According to Nicky. [ Who actually knew how to garden and grow things. Booker, it was said, could kill a cactus. ]

He will grumble and make a fuss but if you bought some he wouldn't disown you. Joe likes you too much. [ There was no judgement about frozen food. He had survived off a lot of frozen meals while in exile and wildly too depressed to cook.

Privately he agreed with Nicky that home cooked and fresh was always better. If he caught her little slip he didn't say anything. It wasn't his style. ]

There's good ham at a butcher over there. [ He nodded his head in the right direction. ] According to the guy we got the strawberries from. We'll get some and head home. Unless you're in a hurry?