Gravy Train and Movie Time 2/19/09
The Shindig Board
Nomenclature-Mess Hall the Center of the Ship
The galley and the mess hall are words used for the kitchen and dining room respectively. The days go by like one big slumber party or sleepover. People appear and socialize around meals. This is when the different tribes come together. Tribes include the captain and chief engineer and chief mate, the engineering, “oilers” crew, the able bodied seaman, the science team and the techs.
Big Shindig
The celebratory end of cruise dinner was last night. The music being played was arranged by Alex. The main entrees were Beef Wellington-filet of beef tenderloin wrapped in a liver pate and puffed pastry and lobster tail stuffed with crabmeat. Wow! Surf and Turf
Everybody was there. It was real nice.
The Same Restaurant
It is like going to the same restaurant for three weeks for every meal. It is fun and yet the same. Snacks are abound, chips, fruit, leftovers, peanut butter, crackers, cookies, spam, oysters etc…
Choice of options was a challenge for me especially at noon or lunch. I am not used to prepared options like soup and salad or chicken and rice.
Vast Storage
It felt like a grocery store down below a huge freezer, dry storage and fridge. Can you imagine the amount of food required to feed up to forty-five people for up to six weeks at a time at sea. Amazing. A small elevator is used to transport the food two stories up to the galley.
Movies
Every night there is a movie, if not a couple. Movies build community. The various groups hang out together and chat before and after the showing. They are fun and the movies are typically action based.
Photo of DVDs and Videos
