Rudy’s redux

I walk up to the counter and say “this may seem strange, but…” They tell me that no, the meats won’t be done cooking until 10:30am. But they are doing breakfast tacos with the diced sausage from the day before. So I ask if I can get just the diced sausage, without the eggs and the tortillas, figuring something is better than nothing. The cashier says, “Hmm… sure, but we charge by the taco. Let me get the manager and see what we can do.”

The manager comes over, says in effect that this sort of thing happens all the time, and arranges for some of the sausages to be liberated early from cooking since they cook much faster than the other meats. So I ended up stuffing four full links (for non-Austin folks, a full link is around 9 inches long and 1 inch thick) into the cooler bag, then getting ice from the drinks machine. I forgot to get a fresh bottle of sauce though. Kristen and Elena had Rudy’s sausage for lunch once I got back, and they were happy. 🙂

At the airport, I ended up having breakfast with Eric Goldberg, whom I hadn’t gotten to really talk to during the conference, so that was nice.