This is the Houston Rodeo and it runs for 2 weeks. The primary function is for FFA (Future Farmers of America) to show off and sell their stock and other items to go toward their college tuition. The actual rodeo is at night and is followed by concerts by famous artists (which can go until 2 in the morning, so it is kind of all night). I think you saw the NZ Family at the State Fair. Most of what this shows is Houston's version of that.
I love that Geren said, "I'm gonna become an NHL player and move you guys to America." He got a future in him and I hope he works hard and makes it. It would be awesome to see him get drafted by an NHL team and root for him. You never know, you can get drafted by the Dallas Stars in Texas. I'm a NY Rangers fan but I would always root for Geren wherever he goes. Awesome video guys 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Before the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, there are at least half a dozen trailrides that come from all over Texas. These are composed of thousands of riders, wagons, and horses who ride for an average of 1 week to get to the Rodeo. It's quite a spectacular sight. When I was a kid, my family lived in Cypress, Texas, and I remember one of the trail rides going down my road. The trail ride took the entire day and into the night.... that's how long it was. I don't know where they stopped to camp that night. Also, the HLSR isn't just about the show and rodeo. They also have art shows. High school kids all over Texas can be entered into the art show when I was in HS, I had several pieces of art that my teacher entered for me. I won several awards for ceramics. My name was in the Houston newspaper. And ... it's crazy, but my father worked as a foreman in a large print shop in Houston. He was chosen to do a print job for an artist to make prints of the artists western themed paintings. Those prints were then for sale at the HLSR AND in art and home decor shops all over Texas!!! When the artist would come into the print shop to preapprove the samples, the guy would want some little adjustment to it. So, my father would make the adjustments.... Then, set those samples back!!! He brought them home. So my family has those prints decorating our homes that my Daddy printed!!!
@@justmeiniowa He seems too proud to ask for $$$ (just my humble opinion.). I drop something in the bucket on payday. As a 100% Disabled Veteran, I get paid once a month and have to plan ahead for it. Sorry.
There are rodeos all over the USA. There’s a rodeo circuit and these cowboys go from rodeo to rodeo and compete. The Texas Rodeo is like a State Fair and it goes for a couple of weeks.
I don’t recommend them anymore. Too many people don’t deep-fry them correctly or don’t fry them at all. They are not good coming from an oven, grill or microwave (unless you’re a kid) The batter’s consistency, the temperature of the oil, the quality of sausage dog that you have inside; all matter. We used to lightly dip with k&m (like the amount used on a hamburger bun top) allowing the corn muffin batter and weenie to take the runner up prize to the ‘best hot dog breading’. Now everyone has a full salad on top of their hot dogs and they drown their corn dogs in condiments Too many people claim More Is Better, it really isn’t. Simple goodness is enough in moderation. Put an Oscar Meyer weener inside Wonder bread buns, you’ve got yourself an almost fancy bologna sandwich (same meat, same bread) My Mom used to cut hot dogs in half length-wise then fry them in a pan for a few minutes then pan fry two pieces of buttered bread, arrange vertical weenies flat side down and edge to edge (tech. took two hot dogs), eat like a sandwich. The sear and the toasting improves the taste of a baloney sandwich, imo. She deep fried some good corn dogs too.
@@nood1e236 She really is. I’ve appreciated her life lessons more and more since becoming a parent thirty-five years ago. She was a part-time working Mom when necessary but a stay at home Mom at heart. She’s one of those people that you can talk to once and walk away thinking, yep, she’s a good person with a caring heart. But I also knew that she could silence me with a glance and she managed the whole household well, especially when Dad was ‘out in the field’ (deployed in Army lingo). She’s my Steel Magnolia. That reminds me, Mom’s used to be the standard comparison we’d make in judging restaurants. If what we ate outside the home wasn’t as good or better than Mom makes it, then there’d be no need to order that dish again; I’d rather wait until Mom makes it again or ask her for the recipe than waste money on the mediocre. I had the Betty Crocker Mom so I’m a little more critical and a lot more picky toward the delivered, packaged and processed foods we’re all eating today while thinking, this would be better if simmered longer to develop that flavor, like Mom does at home.
Great reaction! Y'all should check out New Zealand family goes to the State Fair of Texas. That gives you alot of insight into our culture as well as great food, an awesome car show, rides, animals, etc.
Theyre at the biggest Rodeo in Texas, the Houston Rodeo. The Houston Rodeo is going on right now. It happens every year, at the end of February for 2 weeks.
As a Houstonian, I hate to break any hearts, but our rodeo is but once a year. This year it runs from Feb 27 to March 17 and is always around this time of year. You can come and stay the whole day as it runs from 7am in the morning until 10: 15 every day. It is tons of fun, the food is great, and there are some stellar musical acts from rap, to country, to pop, to Tejano if you can score tickets early enough as many tend to sell out soon after the acts are announced.
This is the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo which is happening right now. First few days were a cook-off where approximately 250 teams participated. It lasts about 3 weeks
The Calgary Stampede is also one of the best things on earth. Y'all should also watch the movie 8 seconds, it's a true story of Lane Frost who was one of the best bull riders ever.
