Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-10-17
JACKS BILL OF FARE.
pEucAcIEs AND sUeSTANTlALS OF
 THe FOREcASTLE TABLE.
The Mysteries of SeOuse in All Its Narie- ties-Sea Doughnuts Fried in Pure Whale BIuSber-ship
 Bill of Fare
New York Sun.l


 low. stopped before a south street junk store the other day and looked over the odds and ends displayed, When one ot them saw a substantial iron spoon among other stuff. he took out some money and paid cents for the spoon.
 What did you buy that spoon for. Jackl" said young man who recognized the two men as sailors
 Well, sonny, l don't mind givin' you a bit of information That ere spoon IS to hist in a scouse Generally 1 uses my knife. but my mate here says a spoon is more periite, and enables feller 10 git to windward of the rest of the mess wheE they hogs it V
 -ScOuse?- said the young man inquir- ingly. -Scouse? Whats scOuSes7
 -ScOuse." said the gray haired junk man. who had been sailor for many years in his youth. -is about the most common article of food aboard ship. It is made of biscuit. or what the soldiers call hard tack The biscuit is broken up and soaked in water Then whatever odds and ends of meat may have been left over from the preceding meal in the cabin and perhaps an additional amount equal to a pound of meat for ten pounds of scouse. k mixed in The whole is baked and sent tO the men in the forecaStie at
 meal time in the dish it was cooked in
 The men scoop it out into little tin pans and eat it with their knives. Some times
 potatoes take the place of biscuit, and that makes lobscOuse Sometimes beans and biscuit are mixed in about equal parts. and then it Is called bean scouSe. You wouldn't fancy eating beside dozen men like tnOse two just now. but after you had got your sea appetite you would call scouse good dish. especially if two or three onions had been cut in
 What else do the sailors have 10 eat?7
 -Dandyfunk is a common dish You would call it molasses scouse. mayb be, for it is mixture of powdered biscuit and molasses. bsket in pan It is not an ap- petiZing dish. but it Is nOurishing feed. and that l" the main thing al sea. With the solid grub. the men get what is called coffee for breakfast and dinner. and tea for supper. have never been able to learn jus; what those drinks were made of. but they are hot and bitter. and serve to warm the men in cold weather. and quell the cray ings of appetite. Vinegar is served out also, and when the meat is bad it helps the men 10 eat it The vinegar neutral izes the taste of saltpetre in salt beef and the taint of pork l have seen beef served with the crystals of saltpetre ad- herring tO it. Vinegar is powerless in such cases
 Don't the men have any dessert?7
 ~Yes: on Sunday Every enc has heard of duff. IL is made of flour boiled in & canvas bag. ENtravagant cooks put in little lard and salt On rare occa- siOns a handful or two of raisins will be added. This is served with mOlasses Pumpkin funny is a sea luxury and it is made of dried pumI kins stewed up into sauce and sweetened with mOlasses. ships vary as much as boarding. houses in the matter of grub. but the most of them wary Oniy in the chcapness of the stuff and in it's lack of good qualities l shipped on a barN out Oi New Bedford once for a cruise n the Pacific We had a green hand for cook. | but after wed trained him bit he 1 did pretty we'll He was an inventor. He | made mince pies for all hands one Sun day after wed been three months al seq. ' ou will wonder where he got his fresh beef He didn't have any, he freshened | the salt beef. until it was about tasteiess. He didn't have any cider. but be had | some grog from the cabin. and what with | q plenty of chopped raisins and dried ap- | ples. it made that good pie that he could | have got the bOatswain tO split kindling | for him afterward by just saying the | word You see il Was getting toward | when Yankee sailor | haukers for mince pie.
 Did you ever eat any of the whale meatg-
 -Yes. but sailors aren't partial to it The rule iS 10 serve out a barrel of flour every time a whale is killed. The flour is mixed with molasses into dOughnuts, which are dropped into the try kettles filled with boiling blubber. v
 ~ln the fish oilI7
 You never made a bigger mistake in your life than when you Imagined it was fish oil The fresh blubber is as sweet Co the smell and taste as any leaf lard you ever saw. old ! ankee slippers who eat both kinds say that sea dough nuts are better than shore dougbnuts every day in the year
 How do they feed you On a fishing smack2'
 -The grub's all right We have plenty of meat. bread. vegetables and coffee and tea Sea pie k a good enough dish for me. lt is made of beef and pork hashed up and boiled with a lot of hashed vege- fables. and 6 little powdered biscuit for " nGA AL AuOul uQuG tue cook makes a crust of flour and lard and baking powder and puts it in pan and pours the stew into it. and covers the whole over with another crust; and when it's baked be sends it into the cabin, and the watch below turns to and scaffs it quick.
 The following is the bill of the food on one mackerel schooner be- tween June 20 and Nov. l6: Veal. 10 pounds; pork. To pounds. beef 142 pounds, four. 2O3 pounds meal 4 pecks; bread thard tack. 44j pounds. potatoes. jt bushels; mOlasses. J9 gallons rice, :S} pounds, beans. 5 bushels; vinegar, gallons; mustard, l can; saleralus. 1 pound, peppeTsaUcc, bottle: coiIee, 3J pounds, chocolate. 1 pound; lard, 34f pounds. butter. s pounds
 The quantity and quality of & sailors food are regulated by law. When the law is obeyed sailors live well, but not so well as mechanics of corresponding skill and intelligence on shore Here is ack's bill of fare for one week. as laid down in the act of congress approved | June :. lss2. Sunday. l pound of bread | ! O. beef, ounce of tea. ounce of l coffee. . ounces Of sugar. and | quarts of water. The allowance of bread. | lea. coffee. sugar and water is the same l Tor every day. Monday. l { pounds of | pork. pound of flour, pint peas Tues day. Thursday and Saturday he must | lavc the same allowance that he Lad on ! sunday Wednesday and Friday. the | .ame that he had on Monday. Molasses | may be substituted for sugar and it is | almost always preferred It's cheaper. They are also entitled to rice and barley. | but. as the nuAnIiiY is moi mentioned it 1