Sorry we haven't posted in a couple of days - we've been staying with friends, so we've had real people to talk to! Stayed with Dick's cousin Kathy and her husband Jerry in Austin - a great evening in their beautiful house - and now with our beloved friend Nick in Stephenville, Texas - Dairy Capitol of Texas...
We've been eating our way across the country - but great regional eats only. On our way out of New Orleans, we spent a day on the blue highways - took the Cajun Coast drive through charming old towns like Franklin and Jeanerette... ate at the L&M Bistro, which turned out to be the local soul food source. After I'd asked "what's a shrimp wrap" and Dick asked "what's a smothered pork chop?" the very sweet, patient young man waiting on us said, "Y'all aren't from around here, are you?" BTW - smothered pork chops are ambrosia... the afternoon included a pilgrimage to the Tabasco factory on Avery Island - saw the egret rookery with thousands of nesting birds, white against the blue sky - and the grand finale was - jalapeno ice cream! After a relaxing night in Lake Charles, Louisiana - resting our digestive systems - we literally ended up in hog heaven... Hinze's BBQ (tag line: "Put Some Pork on That Fork!") located somewhere between Houston and Austin. Chicken, ribs and three sides for $9.99 - now that's eatin'.
But wait - there's more! On our way from Austin to Stephenville, as we crawled past the Lonely L Longhorn Ranch and a vet's office that advertised "Rattlesnake Vaccine - $17", we found Eve's Cafe in Lampasas, Texas - home of real German cooking. The Texas Hill Country was settled by Germans, and their legacy lives on at Eve's. Bratwurst and sauerkraut, Westfalia Ham sandwich with horseradish - and after we found Nick's house, he took us to nirvana - the first great Tex Mex we've had in three years! So now we're going to get some Pepto Bismol and hit the sack - on to Dallas and some great deli food... Happy Easter/Passover to all!
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