I grew up going to our local county Fair. We had Livestock shows, Tractor pulls, and Demolition Derby's. I even entered different thing in the Fair and won a few ribbons. It's all community driven, so farmers can show off their cattle, or local business can get some exposure. I grew up in an area that outside of Chicago, with Farms that grew crops, like corn. Our rodeos focused more on Horses, Farming, and hunting.
I think the Graham Family would love it here in America. We Love the Graham Family and all the videos. Yall show more Love and knowledge than many born here. I could see Jono and Cat sitting on the porch of your Texas ranch.. Tending to their BBQ Restaurant. Son will be a NHL Star and Leia After Graduation college, managing the horses on the farm. Maybe even a veterinarian. Dreams Do Come True ❤
The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo lasts about 2-weeks, all days. This year is the 90th anniversary of the rodeo, considered to be the largest rodeo in the world.
The Houston Rodeo is going on now. The KHOU 11 News has TH-cam videos they have done recently of the Trail Ride, some award winners, etc. They would give you a better idea of the rodeo part.
I love hearing you talk about cattle. And I won't bother to correct you. Even ranchers sometime call them collectively 'Cows'. LOL!! Typically a fairground will close between 10 & 12pm. Not all night. Rodeos do happen in Europe. I'm not sure of all the things going on around them.
I'm a new subscriber to your channel. Happened across it by accident and so glad I did. I very much enjoy your down to earth casual videos. You have a beautiful family! Thank you for the entertainment. Much love from this American father of three daughters and grandpa to four grandchildren, with another on the way. Be safe but do have fun, Time flies by!
This particular rodeo is the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo, which is the largest in the world. The Calgary Stampede in Canada is close in size. The Fort Worth Rodeo in north Texas is also very large. The State Fair of Texas is in Dallas and is a whole separate thing with all the carnival stuff, but without the rodeo events. As others have said, there are smaller rodeos of varying sizes with less in the way of music/food/carnival across the nation (especially the west) throughout the year as well as professional rodeo circuits for events like bull riding, calf roping, barrel racing, etc.
I share your aversion to sharing bites of food with others. I don't know how familiar you are with these two, but they are Josh and Ollie and have a TH-cam channel called Jolly. They have known each other since their college days. They consider each other to be family. Josh is actually the godfather of Ollie's kids. They probably look at sharing bites of food like you would with your family. Rodeos are big business in many western States and some of the best, if not exactly healthy, foods can be found there. The competitions in the ring are all based on what old time cowboys did on the range. Roping calves, breaking horses, and steer wrestling. The only thing not part of their jobs would have been bull riding. It's generally agreed that two cowboys, probably drunk, looked at a bull and said "I bet I can ride him longer than you.".
We live in Louisiana and have gone to the Houston Rodeo, it’s two weeks with the livestock show also. I had to work but the family went and my grandson took first in the mutton busting. He won $200.00 dollars and eat himself sick from too much candy and junk food. My wife took pictures of everything and some videos. He was climbing light poles as he was in sugar overload, but eventually crashed and was fast asleep in no time. The adrenaline of winning and all the sugary sweets, cokes, corn dogs had him in a whirlwind of highs and lows. I think the word bonkers was used a few times. I’m the type that would have thrown in a few Red Bulls to keep is going so maybe it was better i missed it. Thanks for sharing.
alligator is legitimately very tasty when fried. i wouldn't say it's super common, but it is served year round in the south. not just at festivals or as an oddity. it's just good.
Texas is so big and diverse. All types of folks and cultures from Tex=Mex to German in towns like Fredericksburg, TX where you have can get schnitzel at a beer garden. There are some TH-cams about the Germans in Texas.
Graham Family, a corndog is literally just a hotdog on a stick, dipped in cornmeal, and then deep fried. Now you can use cheese-filled hotdogs if you like, but a good thick all beef hotdog is best. Yes, that's right. Most hotdogs in America are made with beef, not pork. There are some pork hotdogs, but I believe most hotdog makers switched to beef quite a while ago.
I would absolutely love to see a Slovakian Rodeo! I'd love to see what's similar and what is culturally different. If there are different breeds of animals, or different types of tools and techniques. That's an amazing idea Kat! Also, the food! Also, keep in mind when it comes to food, when you go to the rodeo or the state fair, we have a whole classification of "fair food " or "fair ground food" in America, a lot of which depends on the region of the nation but one thing that is almost always there is the eye catching odd ball foods. While I agree I'd rather eat something like brisket or barbeque than pizza on a stick or fried Oreos, it's best to focus on trying brisket and Texas barbeque one day, and fair ground food another day, as they are completely different styles of food. That's not to say don't try the brisket at the fair ground, but a lot of the foods and recipes used by the businesses at fairs or rodeos or similar events are made for that type of venue. Why put pizza on a stick? So you can tote it around while you walk around the fair. You're not likely to find something like cricket pizza or scorpion pizza at most restaurants, so it's worth trying the odd things that catch your eye while walking around the fair or the rodeo. If you're going out to eat proper brisket and barbeque with the full experience, it's best to focus on that type of food. In my family, whenever we are doing something or going somewhere where we know we're gonna be eating a lot or trying a lot of new foods, we tend to skip breakfast so we are extra hungry for the good stuff, lol. Plus, you can take any leftovers to go, and you got dinner to snack on whenever you start to get hungry that evening.
