When we were in Austin one time we went to a seafood place for lunch and the guy at the counter came out and dumped a steaming bowl full of crawfish, shrimp, crab legs, corn-on-the-cob, and red potatoes right on the table. We'd never seen such a thing! It was incredibly delicious and a tradition I could certainly embrace. We wound up with plates tonight for putting butter on corn and for melon, but we still managed to get a pretty authentic Texas moment. But darn, I should have put on some Bob Wills for atmosphere. A great old-time Texas band used to play on Friday nights at our favorite barbeque restaurant and people used to dance Texas-style--even the little kids knew how to two-step. I never want to live in Houston again, but I do get a bit nostalgic about Texas now and then...
