Barbecue Trailblazers: The Woman Who Gave Us Fajitas (Episode 2)

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🗓️ 8 August 2024

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Ninfa Laurenzo, or Mama Ninfa as many called her, was a trailblazer and an icon in the city of Houston, Texas. She helped introduce a Tex-Mex classic to the United States with her business savvy, food knowledge, and understanding of people. In this episode, we learn about the life that made Ninfa Laurenzo into the legend she's known as today.

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0:00.0	I proof listeners it's Morgan and as you can probably tell grilling is one of my greatest joys I love everything about it and
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0:24.0	It has a Bluetooth app for temperature readings, alerts, and a real-time temperature display
0:29.6	so you don't have to open the lid to check your progress.
0:32.9	Because as I like to say, if you're looking, you ain't cooking.
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1:08.0	Hi, listeners, it's Morgan. Last week on When Southern Women Cook, the Barbecue Trail Blazers,
1:12.0	we met Miss Helen Turner who makes an
1:13.6	incredible smoky barbecue the traditional way in West Tennessee. And this week we
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