There is another video of the Jolly guys trying more food at the TX Rodeo and Fair. If you want to see more rodeo videos though just look up the PBR (Professional Bull Riding). They cover more than just bull Riding. They do horses as well. You might have to look up either the FFA or 4H to look up the little kids stuff like the mutton busting. Now if you want to see a couple of other things that are funny that most folks don't know about are Try to catch the greased pig or Benson, NC Mule Days and see if someone has Donkey Basketball.
You need a proper Stetson cowboy hat Jono. Get it fitted personally to you. So when you come to America make sure you go to a proper Western hat store. They will fit a hat that fits you the right way. You really won't see anyone in Texas wearing a heavy felt hat. Unless it's winter or a dress hat. The professional rodeo riding on bulls is usually an evening event. They mostly saw the children's rodeo events. Calf roaping is something that the ranchers do to capture the calves and brand, medicate, etc. It doesn't hurt the calves. Cause a hurt damaged calf isn't worth any money. They 4 and 5 year olds mutton busting usually cry because they couldn't hang on long enough to win. Not cause they got hurt. Most rodeo's are because it's also a State Fair. And can last all week with lots of events from live music to Pro Rodeo. Horse shows, livestock showing and prizes. And also you're going to see food usually sold only at Fairs. It's usually fried everything 🤣. Take the one food you'd think should never be fried and you'll probably find it there. Great video today. Blessings from the Great State of Texas 🇺🇸
Just so yall know. There are RODEOs in almost all of the Lower 48 states. There are indoor and outdoor RODEOs. There are at least three Rodeo circuits that I have been too. When you come to the states you can just do a search for the closest RODEO to where you are. I tried to give you a link to one of the PBR events th-cam.com/video/pgRhHrFBy5U/w-d-xo.htmlsi=2Mrv4IeRdPvnNDMk
My cousin puked on swings exactly like those. I didn't notice until it stopped and he had throw up all over him and it was spread around the base. I don't think anyone else got any on them thankfully.
Uh oh, it's time to trim that 10 o'clock shadow, bubba! Y'all would love the "Livestock" portion of the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. Largest in the world. BBQ Cook Off, Fair, fat girl races...it's fantastic!
Jono, I just ran into one of your videos from a year ago--the one where the Jolly guys were sampling barbecue with the guy in overalls/boiler suit. Someone mentioned that his dogs were barking after they came back inside, and you were confused. A year later, here's an explanation. It means that your feet are really worn out, and you need a rest. I've had fried alligator, but not rattlesnake. However, I'd like to try it. I'm assuming that you've seen this sort of video before--at a state fair or rodeo, where it seems that the goal is to come up with the absolute weirdest food combinations possible, such as pizza on a stick--anything, as long as it has at least 2000 calories in it.
Belgian Malinois. Smartest dogs on the planet. Used a lot here in police work. I had a Belgian Tervuren, the long haired type. The Malinois are really, really intense dogs. They need a job or they'll eat your house. They never even went into the rodeo. That was the fair portion of it. The rodeo likely started at night.
I used to ride bulls. When I was 18 in 19. In small rodeos. I'm the type of person. Who like 2 experience something least Once or twice. SO I can say i'd done it to myself. William s
It's entertaining and strange to me that so many around the world have never actually been to/or seen a live rodeo. Of course, bull riding is my #1 and I love just walking around looking at the livestock, the food is like that of a county fair, lots of great stuff (Funnel Cake). But it just never occurred to me that, as popular as western movies were back in the 50s through the 70's and into the 80's, that more people having been. I just assumed Cowboys were everywhere and it was a way of life shared. Then when I went to Japan, I saw a man wearing a cowboy hat out on the street (a local) and it really did look out of place as that was the first Japanese (or Asian) cowboy I ever saw in Publick (Jakie Chan plays one in a movie, I think). I bet Japanese girls would make cute cowgirls though (sorry - getting off track) ;P
The pizza on a stick is like a very large hot pocket or a doughy calzone. Didn’t mind hot pockets when they first came out because they were less messy and quicker to cook than a pizza. Over time and them experimenting with their cost effective dough; it started to remind me too much of pop-tarts pastry. Pizza Hut made a great Calzone called a Pizone, until they changed their ‘secret dough recipe’ also for cost effective reasons and I’m left disappointed every time. That happens to a lot of our favorite foods, over time they get more processed and more artificial tasting. Unfortunately, we can’t force them to uphold quality, because we settle for it and eat it anyway. I remember the distinctive difference in Burger King’s fries when they started cooking them in unsaturated fat oil (always sounded like an oxymoron) because they bent to the ‘healthy eating’ lobbyists. We sacrifice taste for convenience a lot, so when the quality is there (like it used to be), we notice. When it isn’t, we say - sure do miss the good old days. 😂
Yes, regarding all the events at a rodeo, they are pretty unique to America and its Old West "cowboy" culture, and I think that's why, or at least one of the reasons, that American culture is what it is. You know you get some folks that say America doesn't have any culture. Yeah? I beg to differ. I would say that the entire 1800s and even a bit of the 1700s are what gave America its most unique culture in first the colonial culture which is still seen today in the Atlantic Coast region where some of the original settlements were. Charlestown, South Carolina is an excellent place to visit for some of that from a southern perspective. Boston and its surrounding suburbs is another for a northern perspective. Williamsburg, Virginia, just south of DC is another cool site that maintains an entire historical colonial-esque portion of town there with period-dressed "actors." Plus you got a lot of Civil War history scattered throughout the Eastern half of the US, from battlefields, forts and museums. And then of course the whole Westward expansion story in the 1800s which includes the "cowboy" life, the Wild Old West with Outlaws and their Gangs plus prominent and famous lawmen that pursued these outlaw gangs. Not to mention the whole Gold Rush period that spawned countless gold mining towns all over the mountainous West. So yeah, it's actually a really rich history and culture that no other country in the world has. The only difference is that it's been fairly recent. I mean, some of the figures from the Old West lived into the 1930s and 40s...so it's only been about 80, 90, 100 years since those old fellers died off.
