grilled tuna

[Innkeeper]

When we were stationed in Hawaii I went fishing (maybe I've told this story before) with seven pals. The rules were that the catch would be split evenly amongst the eight. We didn't catch anything all day until just before we got back to the mouth of Pearl Harbor. Suddenly the big outrigger with the heaviest pole and reel and sang out. The fellow who was "on" that pole at the time had never caught anything bigger than a crappie in his life. He bravely settled into the fighting chair, and an hour later we gaffed a 300 lb Ahi. By the time we got it all cut up we each had 25 - 30 lbs of two inch think boneless quarter steaks. This is big time meat, not like the little tuna fillets you see at the fish monger. The first one we tried to grill was just too tough, so we ground it up for fish cakes. Next time we cured it in brine first. Then we smoked it. Tasted just like the finest ham. Did the same with all remaining steaks, each of which fed our family of six. What did we drink with it? Beer of course. Olympia I think.