Another lockdown… another commute

[helge]

Salad certainly looks favourite there.

I would have the Whale meat once a week.

[Mendip]

^^^ I think so Shutree.

I'm trying to ignore the many hurtful comments being made on this thread but it's not easy.

I'll just have to lose weight... that'll show 'em.

[Shutree]

I'm trying to ignore the many hurtful comments being made on this thread but it's not easy.

I'll just have to lose weight... that'll show 'em.

Motivation. They are just offering some tough love.

I had heard tales of lavish cuisine offshore. Clearly your vessel never got that message. Maybe it was always a myth? Anyway, the salad actually looks quite good.

[helge]

Clearly your vessel never got that message.

Maybe they never got the right cook ?

[ootai]

Mendip
In my eyes the food offering/s you showed look great there is something in amongst all that for any fussy eater.
I assume they offer bread for making toast, cause you can't eat cold toast which it would be if they made it.

Also is there a microwave there that you could use, that would solve the cold bacon issue.
I could see myself making a nice burgers with those things that are in there with the bacon and fish balls. If they provide bread that is.

Also I would be a bit wary of those digital caps as if you read the final comment they sound inserts for a blow up doll i.e. "Fully lined with medical grade mineral gel to surround, soothe, moisturise and protect."

Keep smiling it only another 116 days until Christmas when you can see you daughter and dogs again.

[nidhogg]

To be fair, I have had waaaaay worse breakfast buffets in Nakon Nowhere upcountry hotels. Look like enough variety to keep it interesting for a few days. After that mind.....

[Headworx]

The little spherical things are fish balls, by the way.

Jeez, them Nowegians don't waste any part of their fish do they.

Sorry mate but that food looks like something that definitely wouldnt be easy to look forward to at meal times, the salad bar looks passable if the galley could cook to order a decent steak to put on the side though..

[OhOh]

No visible sapalot, (pineapple) other fruits, pancakes/maple syrup either. Poor show.

Which nation's offshore ships have the best food?

[helge]

Which nation's offshore ships have the best food?

Russia

From my years on the Novaya Zemlja ferry:



'Offshore ships'

[Buckaroo Banzai]

Russia

From my years on the Novaya Zemlja ferry:



'Offshore ships'

They had a lot of picture of food like that? or were you a member of the the Politburo ?

[Headworx]

Malaysia was the best food offshore I've had, the cooks would do Malay/Asian and Western spreads for each meal. 7 times of 10 I'd get half- half, something like spicy noodles on the side of roast chicken. Onshore was Australia, by far.

[helge]

were you a member of the the Politburo ?

Yes
But we never allowed ourselves better treatment than the average worker

[dirk diggler]

Which nation's offshore ships have the best food?

I was always told that Norway did. Although that is probably for rigs rather than boats. I worked a cementing job on the COSL Pioneer a few years back. It had crept into Scottish waters from Norway to assist with Phase 2 Drilling for the Buzzard Platform. The Chefs were Michelin rated.

The best boat I worked on was the EDT Jane which we sailed out of Cyprus for an Israel job. The galley crew were Ukrainian and the food was absolutely mouth watering stuff.

Onshore was Australia, by far.

The Aussies don't mess around when it comes to feeding the boys (and girls). You know you're putting on weight when you score an Aussie job.

Butler Camp on Barrow Island comes to mind. Every morning after breakfast you go into a huge room just loaded with every kind of food imaginable and you stock up on as much as you can carry to bring to site for lunch. After work you can either get showered and clean to go into the galley or straight to the outdoor BBQ area for a huge buffet and maximum 4 mid-strength beers before retiring for a shower and sleep.

That place had swimming pools, basketball courts, futsal pitches, the lot.

[armstrong]

Half a plate of that crispy bacon, few potatoes and cover it in beans and you're sorted. Lovely.

[Edmond]

crispy bacon

beans

Done.


Just add Leo.

[armstrong]

Perfecto

[David48atTD]

Just add Leo.

Isn't that a condiment?

Essential for flavouring and fluid intake?

[David48atTD]

I don't know the specific differences between boats and ships

Crew it yourself ... it's a boat.

Have a few 'crew' ... it's a ship?

[bsnub]

Half a plate of that crispy bacon, few potatoes and cover it in beans and you're sorted.

[happynz]

Half a plate of that crispy bacon, few potatoes and cover it in beans and you're sorted.

To each their own, I guess.

[ootai]

To each their own, I guess.

Exactly.
According to me the food looks OK, according to JPPR2 its cheap slop, but then again he does fly business class and have a driver!

[Joe 90]

I think I'd settle for a bowl of cereal if they had any..

[cyrille]

Followed by a tray full of Aunt Bessie’s finest, surely?

[nidhogg]

Crew it yourself ... it's a boat.

Have a few 'crew' ... it's a ship?

Linguistically, there is no clear separation. Lots of "rules of thumb" (as in yours), but nothing more really than accepted common usage:

A boat is something you get into when your ship sinks.
A boat is something that goes on a ship.
A ship has a commander and crew, a boat does not.
Ships have a V shaped hull, while boats have a flat.

But for any saying, there are dozens of exceptions. Submarines are "boats" for example.

Generally, generally, ships are bigger than boats (except some subs).....

[Joe 90]

I always thought it was the Captain or slang"skipper" was in charge?

Commander of the fleet sounds more appropriate.