| 2 | | 6-packs of Lone Star beer; one on ice, the other one doesn't matter |
| 1 | qt | Cheap vinegar; (better to scrimp on the vinegar than on the beer) |
| 1 | sm | Bottle Tabasco; no substitutes |
| 1 | lg | Head of garlic; peeled and finely minced |
| 1 | | 4-ounce can black pepper |
| 1 | sm | Jar French's yellow mustard; (baby crap, he called it, but he ate it on almost everything - go figure!) |
| 6 | | Dried jalepeno peppers; crushed, seeds and all, (firecrackers, he called them) |
| 1 | lb | Butter; melted, (none of that greasy margarine, for crissake!) |
| 1 | | More 6-pack of Lone Star; on ice |
| 1 | | 50-pound bag of ice |
| 1 | | Side of beef or one helluva big pig |
| 2 | | Young'uns with fly swatters; on rotating shifts, (there were 6 of us at the time) |
| 1 | | Wheel of cheddar; the kind that smells like work socks at the end of the day |
| 2 | | Boxes of crackers |
| 1 | | Case of Pik coils |
| 2 | | Lawn chairs; one for his butt, one for his feet |
| 1 | | Stetson; his cookin' hat; not the one he wore to the rodeo |
| 1 | | Pair of shades; made out of welder's glass |
| 2 | ct | Lucky Strikes or Camels; Note 1 |
| 1 | | Zippo lighter; circa 1943, extra flints and fluid |
| 1 | | More 6-pack of Lone Star; on ice |
| 1 | | Loud; wind-up alarm clock, the one he called "The Voice of God" |
| 2 | | 50-pound bags of mesquite or pecan chips; Note 2 |
| 1 | | 6-pack of Pabst Blue Ribbon; ice optional, Note 3 |