He said it all. It is about the land and the way of life. I was deciding between 2 job offers and one was in texas. The minute i was off of the plane, i felt at home. I only left when my aging parents needed me. I still love Texas, and i am grateful for my 10 yrs there. God Bless Texas!
I was born, raised, lived in Texas for 40 years. A major live event took me to Oklahoma. I love where I'm at in Oklahoma, but I'm born bred Texan. I'd go back, but the cost to live ANYWHERE in Texas is insane!!! Especially around the Houston area (the suburbs). I fear I may never be able to go back.
@OkiePeg411 Such a nice reply. I also spent time in Oklahoma. I never lived there, but i traveled there on business a lot. I loved Oklahoma. I remember driving through some of the terrain, and i thought it was amazing. I could visualize the old westerns being filmed there. I was in medical research, and Oklahoma City had a very good reputation in Cardiology and Electrophysioloy. I believe it is still good today. The people were always so nice to me, and i was always happy to go there. My "home base" was in Tulsa, but i made my way around the state. I send my blessings to Oklahoma and you. ~ karen
This is the Houston Rodeo and it runs for 2 weeks. The primary function is for FFA (Future Farmers of America) to show off and sell their stock and other items to go toward their college tuition. The actual rodeo is at night and is followed by concerts by famous artists (which can go until 2 in the morning, so it is kind of all night). I think you saw the NZ Family at the State Fair. Most of what this shows is Houston's version of that.
Runs for 3 weeks
Leah would enjoy watching barrel racing.
I love that Geren said, "I'm gonna become an NHL player and move you guys to America." He got a future in him and I hope he works hard and makes it. It would be awesome to see him get drafted by an NHL team and root for him. You never know, you can get drafted by the Dallas Stars in Texas. I'm a NY Rangers fan but I would always root for Geren wherever he goes. Awesome video guys 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Before the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, there are at least half a dozen trailrides that come from all over Texas. These are composed of thousands of riders, wagons, and horses who ride for an average of 1 week to get to the Rodeo. It's quite a spectacular sight.
When I was a kid, my family lived in Cypress, Texas, and I remember one of the trail rides going down my road. The trail ride took the entire day and into the night.... that's how long it was. I don't know where they stopped to camp that night.
Also, the HLSR isn't just about the show and rodeo. They also have art shows. High school kids all over Texas can be entered into the art show when I was in HS, I had several pieces of art that my teacher entered for me. I won several awards for ceramics. My name was in the Houston newspaper.
And ... it's crazy, but my father worked as a foreman in a large print shop in Houston. He was chosen to do a print job for an artist to make prints of the artists western themed paintings. Those prints were then for sale at the HLSR AND in art and home decor shops all over Texas!!! When the artist would come into the print shop to preapprove the samples, the guy would want some little adjustment to it. So, my father would make the adjustments.... Then, set those samples back!!! He brought them home. So my family has those prints decorating our homes that my Daddy printed!!!
You should see the Texas State Fair
Howdy folks, this is Big Tex. Welcome to the State Fair of Texas.
The HLSR is bigger than the state fair.
They need to watch the 2nd part of this Jolly video.
I'm not sure since it grossed Jono.
Let's get the Grahams to the USA. There is a link to their travel fund in the video description area if anyone would like to donate.
Wow. That needs to be advertised better. The NZ family did very well with the GFM page.
@@thumper7047 Johno mentioned it one time in a video. He should mention it in every video !
@@justmeiniowa He seems too proud to ask for $$$ (just my humble opinion.). I drop something in the bucket on payday. As a 100% Disabled Veteran, I get paid once a month and have to plan ahead for it. Sorry.
There are rodeos all over the USA. There’s a rodeo circuit and these cowboys go from rodeo to rodeo and compete. The Texas Rodeo is like a State Fair and it goes for a couple of weeks.
Corn dogs should have mustard on the side and you dip them in it.
it's pretty silly to tell people how to eat their food. unless they use a knife and fork for pizza.
