"I would damn near kill for some beef jerky," Reno laughed. "An' beer nuts. An' peanut butter cookies. Pretzels, too. Not potato chips, though. We already got too many damn potatoes."

It was dangerous to ask a man who had been eating potatoes since June what kind of food he missed.

"An' pizza an' cheeseburgers an' steak. You know how long it's been since I had a steak?"