Amy and I went on a date at 2:30 in the afternoon, cause that’s how we roll when Sorenne is in school.

And, when the Dutton Park Fish Market has an e-mailed special for dine-in only, whole chilli mudcrabs on Friday night, I called them and asked, can you seat us at 2:30 p.m.?

Shurely.

After another day of pink slime, listeria, sick kids, bad corporate behavior and food safety nerd stuff, I do like to eat. And I like Amy. So we continued our crustacean sampling of Brisbane with the whole chilli mudcrab. And a date.

It was messy. And outstanding.

Tomorrow it’s scallops on the half-shell, grilled on the barbie, after the school’s lunchtime open house and sausage sizzle (I cook, and temp the sausages with my tip-sensitive digital thermometer).

Food is to be enjoyed and cherished.