Shanghai Jimmy James Skaliski in 1976

Blackie Sherrod was a Texas legend. The hard-bitten old sports scribe routinely cried out for more “punch and juice” from his fellow writers. He liked to go deep and he expected those around him to follow.

“There was this beer sop Meskin food place called Shanghai Jimmy’s, and if we didn’t eat there two night a week our faces would break out…” said Sherrod.

Sherrod’s words became part of the lore of Shanghai Jimmy’s Texas Chili Rice.

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