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Last time I had the Gravy Train.
During the Bush administration, Garry Trudeau’s cartoon Doonesbury took the Texas saying “all hat, no cattle” literally—President Bush appeared as an empty cowboy hat, all talk and no action. Thanks to Trudeau, this idiom now possesses a decidedly political valance. But cowboy hats have captivated the political imagination since Teddy Roosevelt. President Johnson gave the German delegation 50 hats at his ranch, a gesture of friendship, gratitude, and appreciation. As Peter Tamony writes in “The Ten-Gallon or Texas Hat,” receiving a hat “from a friend was a symbol of real acceptance—a nullification of any anxiety that might lurk in thought of the Indian crypticism, ‘Big hat—no cattle.’”
Unfortunately, Hamdel often flaunts sandwiches without any substance. For instance, the Tex-Mex sounds like a brisket bonanza: hot roast beef, cheddar cheese, hot peppers, onions, and barbecue sauce. While the shredded beef hints of juicy Texas barbecue, the sauce and “Mex” elements taste more Jersey than El Paso. Continue reading
