Thanks, pdq. If I hadn't seen it I would have typed it in.

Hubby and I have found a neat indep. eatery here--really about 7 miles away. Walnut Creek Cafe is it's name. It's on Texas 20 at the intersection with Pleasant Chapel Road, just about 1 or 2 miles north of Rockne, Texas. (Walnut Creek is the original name of Rockne.) Rusty Edwards, who owns/runs the place, is a former Bastrop County deputy sherriff. His brothers, dad, uncles, and grandad also have done/are doing that job for years. His greatgrandad (or great-great?) was a Texas Ranger and Indian fighter. The cafe occurs in conjunction with the Walnut Creek Arena, a place for barrel racing and calf-roping contests, and other rodeo events. (Big ranching area around here.) Really good fried catfish, chicken-fried steak, and regular steak as well. The sides are homemade. There's a salad bar, but it's not spetacular.

Molly Ivins tells a story about an extended trip through the American west (inland states) during her coverage of a particular political campaign about 15-20 years ago. (Molly Ivins is a political journalist based in Austin, Texas.) She was restricted to hwy. truckstop eateries by the exigencies of her trip, and found that limited her menu choices to fried meats and 2 or 3 potato variations. At one point she was so desperate for something green that she ate the rather dispirited piece of parsley garnish on her plate. The waitress came to get the plate, noted the absence of the garnish, and informed her, "Honey, if I knowed you was gonna eat it, I woulda washed it."                         Tw