Kiss the Cook

Today Ted reconnected with his grill in a yummy kind of way. He wrote often while at Bucca about his food, and early on told us about Surf and Turf days at the different installations. One thing he managed to steer clear of was the turf part of those meals--he's very particular about steak, and he recognized that steaks cooked in mass had no chance of being delectable. So, after a commissary run last week during which Ted selected some steaks, we chose tonight to grill--mostly because J. C. Monahan told us this morning that we'd have a beautiful day with no rain, which hasn't been the case lately with afternoon thunderstorms everyday. But I digress. So, he was going to grill. Lucky me--he grilled steaks, nectarines, and squash (from our squash plant transplanted to a neighbor's garden because my Victory Garden was too small for pumpkins, squash, zucchini AND cucumber--what was I thinking? Sometime in the near future I'll have to post a picture of my hybrid cucumbers). ahhhhhhh--I love grilled nectarines. Oh, and he had a foil pouch with buttered mushrooms on the grill, too. Dinner was delightful. Now, for some reason, in spite of all the amazing food on our table, the younger set was not impressed. We reminded them that they ate at mecca for lunch (a.k.a. Mickey D's, the Golden Arches, the Farm or just plain McDonalds), and we would not be receiving complaints at supper, thank you very much.