge you due to that) or ignorant. Now this is as off topic as it goes and I lack the ability to move this to another thread, so I'm ending my part right now.