I grew up eating Texas Wieners in Scranton but always wondered about the curious name. I dug in to learn more about when, where, and why it was created.
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The History of the Texas Wiener!
Patterson, NJ. El Paso, TX. You might think the Texas Wiener was born in one of these places, but you’d be wrong.
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