I am really glad all of you are enjoying this thread. Wouldn't my Captain and crew be shocked if all of you showed up with me? We could say you are all my assistants? Cooks in training? Chefs that have come to cook for them?
Stories to tell? I reckon I have a few I could share. I had been off for some reason (Hurricane Gustav I think) and they did not have a cook until I came back.. Want to talk about a crew being happy to see a cook?
Anyway, the guys had taken turns cooking. The Captain told me that Marc had cooked a meatloaf with a attitude one night.. "Attitude, what did that mean", I asked.. He said he was unsure what he made it with but it must have been with a armadillo because it really had a attitude! See picture of armadillo below>
Same time he told me about another crew member that made Taco Soup and he raved and raved at how good that was and told me I should learn to make that and cook that for them sometime... they all loved it. He was suprised as all get out when I told him I make it all the time and he never tried it, he always just ate the main dish and that was all and suggested maybe he should check what was in ALL the pots on the stove.
One of the things that cracked me up was when they were talking about a real slow deckhand we had on the boat.. Someone made a remark that he just wasn't the sharpest knives in the drawyer. Our mate said "Heck, he is in that drawyer laying in there by the spoons and wondering where all the knives are!"
I laughed and laughed and laughed..
Another guy came off of tow, was hot, sweaty and dirty and walked to the dryer to get his clothes. He started folding them and let out a yelled "DARN IT!!!!" We all jumped and asked what happened... He said "I HATE it when I do that!"... we asked "WHAT?".. "I hate it when I am folding my clothes and
touch myself like that!"... Oooooo! We ALL busted out laughing at what he had said and when he realized what it sounded like he turned
bright red and started stuttering "NNNNO! NNNNO! THAT is NOT what I meant!!!!!!!" We all laughed and laughed over that. (What he was upset about was his clean clothes brushing against his dirty, sweaty clothes)
I would love to be able to tell you about the funny story our Captain told about when he and our engineer sunk the skiff but you would have to see the visuals to get that one. He yelled "BOB! IT's SINKING.... GET ON THE BOAT!.... BOB? BOB? BOB! Where are you?" and Bob grabbed him by the scruff of his neck (Bob is on the boat by then) and in one swoop, pulled him onto the boat as the skiff sunk from under him. To SEE him tell that story cracks me up every time! Obviously when he said "It's sinking" Bob jumped on the boat, turned around and grabbed his shirt all in one swift movement. Bob is a really tall big man and our captain is just average size and weight. Just picture the both of them, standing in the skiff, seeing it's going to sink and he yells "It's sinking", then turns in circles looking for Bob saying "BOB? BOB? BOB?" and Bob is already GONE and reaching down to grab him.
Then there was the time the green deckhand brought his brand new white tennis shoes to the boat and got them dirty. He put them in the washing machine with a gallon of bleach and let them soak for about 3 or 4 hours. There was not enough of them left to even duct tape them back together. He had to wear his work boots home.
OH!... and the time the mate told a totally green deckhand to sweep and mop the galley.. (60's gal, this guy was from St. Louis).. I sat there and watched him, he DID sweep the floor 3 times, then he mopped it. The mate came in and said "I thought I TOLD YOU to sweep and mop in here!".. He said "I did, ask the cook, she saw me!".. I said "Yup, he swept 3 times, then mopped but he never picked up the dirt pile he swept up, just mopped right over it!"..
The guy did exactly what he was told to do..
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