@@jishani1 It's pretty silly to tell someone it's silly. 🤣
You guys should do part two where they try more at that rodeo.
Corndog is just a hotdog inside of fried batter. Basically like fried cornbread w a hotdog in the middle.
cornmeal batter, yeah.
I used to make these when I was in high school, its basic cornbread batter, but you got to get the right consistency or the batter won't hold.
I don’t recommend them anymore.
Too many people don’t deep-fry them correctly or don’t fry them at all.
They are not good coming from an oven, grill or microwave (unless you’re a kid)
The batter’s consistency, the temperature of the oil, the quality of sausage dog that you have inside; all matter.
We used to lightly dip with k&m (like the amount used on a hamburger bun top) allowing the corn muffin batter and weenie to take the runner up prize to the ‘best hot dog breading’.
Now everyone has a full salad on top of their hot dogs and they drown their corn dogs in condiments
Too many people claim More Is Better, it really isn’t. Simple goodness is enough in moderation.
Put an Oscar Meyer weener inside Wonder bread buns, you’ve got yourself an almost fancy bologna sandwich (same meat, same bread)
My Mom used to cut hot dogs in half length-wise then fry them in a pan for a few minutes then pan fry two pieces of buttered bread, arrange vertical weenies flat side down and edge to edge (tech. took two hot dogs), eat like a sandwich.
The sear and the toasting improves the taste of a baloney sandwich, imo.
She deep fried some good corn dogs too.
Your mom sounds awesome@@DeAnne1233
@@nood1e236 She really is. I’ve appreciated her life lessons more and more since becoming a parent thirty-five years ago. She was a part-time working Mom when necessary but a stay at home Mom at heart. She’s one of those people that you can talk to once and walk away thinking, yep, she’s a good person with a caring heart. But I also knew that she could silence me with a glance and she managed the whole household well, especially when Dad was ‘out in the field’ (deployed in Army lingo). She’s my Steel Magnolia.
That reminds me, Mom’s used to be the standard comparison we’d make in judging restaurants.
If what we ate outside the home wasn’t as good or better than Mom makes it, then there’d be no need to order that dish again; I’d rather wait until Mom makes it again or ask her for the recipe than waste money on the mediocre. I had the Betty Crocker Mom so I’m a little more critical and a lot more picky toward the delivered, packaged and processed foods we’re all eating today while thinking, this would be better if simmered longer to develop that flavor, like Mom does at home.
corndog is just a hot dog on a stick dipped in cornmeal batter and dropped into a deep fryer til its nice and brown.
I like the family dynamic in these types of videos. It’s always hilarious 😂
They're at the Houston Rodeo. The schedule says that it runs for 20 days. It is taking place right now from Feb 27 to March 17.
Great reaction! Y'all should check out New Zealand family goes to the State Fair of Texas. That gives you alot of insight into our culture as well as great food, an awesome car show, rides, animals, etc.
Theyre at the biggest Rodeo in Texas, the Houston Rodeo. The Houston Rodeo is going on right now. It happens every year, at the end of February for 2 weeks.
It’s the biggest, including live stock in the world.
There are several bull riders and rodeo stars from South Africa. Surprised that Jono isn’t aware of that.
Congratulations on your 10,000 subscribers! 🎉
As a Houstonian, I hate to break any hearts, but our rodeo is but once a year. This year it runs from Feb 27 to March 17 and is always around this time of year. You can come and stay the whole day as it runs from 7am in the morning until 10: 15 every day. It is tons of fun, the food is great, and there are some stellar musical acts from rap, to country, to pop, to Tejano if you can score tickets early enough as many tend to sell out soon after the acts are announced.
Such a great family ❤. Greetings from the USA 🇺🇸.
if you want another rodeo video from a european perspective, check out eva zu beck's video where she went to a rodeo in montana. its a good one
I was about to recommend the same video.
The Houston Rodeo is going on now...The BBQ cook-off at the start of the Rodeo is wonderful
This is the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo which is happening right now. First few days were a cook-off where approximately 250 teams participated. It lasts about 3 weeks
The Calgary Stampede is also one of the best things on earth. Y'all should also watch the movie 8 seconds, it's a true story of Lane Frost who was one of the best bull riders ever.
I grew up going to our local county Fair. We had Livestock shows, Tractor pulls, and Demolition Derby's. I even entered different thing in the Fair and won a few ribbons. It's all community driven, so farmers can show off their cattle, or local business can get some exposure. I grew up in an area that outside of Chicago, with Farms that grew crops, like corn. Our rodeos focused more on Horses, Farming, and hunting.
19:15 my head just queued "Toby Keith - I Should Have Been A Cowboy" RIP to a legend. great song btw should give it a listen
Houston Rodeo goes on for 2 1/2 weeks longer if you include the trail rides and cook off
Eva Zu Beck filmed a real country rodeo in Montana. Her films are awesome.
I think the Graham Family would love it here in America. We Love the Graham Family and all the videos.
Yall show more Love and knowledge than many born here.
