Somewhere
lost amongst San Antonio and Fredricksburg, San Marcos
and Dripping Springs; between Comal Creek and the weeping
cypress lined Guadalupe River is the land of Eleven
Hundred Springs, home of the Armadillo, Willie Nelson,
and Old Pickup Trucks. It is here in the heart of this
rich land there lies a stretch of Texas Hill Country
famous for it's bar-b-que.
For
years and years the Texans have stopped daily at the
BBQ shacks that line the roadsides. While the rest of
the world was busy perfecting everything to a science,
the German settlers of this region were perfecting bar-b-que
to an art. Though widely recognized by most Texans as
a part of their cultural heritage, most of us really
don't realize just how large a role bar-b-que played
in the Lone Star State's history. A little known fact:
It is said that bar-b-que became so famous in Central
Texas that Santa Ana offered quarter to the soldiers
of the Alamo if they would prepare a BBQ fiesta for
his troops. As the story goes the Texans refused, and
as we all know, the rest is history.
