German taco, and an off-topic anecdote

[Kathleen E. Miller]

At 04:41 PM 1/22/2003 -0600, Dan Goodman wrote:

>... a German taco, which is a flour tortilla stuffed with slices of summer
>sausage and jalapeno
>cheese, then wrapped like a burrito and heated.


That's Right.


>Fredericksburg is in the part of Texas which got a lot of German
>immigration, right?


To make a very long and very interesting, albeit possibly apocryphal story,
short: The Comancheria, an area of Texas slated specifically for the
Comanche, had parts of it "sold" to a group of German immigrants ("Anybody
want to by the Brooklyn Bridge?") They moved in, the Comanche got a little
miffed, and an envoy was sent to try and work it out. The German's made a
proposal, the Comanche accepted, and showed the acceptance by lighting
fires along the hills that ring Fredricksburg - it happened to be Easter
Sunday, the "treaty" between the Germans and the Comanche has never been
broken, and the Girl and Boy Scouts still "light them Easter fires ever'
Easter." [Blame my history professor, Dr. June Welch, if this "ain't so."
Boy, could that man tell a story].

The town boasts the Brew Bonnet, several German deli's, an annual
Oktoberfest, and is Chester Nimitz's hometown - with a museum to prove it
and all.

You should check it out - then head on over to WEST for some of those
kolaches we were taking about earlier and a visit to the Czech descendant
there.....


Kathleen E. Miller
Research Assistant to William Safire
and part time resident of Georgetown, TX
The New York Times