I could see Jono and Cat sitting on the porch of your Texas ranch.. Tending to their BBQ Restaurant. Son will be a NHL Star and Leia After Graduation college, managing the horses on the farm. Maybe even a veterinarian.
Dreams Do Come True ❤
The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo lasts about 2-weeks, all days. This year is the 90th anniversary of the rodeo, considered to be the largest rodeo in the world.
The Houston Rodeo is going on now. The KHOU 11 News has TH-cam videos they have done recently of the Trail Ride, some award winners, etc. They would give you a better idea of the rodeo part.
You would LOVE the rodeo! It's a great atmosphere.
Thank you for loving Texas so much it really is a great state.
I believe the Texas state fair is a month long fair next door to the Cotton Bowl football stadium in Dallas ,Texas, in early fall.
there is a part 2 to this video if you didnt notice at the end.
I love hearing you talk about cattle. And I won't bother to correct you. Even ranchers sometime call them collectively 'Cows'. LOL!! Typically a fairground will close between 10 & 12pm. Not all night. Rodeos do happen in Europe. I'm not sure of all the things going on around them.
I'm a new subscriber to your channel. Happened across it by accident and so glad I did.
I very much enjoy your down to earth casual videos.
You have a beautiful family! Thank you for the entertainment.
Much love from this American father of three daughters and grandpa to four grandchildren, with another on the way.
Be safe but do have fun, Time flies by!
They were at the Houston Texas Rodeo every year End of February thru mid March
Love watching you guys talk and share your opinions, great video!😊
The Eva zu beck Montana rodeo is great fun
"This is literally our first rodeo." 😂
Great Video. Would love to see a video of ya'll at a Slovakian Rodeo. Cheers from Boston!
This particular rodeo is the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo, which is the largest in the world. The Calgary Stampede in Canada is close in size. The Fort Worth Rodeo in north Texas is also very large. The State Fair of Texas is in Dallas and is a whole separate thing with all the carnival stuff, but without the rodeo events. As others have said, there are smaller rodeos of varying sizes with less in the way of music/food/carnival across the nation (especially the west) throughout the year as well as professional rodeo circuits for events like bull riding, calf roping, barrel racing, etc.
Lovely family, especially the kids. Wishing you guys all the best.
I share your aversion to sharing bites of food with others. I don't know how familiar you are with these two, but they are Josh and Ollie and have a TH-cam channel called Jolly. They have known each other since their college days. They consider each other to be family. Josh is actually the godfather of Ollie's kids. They probably look at sharing bites of food like you would with your family.
Rodeos are big business in many western States and some of the best, if not exactly healthy, foods can be found there. The competitions in the ring are all based on what old time cowboys did on the range. Roping calves, breaking horses, and steer wrestling. The only thing not part of their jobs would have been bull riding. It's generally agreed that two cowboys, probably drunk, looked at a bull and said "I bet I can ride him longer than you.".
We live in Louisiana and have gone to the Houston Rodeo, it’s two weeks with the livestock show also. I had to work but the family went and my grandson took first in the mutton busting. He won $200.00 dollars and eat himself sick from too much candy and junk food. My wife took pictures of everything and some videos. He was climbing light poles as he was in sugar overload, but eventually crashed and was fast asleep in no time. The adrenaline of winning and all the sugary sweets, cokes, corn dogs had him in a whirlwind of highs and lows. I think the word bonkers was used a few times. I’m the type that would have thrown in a few Red Bulls to keep is going so maybe it was better i missed it. Thanks for sharing.
alligator is legitimately very tasty when fried. i wouldn't say it's super common, but it is served year round in the south. not just at festivals or as an oddity. it's just good.
Texas is so big and diverse. All types of folks and cultures from Tex=Mex to German in towns like Fredericksburg, TX where you have can get schnitzel at a beer garden. There are some TH-cams about the Germans in Texas.
Starting in October turkeys become a common sight each year. Look up turkeys crossing the road and you will see how common they are.
You might consider the State Fair of Texas as well if you ever come to Texas. It runs for about about 3 weeks.
Graham Family, a corndog is literally just a hotdog on a stick, dipped in cornmeal, and then deep fried. Now you can use cheese-filled hotdogs if you like, but a good thick all beef hotdog is best. Yes, that's right. Most hotdogs in America are made with beef, not pork. There are some pork hotdogs, but I believe most hotdog makers switched to beef quite a while ago.
The Rodeo Championships are in Las Vegas in December. There are probably videos of that.
Ranchers and the rodeo community are an entirely different breed of people in the best way possible!
I would absolutely love to see a Slovakian Rodeo! I'd love to see what's similar and what is culturally different. If there are different breeds of animals, or different types of tools and techniques. That's an amazing idea Kat! Also, the food!
