For anyone who read Lonesome Dove you might remember Po Campo as the name of the cook for the Hat Creek Cattle Company that they picked up in Austin, Texas on their way north during their big cattle drive. He loved to use exotic ingredients and was very eccentric in that he would not ride animals because he wanted to forage for food. He even managed to impress Gus with his biscuits and cooking. My kind of guy. It is no secret that I have an affinity for Texas food. I like the mix of Mexican, Native American and American ingredients and flavors. This ketchup fits the bill in my book. It would be great on a burger but that would only foreshadow its future use as a picante sauce for pulled chicken tacos or even a salsa for blue corn chips and even a dip for sweet potato fries. In the next go round I want to use it in tamales stuffed with huitlacoche( corn mushrooms), a delicacy in Mexico a corn disease in Indiana. For that matter I could see it on steamed potatoes with jalapeno cheese melted over the top.

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