A Texas sam'winch? (Houston, Dallas, San Antonio: store, places to eat, oil)

[Lakewooder]

Originally Posted by Cathy4017

LOL.....probably diet caffeine free.....with a squeeze of lime, lemon or both.

Dr Pepper was the answer I was looking for!

[Cathy4017]

Originally Posted by Lakewooder

Dr Pepper was the answer I was looking for!

LOL!! I am not a fan of Dr. Pepper in its current state. The diet version is terrible, and the sweetened version has corn syrup...it tastes nothing like it did when I was a kid...in the small bottles with the clock...and sweetened with regular cane sugar.

Yes, you can find the old formula in some places, but not here in NM!

I capitalized it "Coke" for the actual soft drink...and use "coke" to mean any soft drink! We'd go out to get a coke....but it might be Dr. Pepper, A&W Root Beer, Mr. Pibb.....et al...

[Lakewooder]

Yea some people might be partial to Big Red or RC Cola.

You should try Dublin Dr Pepper

[Synopsis]

White bread, mayo, and cheese or just a good ol' bologna sandwich with mayo.

Sloppy Joes, when we had them, were considered a real treat.

Grilled cheese was a treat as well. All this took place in Oklahoma though, so I guess it doesn't count.

[malfunction]

I did the bologna thing when I was a kid, except that I used mustard, not mayo. Nowadays, I don't eat bologna anymore. Tastes tend to change as I get older. So, today, I prefer salami.

[Synopsis]

Originally Posted by malfunction

I did the bologna thing when I was a kid, except that I used mustard, not mayo. Nowadays, I don't eat bologna anymore. Tastes tend to change as I get older. So, today, I prefer salami.

To this day, I still love bologna, but tend to lay off the stuff as it's not exactly the best thing for ya!

Oh, I like salami too.

[Cathy4017]

Originally Posted by Lakewooder

Yea some people might be partial to Big Red or RC Cola.

You should try Dublin Dr Pepper

Interesting! I didn't know that you could order it online. Thanks!!!

[TTecheTTe]

Originally Posted by TexasReb

Today, a good sharp cheddar cheese and

That reminds me of our cold sammiches for our "highway picnic" It's our adult invention, started 28 years ago when we got married and moved to Houston and trekked between Houston and back home to San Antonio. It became a traditional favorite of the kids, and now it just ain't road trip without the picnic!

Recipe:
1. Must have a high quality, local food supplier in small town with easy on/off freeway access approximately mid-way between destinations. Between Houston and La Coste (near Castroville) ours was the Oak Ridge in Schuler.
2. This is also your stop to gas up, freshen up, and get your drinks and snacks.
3. Purchase: A loaf of FRESH baked white bread, sliced. Sliced bread will have to be one day old to go into the slicer. Better is to bring your own knife, and then you can get the HOT BREAD! (Just slice it before you start the car.) A few lbs of sharp cheddar cheese, sliced .25"-.50" thick, right off of that HUGE cheese wheel that's as big as a wheel barrow. Beef jerky, several kinds, and lots of it. Throw in some of those hot pork tenderloins, too. Don't forget the napkins, lots.
4. Always buy plenty of excess cheese and jerky so that you can take it home to Daddy; he loves it. He won't try to pay for it when it's just "left overs."
5. Hit the road!
6. Pass out drinks and snacks.
7. Everyone's hungry - pass out an appetizer of jerky or tenderloin!
8. Shotgun is chef. First prepare a "place setting" for each person. You will stack all of these on your lap. A "place setting" consists of 2 opened napkins & 1 folded napkin. You should have everything on the floor board at your feet, easy reaching so things stay organized and clean. You can open packages right in the bags as long as you didn't get everything stuffed into one bag.
9. Prepare the 1st sandwich by placing two slices of bread on top of your first place setting. Layer on a 1/2 inch of that cheese, which should lap over the edge of the bread. Close with the other slice of bread and your done. For the driver and little one's, it's better to use one slice of bread and 1/2 slice of cheese and fold over. Gather the edges of place setting and loosely fold over sandwich so that you can pass it. The person then places it on their lap and opens it up, and has their own little "table" to catch all the crumbs and their napkin at the ready for the greasy fingers.
10. Always start with the driver, unless you have little kiddos. You (shotgun) are always last, and if you counted correctly you should have one place setting left, yours, ready for you to make your sammich and then eat!
11. Time to pass out some real pieces of jerky.

mmm, i need a road trip...

