Has anyone ever been questioned on island regarding food they’ve brought from home? I know I haven’t been and there was a time, back in the day, when we would ship a good sized Coleman cooler packed with all kinds of goodies from home. This was when the only major food store was the Food Center and you never knew what they might or might not have.

Our girls weren’t really all that into island dining and then, as they got older and their friends and eventually their boyfriends frequently came with us, it was advantageous to our pocketbooks to dine in a few nights. Homemade lasagne, sausage and meat and chicken cordon bleu were major favorites and easy to prepare at the end of a busy island day. And the boys seemed to eat a lot more than teen-aged girls. A small frozen Turkey breast or ham made a lot of great lunches and the kids loved it. Of course the advent of so many excellent grocery stores made this unnecessary.