If you add cooking in a kitchen that rocks constantly + a stove that moves to the rhythm of waves + several varieties of meat – a large array of supplies + some Majuro greens and local squash ÷ by 14 different personalities and food preferences, you get the most amazing meals one can ask for while out to sea. Each day a different crew was responsible for preparing lunch and dinner. Having the freedom to create whatever they pleased or in some cases whatever was available, each crew but their blood, sweat and tears into their meals; this must explain the peculiar taste of each meal......hahaha just kidding.
Whenever it was meal time we would count on the lovely Boxy to supply us with goods needed; “Boxy let me into those bins BINS, Gotta get me some tins TINS” (a line from a song about the ladies of Sea Dragon). We ate like kings and queens as we dined on several styles of cuisine; Thai, Caribbean, Spain, French, English, Chinese, American, Mexican, Hawaiian, Italian and Japanese. During the entire trip we only caught one fish, a 25lb Wahoo; boy was he scrumptious. The Shan Watch Man Watch team did an outstanding job with him as they had cooking duties that day. Hank filleted the fish and prepared deep fried fish burritos with basil aioli sauce for lunch, it was so good! To put the icing on the cake, Mike prepared Wahoo Tataki and Fried Rice for dinner; it was our first Japanese styled meal. It was ever so enjoyable. Throughout the trip this duo continued to outdo themselves and went on to make pizza, lamb, homemade mash potatoes and homemade spaghetti with meatballs the size of planet earth. Bebe, our resident mom made some great meals as well. She was very good at making homemade stews and soups. I too played chef while on board. Incorporating some of my Bahamian culture into this trip, I prepared a local but simple dish of BBQ Chicken (sauce made from scratch), red beans and rice with coconut milk and potato salad. “you know when dinner’s finger lick’n that’s not KLG it’s Kristal’s chicken”-a line from Hank’s song about ladies of sea dragon). Everyone enjoyed it, leaving me quite happy and relieved as a big fear of everyone on board was making a bad meal. After dinner we would savour the flavour of Cadbury chocolates or canned fruit. A few nights we got lucky and had brownies, cake (or pudding as Bebe calls it), apple pie and chocolate chip cookies. Everyone did an amazing job cooking!
Me frying chicken
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