Hot and Sweet

On a short jaunt into the countryside east of Austin prior to the Roadfood tour, Jane and I, having vowed to eat no barbecue until making the pilgrimage on Saturday, broke our promise today and stopped at Cartwright's for brisket and sausage. Cartwright's is a colorful place -- cafeteria service, checked tablecloths, walls plastered with vintage nick-nacks, and hot sauce in Jack Daniel's bottles on the table. I couldn't resist this portrait of Cartwright's sauce alongside a dish of pickles and onions and a bottle of that Texas glucose substitute, Big Red, which is Bazooka bubble gum-flavored soda pop.