Also, keep in mind when it comes to food, when you go to the rodeo or the state fair, we have a whole classification of "fair food " or "fair ground food" in America, a lot of which depends on the region of the nation but one thing that is almost always there is the eye catching odd ball foods. While I agree I'd rather eat something like brisket or barbeque than pizza on a stick or fried Oreos, it's best to focus on trying brisket and Texas barbeque one day, and fair ground food another day, as they are completely different styles of food. That's not to say don't try the brisket at the fair ground, but a lot of the foods and recipes used by the businesses at fairs or rodeos or similar events are made for that type of venue. Why put pizza on a stick? So you can tote it around while you walk around the fair. You're not likely to find something like cricket pizza or scorpion pizza at most restaurants, so it's worth trying the odd things that catch your eye while walking around the fair or the rodeo. If you're going out to eat proper brisket and barbeque with the full experience, it's best to focus on that type of food.
In my family, whenever we are doing something or going somewhere where we know we're gonna be eating a lot or trying a lot of new foods, we tend to skip breakfast so we are extra hungry for the good stuff, lol. Plus, you can take any leftovers to go, and you got dinner to snack on whenever you start to get hungry that evening.
That's the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. Houston TX. About 45 minutes from me
This was the biggest rodeo...Eva zu Beck has a video of a tiny rodeo that's pretty fun. She talks to more people than they do.
There is another video of the Jolly guys trying more food at the TX Rodeo and Fair. If you want to see more rodeo videos though just look up the PBR (Professional Bull Riding). They cover more than just bull Riding. They do horses as well. You might have to look up either the FFA or 4H to look up the little kids stuff like the mutton busting. Now if you want to see a couple of other things that are funny that most folks don't know about are Try to catch the greased pig or Benson, NC Mule Days and see if someone has Donkey Basketball.
You need a proper Stetson cowboy hat Jono. Get it fitted personally to you. So when you come to America make sure you go to a proper Western hat store. They will fit a hat that fits you the right way. You really won't see anyone in Texas wearing a heavy felt hat. Unless it's winter or a dress hat.
The professional rodeo riding on bulls is usually an evening event. They mostly saw the children's rodeo events.
Calf roaping is something that the ranchers do to capture the calves and brand, medicate, etc. It doesn't hurt the calves. Cause a hurt damaged calf isn't worth any money. They 4 and 5 year olds mutton busting usually cry because they couldn't hang on long enough to win. Not cause they got hurt. Most rodeo's are because it's also a State Fair. And can last all week with lots of events from live music to Pro Rodeo. Horse shows, livestock showing and prizes. And also you're going to see food usually sold only at Fairs. It's usually fried everything 🤣. Take the one food you'd think should never be fried and you'll probably find it there.
Great video today.
Blessings from the Great State of Texas 🇺🇸
Just so yall know. There are RODEOs in almost all of the Lower 48 states. There are indoor and outdoor RODEOs. There are at least three Rodeo circuits that I have been too. When you come to the states you can just do a search for the closest RODEO to where you are.
I tried to give you a link to one of the PBR events
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Here you go. The Best of Rodeo From 2019. thats a good video on YT
Best corn dog I ever had was from a food truck in St. George, UT
My cousin puked on swings exactly like those. I didn't notice until it stopped and he had throw up all over him and it was spread around the base. I don't think anyone else got any on them thankfully.
Thank you all for another good video I wish y'all a very good day
love wearing my boots too, unless it is icy out. Not much in the way of traction
Hey you, guys. Really enjoy the posts ! Hope your family can visit here in Texas soon. I wouldn't live any place else !! 🤗🌼✨
Leigha - sorry for spelling if wrong - if she rode a horse, she could do barrel racing. Corn dogs only have the hot dog/sausage - no cheese inside.
Uh oh, it's time to trim that 10 o'clock shadow, bubba! Y'all would love the "Livestock" portion of the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. Largest in the world. BBQ Cook Off, Fair, fat girl races...it's fantastic!
Another great video. You are a very beautiful family.
Jono, I just ran into one of your videos from a year ago--the one where the Jolly guys were sampling barbecue with the guy in overalls/boiler suit. Someone mentioned that his dogs were barking after they came back inside, and you were confused. A year later, here's an explanation. It means that your feet are really worn out, and you need a rest.
I've had fried alligator, but not rattlesnake. However, I'd like to try it.
I'm assuming that you've seen this sort of video before--at a state fair or rodeo, where it seems that the goal is to come up with the absolute weirdest food combinations possible, such as pizza on a stick--anything, as long as it has at least 2000 calories in it.
You guys are awesome to watch! ❤
The Houston Rodeo is the biggest and best in the world! ❤
She could do barrow racing or pole bending
Hot dog in corn dogs.... peace from Central Texas Hook'em Horns 🤘
Jolly has a part 2 to this video with Moore crazy food.
I'm with you buddy I don't want nobody eating off of my food either
Belgian Malinois. Smartest dogs on the planet. Used a lot here in police work. I had a Belgian Tervuren, the long haired type. The Malinois are really, really intense dogs. They need a job or they'll eat your house. They never even went into the rodeo. That was the fair portion of it. The rodeo likely started at night.
I used to ride bulls. When I was 18 in 19. In small rodeos. I'm the type of person. Who like 2 experience something least Once or twice. SO I can say i'd done it to myself. William s
That fair covers a little more than 1 square kilometer
Ya'll can come visit me here in San Antonio, Texas. We have a bad ass rodeo also.
