Q: What lights your fire?

Q: What lights your fire? Eden Draper

What lights your fire?

Asked at Salinas Rural Fire Department in Monterey.

Follow-up: What is your favorite food to barbecue?

SCOTT ANDERSON | Firefighter | Salinas

A: Woodworking. Making cabinets in particular is my getaway. Gardening and doing yard work with my wife really lights my fire because sometimes I am away from her for 10-plus days at a time.

Two for One: Sausage and marinated skirt steak slow cooked over oak, rare.

DARREN WENGER | Fire Captain | Pacific Grove

A: Doing outdoor activities with my 9- and 12-year-old girls and my wife. I like boating and watersports, biking, and riding quads.

Here’s the Rub: Rib-eye steak rubbed with olive oil, chili powder and other seasonings, charred on the outside, bloody on the inside.

RICK CATHEY | Firefighter | Salinas

A: A day where I didn’t have to study for paramedic school. I usually study 10 hours a day for the past 6 months, and won’t be a certified until March of ’09.

Turning Point: T-bone steak, cooked on high heat for eight minutes [turn, flip, turn every two minutes], so it’s slightly pink on the inside.

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