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| It’s Round-Up Time in Texas |
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In 1865, after the Civil War, there were over 4,000,000 cattle running wild in Texas — some of them from herds that were abandoned during the War, some from the missions that had escaped generations before and had mixed with the shorthorns and other breeds of the frontier. The mission cattle were descendants of the Castillion cattle brought from Spain, with their wide horn span and the stocky build of the shorthorn came the Texas Longhorn. It was these cattle that the survivors of the Confederate Army came home to at the end of the War. Rio Cibolo Ranch takes you back a hundred years to experience the traditional cooking of wood-fired pits and stoves using mesquite, oak, and pecan from our own lands. Because we are in the heart of cowboy country, our traditional dishes reflect the bygone era of the trail drives and the mystique of their lifestyles, from cattle baron to wrangler. We try to preserve the originality of this food in its cooking and its ingredients. …It’s Saturday night and the wranglers have been in the saddle since daybreak. Too far to ride to town, the wranglers decide to pretend to be cattle barons! The cook is instructed to prepare a… | |
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| Cattle Baron’s Banquet |
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In memory of the Great American cattle drives, our cooks can do the same for you — a banquet for your cattle barons! For Starters: We offer Vaquero Wrap-Arounds (quesadillas served with a combination of cheeses, salsa, sautéed onions and mushrooms wrapped in a flour tortilla and grilled over coals); Campfire Chili with sides of grated cheese, chopped onion, diced jalapenos, and cornbread muffins; and tubs of crisp salad greens topped with Ranch dressing. And the Main Course: Generous cuts of aged T-Bone steaks grilled over mesquite coals to the preference of each baron and served with cowboy potatoes with herbs and onions, creamed, spicy corn and freshly baked sourdough rolls. Not to forget the sweet tooth: We have cinnamon bread pudding with whiskey sauce, apple pandowdy and dutch oven blackberry cobbler to be served with our freshly brewed chuckwagon coffee. You may wish to consider…Our full open bar with premium liquors, cordials, assorted imported and domestic beers, and some truly excellent Texas wines. We have a library of mixed beverages, punch and julep recipes from the 1800s. | |
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