Just so you know, a male cow is a bull, and a steer is a male cow that's been castrated. ❤ The videos. Watching you from Amarillo, Texas
Beers are automatic at a rodeo😂😂😂
When yall come over, yall should see a ranch rodeo.
My dad did rodeo in High School. He rode a bull ... just one time!!
It's entertaining and strange to me that so many around the world have never actually been to/or seen a live rodeo. Of course, bull riding is my #1 and I love just walking around looking at the livestock, the food is like that of a county fair, lots of great stuff (Funnel Cake). But it just never occurred to me that, as popular as western movies were back in the 50s through the 70's and into the 80's, that more people having been. I just assumed Cowboys were everywhere and it was a way of life shared.
Then when I went to Japan, I saw a man wearing a cowboy hat out on the street (a local) and it really did look out of place as that was the first Japanese (or Asian) cowboy I ever saw in Publick (Jakie Chan plays one in a movie, I think). I bet Japanese girls would make cute cowgirls though (sorry - getting off track) ;P
Make sure you bring your accents,,,,, we love to hear you guys talk over here in Texas. We stop in our tracks to listen.
Your daughter is old enough to do barrel racing. Thats where ladies do a timed racing on horseback in a certain pattern around barrels,😊😊😊
You need to try brisket!!!!!!!!
You usually dip it in the ketchup and mustard and not just put it right on there. Never seen anyone do that. lol
You need to look up The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo.
It's the largest Rodeo in the World!!!
The pizza on a stick is like a very large hot pocket or a doughy calzone.
Didn’t mind hot pockets when they first came out because they were less messy and quicker to cook than a pizza.
Over time and them experimenting with their cost effective dough; it started to remind me too much of pop-tarts pastry.
Pizza Hut made a great Calzone called a Pizone, until they changed their ‘secret dough recipe’ also for cost effective reasons and I’m left disappointed every time.
That happens to a lot of our favorite foods, over time they get more processed and more artificial tasting.
Unfortunately, we can’t force them to uphold quality, because we settle for it and eat it anyway.
I remember the distinctive difference in Burger King’s fries when they started cooking them in unsaturated fat oil (always sounded like an oxymoron) because they bent to the ‘healthy eating’ lobbyists.
We sacrifice taste for convenience a lot, so when the quality is there (like it used to be), we notice.
When it isn’t, we say - sure do miss the good old days. 😂
Yes, regarding all the events at a rodeo, they are pretty unique to America and its Old West "cowboy" culture, and I think that's why, or at least one of the reasons, that American culture is what it is. You know you get some folks that say America doesn't have any culture. Yeah? I beg to differ. I would say that the entire 1800s and even a bit of the 1700s are what gave America its most unique culture in first the colonial culture which is still seen today in the Atlantic Coast region where some of the original settlements were. Charlestown, South Carolina is an excellent place to visit for some of that from a southern perspective. Boston and its surrounding suburbs is another for a northern perspective. Williamsburg, Virginia, just south of DC is another cool site that maintains an entire historical colonial-esque portion of town there with period-dressed "actors." Plus you got a lot of Civil War history scattered throughout the Eastern half of the US, from battlefields, forts and museums. And then of course the whole Westward expansion story in the 1800s which includes the "cowboy" life, the Wild Old West with Outlaws and their Gangs plus prominent and famous lawmen that pursued these outlaw gangs. Not to mention the whole Gold Rush period that spawned countless gold mining towns all over the mountainous West.
So yeah, it's actually a really rich history and culture that no other country in the world has. The only difference is that it's been fairly recent. I mean, some of the figures from the Old West lived into the 1930s and 40s...so it's only been about 80, 90, 100 years since those old fellers died off.
There’s a part 2 to this video.
Is there anyone out there who would recommend trying fried rattlesnake and/or alligator?
Calf roping doesn't hurt the calf. It is a skill developed so that calves can be cut out of the herd and branded.
He said it all. It is about the land and the way of life. I was deciding between 2 job offers and one was in texas. The minute i was off of the plane, i felt at home. I only left when my aging parents needed me. I still love Texas, and i am grateful for my 10 yrs there.
God Bless Texas!
I was born, raised, lived in Texas for 40 years. A major live event took me to Oklahoma. I love where I'm at in Oklahoma, but I'm born bred Texan. I'd go back, but the cost to live ANYWHERE in Texas is insane!!! Especially around the Houston area (the suburbs). I fear I may never be able to go back.
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Such a nice reply. I also spent time in Oklahoma. I never lived there, but i traveled there on business a lot. I loved Oklahoma. I remember driving through some of the terrain, and i thought it was amazing. I could visualize the old westerns being filmed there. I was in medical research, and Oklahoma City had a very good reputation in Cardiology and Electrophysioloy. I believe it is still good today. The people were always so nice to me, and i was always happy to go there. My "home base" was in Tulsa, but i made my way around the state. I send my blessings to Oklahoma and you. ~ karen
They have a part two to this video where they tried deep fried things too.
I don't get behind people either even in my family😮
Y'all should check out Brits try Whataburger
There is a video of a European women going to a local rodeo. I'm not sure of the name or anything but it's pretty popular.
Texas fair is 2 weeks