A lovely story and one to take to heart. My DH is much like this Dad. Always tells me he loves my "well done" whatever. Eats the meal even he doesn't like it, just doesn't eat a large portion and I can always tell by that. After 35 years, we've become quite accustom to "well done" meals as I have a habit of putting things on to cook and leaving the room and forget about the things cooking. Oops!