Today, I cooked steak without even realizing that I was keeping up a Jacky'tradition!
Three years ago today I wrote to my barn:
"Whee, gotta baby'sit this evening! And it's Super'Bowl..not that I care, but it's a big deal to Jacky and John and Billy'Boy. So I've also gotta grill steaks and do baked potatos at my son's expense, and BBQ chicken at my expense. Haven is doing much better which means that we will be run ragged tonight...was awful nice all of that sleepin' she's been doing the last couple of days. But I'd rather she be healthy. She'll still see the doctor tomorrow."
Two years ago I don't know where Jacky watched the super'bowl. We...uhh...didn't have a kitchen. It was under construction.
One year ago I wrote to my barn:
"Oh Lord! Jacky says I should open a steak'house..best steaks in the world, and I agree. I marinate them over'night (or a number of hours) in mainly soy sauce, a good dose of balsamic vinegar, small doses of chilli powder, onion powder, garlic powder, CUMMIN, a drop of smoke'em, fresh ground black pepper, olive oil...
Then I grill them outside or put them under the broiler (after a first sizzle on a hot pan) inside.
Don't need steak sauce, it's sa full of flavor."
Now I know what was so odd about today, something missing>>all the planning around the Super'Bowl. It didn't even really occur to me that it was Super'Bowl day until they mentioned it at church. So it must have been you, Jacky, steering me into the grocery section of Walmart yesterday specifically to buy steaks. Even making the marinade last night while chatting to Christy>>(you made me leave out my MAIN flavor ingredient, Christy! The CUMMIN! I forgot it, and John missed it.
) That's okay, it was still good, just not MY steak taste. Anyway, what was I saying???
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Oh! Even while making the marinade last night, I didn't realize that I was following your Jacky'tradition. I didn't do bbq chicken, tho, but that's okay>>>there was so much steak left over....of all the people that has been in and out all day<<I should have just cooked those things wayyy earlier. Folks done ate before aiming here. Charlene and Troy had just left Fud'ruckers upon their second visit...Angie disappeared... Ralph had a McDonald's cup in his hand on second visit>>I'm scared to feed him anyway, he's sa picky! And Billy'Boy...well he's married and...gone. Jacky mourned himself silly last year that Billy'Boy had done deserted him.
(Love you, Billy'Boy, if you're reading. IF you're reading>>>Haven wishes to know if you will take her fishin' with Angel since Jacky can't. That was his last promise to her, and she so looked forward to it. She has strained her brain since Jacky's death as to who will take her fishing, and finally a light bulb went off in her eyes about a month ago>>>"Billy! He will take me fishin'! Go ask him, Nana'Mama!") I miss you too, Billy, but you have the fulfillment of a lovely family now, and a really sweet bride.
That's okay about the left'over steaks. Their not really that special without the CUMMIN. Daddy will eat them. I cooked him an entire bag of beans and made a cake of corn'bread hoping that he wouln't hound me for a few days, and he ate the entire pot of beans in a matter of HOURS. No wonder he's sa swollen he can't move!