If you never went to the meat market back in the day and ordered some hog jowl, then it’s a pretty sure bet you weren’t from around here. That or maybe the three pounds of bulk baloney for a dollar.
Both were a staple in the Clark home during my early Bandera days and were readily available at Rhodes Country Shopper.
The specialty of the house was most definitely my dad’s favorite - sardine gravy and biscuits. He also liked the cornbread in a glass of milk, but I still pass on that at every opportunity.
I have never been a big cornbread ...