[Synopsis]

Originally Posted by TTecheTTe

That reminds me of our cold sammiches for our "highway picnic" It's our adult invention, started 28 years ago when we got married and moved to Houston and trekked between Houston and back home to San Antonio. It became a traditional favorite of the kids, and now it just ain't road trip without the picnic!

Recipe:
1. Must have a high quality, local food supplier in small town with easy on/off freeway access approximately mid-way between destinations. Between Houston and La Coste (near Castroville) ours was the Oak Ridge in Schuler.
2. This is also your stop to gas up, freshen up, and get your drinks and snacks.
3. Purchase: A loaf of FRESH baked white bread, sliced. Sliced bread will have to be one day old to go into the slicer. Better is to bring your own knife, and then you can get the HOT BREAD! (Just slice it before you start the car.) A few lbs of sharp cheddar cheese, sliced .25"-.50" thick, right off of that HUGE cheese wheel that's as big as a wheel barrow. Beef jerky, several kinds, and lots of it. Throw in some of those hot pork tenderloins, too. Don't forget the napkins, lots.
4. Always buy plenty of excess cheese and jerky so that you can take it home to Daddy; he loves it. He won't try to pay for it when it's just "left overs."
5. Hit the road!
6. Pass out drinks and snacks.
7. Everyone's hungry - pass out an appetizer of jerky or tenderloin!
8. Shotgun is chef. First prepare a "place setting" for each person. You will stack all of these on your lap. A "place setting" consists of 2 opened napkins & 1 folded napkin. You should have everything on the floor board at your feet, easy reaching so things stay organized and clean. You can open packages right in the bags as long as you didn't get everything stuffed into one bag.
9. Prepare the 1st sandwich by placing two slices of bread on top of your first place setting. Layer on a 1/2 inch of that cheese, which should lap over the edge of the bread. Close with the other slice of bread and your done. For the driver and little one's, it's better to use one slice of bread and 1/2 slice of cheese and fold over. Gather the edges of place setting and loosely fold over sandwich so that you can pass it. The person then places it on their lap and opens it up, and has their own little "table" to catch all the crumbs and their napkin at the ready for the greasy fingers.
10. Always start with the driver, unless you have little kiddos. You (shotgun) are always last, and if you counted correctly you should have one place setting left, yours, ready for you to make your sammich and then eat!
11. Time to pass out some real pieces of jerky.

mmm, i need a road trip...

Excellent post. Are you from Holdenville? I am from none other than the metropolis of Gerty, Oklahoma.

[TTecheTTe]

I hate bologna, too, but when you're poor you get it and hamburger. Daddy would pan fry it, and it was the only way I could eat it. Butter the bread and brown it like a grilled cheese and you got the bologna sammich.

No, I'm from La Coste, Texas (pop 397, now 1500). Located mid-way between San Antonio and Hondo 1.5 miles So of 90 just before Castroville, our sister town. Been in Houston Metro since 1984 and live in The Woodlands (1991).

My Mother is from Seminole, OK, and my parents relocated there 20 years ago when her sister was ill. After Daddy passed, I bought a little house in Holdenville to be close to her so that I could stay for extended periods without her feeling taken care of; independence you know. Makes traveling easy since I can just go without packing or schlepping.

Gerty, great town! I looked at a 60ac farm there a year ago. Just got a $300 speeding ticket on 75 just No of Gerty on my way home a few weeks ago. They had just put up a reduced speed, from 65 to 45, at an oil drilling site but didn't post any "reduced speed" ahead so you were 20mph over in and out before you knew it. ODPS was kind enough to park a trooper there, first trooper I EVER SAW on 75 in 20 years, to let you know about the new speed limit within that there 500 feet.