I figgered I'd wake you up! I will admit that I've had some really tasty
brisket from a little hole-in-the wall place called Hard Times Barbecue up
around Pattison. I just can't handle the goat, though.
And Davy, when running for reelection after having been defeated because of
voter neglect in the previous election, told the constituents of his district,
"I think I've done a good job representing the voters in Congress and that they
ought to reelect me. If they don't, then they can go to hell and I'll go to
Texas." They didn't, he did, and look what it got him.
Walt, who grew up just a stone's throw from Sam Houston's schoolhouse
--
"Anything more than 500 yards from
the car just isn't photogenic." --
Edward Weston
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From: NSURIT@xxxxxxx
>
>
> In a message dated 5/31/2006 2:57:08 PM Central Standard Time,
> hiwayman@xxxxxxx writes:
>
> Even though Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman burned Atlanta at the end of the
> War For Southern Independence and is pretty thoroughly despised in these
> parts, I can't really disagree with what he said about the Lone Star state:
> "If
> I
> owned both hell and Texas, I'd rent out Texas and live in hell." I feel
> pretty much the same way about Florida, except in Florida they at least know
> that
> real barbecue is pork, not beef and goat.
>
> I'm sure I'll hear from some folks about that. :-)
>
>
>
>
>
> Guess if you are a betting man, you sure would have won this one. As long
> as we are quoting the famous and infamous, I'd like to share this one from
> David Crockett, who likely met with a fate that you would have wished on Gen.
>
> Sherman during the War of Northern Aggression. In 1834, upon leaving
> Washington, Crockett told the politicians, â??You may all go to hell, and I
> will go to
> Texas.â??
>
> Like you, I have for most of my life worshipped the great God, Freon. That
> has not however kept me from living in Texas. I was probably raised not too
> for from where "momma" grew up. You are right, it is hot here. Complaining
> about the weather by a light weight really ain't much of a problem, but when
> you go making disparaging remarks about the national food of Texas, you done
> stepped over the line, Bubba. Don't get me wrong, I like Carolina pulled
> pork and there isn't much that is better than some really good pork ribs or
> a
> piece white bread wrapped around a good hot link, however beef is the real
> deal
> when it comes to barbecue. And when it is really good (the kind served up
> here in Texas), you don't need to cover it up with a bunch panty waist sweet
> sticky sauce. Just make it good beef, cooked slow over a smoky fire with a
> good dry rub and you have the real deal.
>
> Walt, does "momma's" family ever let you get down this way? If so, let me
> know and I'll take you over to Kruez's Market in Lockhart and make a
> believer
> outta you. You can even bring your camera and we can capture some images of
> stuff "Texas." <[8^) Bill Barber
>
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