And chicken-fried steak is basically a variation of wiener schnitzel My sister and BIL lived in Austin for a year several years ago and I visited them for a long weekend. I was surprised to learn how many Germans settled in Texas. I hadn't heard about it before.
If anyone's interested in more on this, check this out: https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/png02
If you get back there, take a day trip out to Fredericksburg. It is about an hour from Austin. It is very German, and has lots of antique and crafts shops. There are also a number of wineries in and around the town.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fredericksburg,_Texas
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