Welcome Back Woody!!

I first experienced Woody's cook-in sauce when I moved to Texas some 20 years ago. Brisket lovers, burger lovers, Texas T-Bone lovers - they all smeared this stuff on the red-meat preparation of the day. Truly addictive in its flavoring, I soon realized that this is why I moved here.

In late 2006 a crisis in cooking surfaced. Suddenly we couldn't find Woody's anywhere. Kroger shelves were bare and all sources seemed to be indicating that indeed the impossible had happened - Woody's was gone!

Gone? How could this be? In Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi and I'm sure a few other regions nearby, Woody's was truly a staple of outdoor living. Extensive online research yielded little - just forlorn and lost souls gathering together on message boards. About the only bright spot was a few marketeers on E-Bay selling the last remaining Woody's jars at upwards of $20 a bottle!! Seriously folks - the boards were so desperate that people were exchanging recipes that would attempt to nearly duplicate the mysteries of this sauce delicacy.

Apparently the owner of the sauce had determined that the market no longer existed for Woody's. How they came to this conclusion is beyond me and practically every other Woody's lover on the planet.

Well, life goes on. One adjusts to the change and loss. Chalk it up with all the other woes of the world $4/gallon gas, mortgage crisis, market shocks, crappy companies that can't hold their market caps because they're idiots - oh I digress - back to Woody's.

This past Saturday, on the usual Kroger grocery run we were suddenly shocked to discover that Woody's had re-appeared on the shelf and in abundance - we jumped for joy, high-fived and scarfed up three bottles of our long lost friend.

Yes it seems to be true - Woody's is back!! Go to Woodyscookin.com to discover or get re-acquainted with this old friend of ours.

Footnote - I am still trying to determine how Woody's made a come-back. Rumor has it that the old company sold the recipe and rights. Their loss but congratulations - if true - to the enlightened buyer and new owner of a cookin treasure.