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What, nothing to do?
By Lesley, assistant cook. 10 March. I can't believe it…we
spent yesterday (Saturday) with no false alarms and no actions.
Mind you it was really nice as we had calm weather and sun
and could lounge around on deck between jobs.
It seems that the commandos have got the message. They
can't leave port without us being informed by our 'spies',
so they cannot reach the log ship before we have all our
inflatables in the water. Now why didn't they get it earlier?
Anyway, it looks like it will be a quiet weekend for us
as the Port Authorities need to speak to the Minister of
the Environment and he doesn't work Saturdays and Sundays,
so everybody has to wait till Monday morning. Bliss!
I get down to some serious cake making. I have a request
for a carrot cake (with the gooey cream cheese icing on
top) and I make a gooey chocolate cake (for the no-nuts
chaps). Marco also asks me to do another Indian vegetable
curry. I decide to make it vegan, with no onions and thus
please everybody. It works out well.
A bit more about the galley. Music! Now, as my mates know,
I have to cook with music on or I don't cook. Luckily Marco
is also into music. The unfortunate bit is that he only
likes U2 and only has one CD of theirs. Still, I've got
my collection and as long as I let him play U2, four times
a day, we have our compromise. Also, I like it loud, Marco
doesn't. So when we are both there, it's quiet and as soon
as he walks out, I crank it up ;-)
I usually start the day with something nice and mellow
(with a bit of bass in it of course). So, out come my three
Chris Issaks's CDs and I choose one to sing along to. Later
on I move up to Dido and by lunchtime I'm on the Commitments
and Tom Jones.
After that anything can happen, but I usually do a big
blast of Madonna and Robbie Williams before dinner is served,
I can tell you.
I'm saving Offspring and T-Rex for some reason, don't know
why yet.
Now, it's a quiet Sunday morning on the Warrior. But it's
still exciting. Someone has brought four huge sails and
they are now being put up. Once has a colour drawing of
forests with a bear, wolf and tiger on it, another has the
opposite, ie no trees, no animals. They look absolutely
stunning.
Meanwhile, Marco and me are busy in the kitchen putting
lunch together. I've decided that I will make 'Queen of
Puddings' for tonight's desert. Wonder how I'm going to
make 4.5 kgs of breadcrumbs but hey, I've got the time cos
the commandos aren't coming.
Bye
Les
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