Cooks and their employment.

[Des Taff Jenkins]

Hi Dennis.
I was on tankers a lot, got issued the salt tablets; but they made me sick, couldn't even swallow them, used to drink a cup of sea water, same difference.
Des

[Colin Wood]

Have used them and some are quite good quality, but find it much more economical and healthy to cook fresh and then have 'left overs' to pick or have for lunch.
Though I must admit that a local lady is advertising very cheap rates for either fresh of frozen meals.

[happy daze john in oz]

There are others who claim to be able to cook and have met a few in my working life.
Not mentioned in either Vernon's posting or mine.

They are cooks, cuckoos and willful bloody murderers.
Having seen some of their efforts I know how they got such names.

[Michael Lawrence]

Hey Doc so long ago and we're still telling stories to each other and some are still whoppers which have grown over time. Are you still sailing the Blue Mountains?

[Dennis McGuckin]

So, along the same lines.
Is a baker a pastry chef?
Have both discharges in my book.

[Michael Lawrence]

Now hear up young Colin. Once you start involving young ladies to help with the menu, things will alter fast.I was looking in one of our locals looking at the produce for sale and I,m in the veg and fruit asile (caught me out that word) and there are all the spuds/brocali/sweet potatos/beans all nicely done up in a container that gives the cooking orders and Kong no salt. So me I'm very interested in whats there coz the Irish doc I now have say's 'Leave the bread,rice,pasta and spuds alone and eat mostly green stuff with now and then pots (sweet or normal). Eat Italian without the pasta or rice and the same with the rice and curry and you can have one of their big crisps, also because your on antibiotics no wine or ale'. Lads I'v just seen the W.R. heading my way so heading for the book counter. Speak later.

[Doc Vernon]

Hey Doc so long ago and we're still telling stories to each other and some are still whoppers which have grown over time. Are you still sailing the Blue Mountains?

Yep Michael
Stiil here in them lovely Blue Mountains but this Year a mite colder than usual. Not complaining mind you as Summer is approaching with all that comes with it! Eeeek!
Yes there are some Whoppers going on at times are there not LOL
cHEERS

[Bill Cameron]

In my day it was Chief Cook and second Cook & Baker

[Keith at Tregenna]

I guess in the early days of steam that all that cooked on ships
were cooks and possibly only the liners then had chefs. K.

[happy daze john in oz]

So, along the same lines.
Is a baker a pastry chef?
Have both discharges in my book.

Well Den mate it all depends on their skills.

Pastry cooks are very often good at their skills and can produce some great stuff.
However bakers are another case all together.
There are those who can bake and those who lovingly go by the title of second cook and bricklayer.
having seen some of their offerings on cargo ships it is easy to see how they got the name.