The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-02-25
SEA COOKS AND ACROBATS.
NIRdCLES DONE ~ THE GALLEY or
IN ATLANTIC LINER.


tie and the Pots and Pans Are Dancing
the C~an-Cnn- Sea Cooks on Merchant
S"'ps "h" nave !" iISht the 'rew.
Cooking on the high seas isn't so ey.
citing a profession as II was in the I'D days. but
even now, 1t presents problems and situations
that would drive a landsman chef TO DESPAIR. II
is one thing Ia sit down in dlcninel calm, in a
hotel kitchen, and compose a symphonic en,ree:
and it's quite another thing to clutch a rope swung
across a kitchen that is trying To turn turtle,
and TO master an entree that il attempting 10
dance a can-can on top Of a plunging range. 1t
would be a happy thing for stewards and cooks
il every disgruntled passenger on a transatlantic
steamer could, in rough weather, be forced 10 pnv
a visit to the galley and watch the efforts by which
the meals with which he has been finding fault
are prepared. The chances are that two minutes
amid the fumes and hea, Of the galley would
reduce him To- a state Of seasiCkness which would
rob him of all interest in meals Of any sort, but
II he could wait long enough TO receive a few
mental impressions, he would climb the galley
stairs a humble and contrite traveller; and, in
future, would say "plense" to the stewards, beg
them not to hurry about filling his orders, and
accept food fit 10 eat as a miracle wrought in his
behalf.
ON the modern steamers galley arrangements
b.ra haar ir,n,,v.d 10 n Jar,o ,bot wouIJ val.
"a'v, w" "'r'''', "'e'" ""a '"o"' "nAo
, an Oh time sea COOK open ms eyes IN amalement,
but even under such conditions the cooking is
dia1cult work In tha first ploco ,oom : ~
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essarlly limited ana every inch OF space must
be made To count, yet a large number Of cooks
and assistants are employed One Of the lorr.
Ill ,.u. h-. -, -
steamers VIII nave 'hn'F hoh az "orh IN us gahey
and thirty men playing leapfrog about o mi.
| crosco,ic kitchen, and doing Juggling feets with
pots ana pans ana knives ana rolling pms while
the ship stands on its beam ends, is a sight To bring
tears 10 the ayes Of a lover Of A ouie, life In
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these narrow quarters cooking Is done on a scale
larger than the ordinary saloon passenger realizes.
Tho crev mus, ne fed in port and out. 90 The cooks
'h'',o" "uo NN' u" '' Wv 'OoA
have rom ooo 10 ooo men on 'helr hands every
day Of the year, Then, during the voyage, the
Storage, second cabin and frs, cabin mus, be
provided for The storage passengers do not
have an elaborate bill of fare; bu, about 5000
mail Iooye. ~ hrs,d ,rs halnd ~, ,hs ,ew and
e"a' "a' - iva " " W. i" ~" Wv
Storage every Day ana mat IN itSeil' Is no small
task. The very sight Of the taker's dough
tough i snough :, DISCOURAGE , t,irt bs.rt.d
trough u e"'"s" -" '"'''"so o '"h'heo''eu
cook, Tor Hour is dumped into 1t by the barrel.
one hundred and fifty barrels Of -four mel, away
an n yov,,e Ila sp,ing snow roles and ,uer,y
tons OF potatoes dance meTTHy up the galley stairs
10 ia bic. hand in hand with 20, 900 pounds Of beef,
uhila 10 ODp pqCs more or less ssasick fnllnw
YEARLY. Then $50 gallons Of fresh milk sc0rn
tbe / iOO gallons Of condensed milk stored beside
il and advise the | 900 pounds of coffee 4, h,va
Railing f., do with II The ghosts 81 cn,iutIe,s
chickens. turkeys duck and fishes haunt The iarder
where their slaughtered babies hang in hundrnda
et n Time As f1r The incidrntals, no one hnt ina
hsad steward knows the tale of them. Imnpins
oil ri. frrL nreuered in an ann riment hru.s
Kitchen addicted 10 hand slrIngs, and Won have
The steamer galley situation
WI AIM dc and ~ ,Ga roam run ,ba ,ou-os
The ovens nrc divided into c"mportprents Mich
uiil MA n,nly INNS Of ,arlinr si1es I'm
80 n ~ ,hn s,ryc. a steei hsr runs .i7rg ,ba ,,,n,
and Il back, and separate cross bars may be CLAIMED
70 ,basn NJ rrnyanieut .ntarvolS Tnts md Lat,I,s
ore hemmed in, in his vav. and Ia add n" hal,
Gr,n... acrh is 81, mned In +, cross bat ri,b ,Ta,,
jnnLs ike n large iron clnthpspin All ]cnoLirS
utensils are made much deeper han would lie
na.as.o,v /, nyinary cooking in nyda, 10 a
sriIir,"r =, ,ha rnn,sn,s in case ~ rntrb wuo""hnn,i
H. hrnga cnpnar stool no,s in uhicI uhnImmaLo
hdiiir- f. ANA = ber,ad he s,a.r go III
b,nilipg is done over an imenso charcoal fro
Tba hsl,e,s have a sepern,e c,,hhv b,I, NH ~"
tr ,bsn,sclvns. and bevNnd ,hrrS is a c"JI 49,,
w. nhs-a con fec,inns and nss,ry ea made rr,nm
,Siry 10 sven, and garnished in a fsshi,n 20
satisfy the hcort GA Dutch housewife irba
mw ah;ras ,esrIsndent hu, ,Hs "moIs, ~
vods, the smells, Ir, the seasick man WHO
tos held his breath and plunged madiy nm t%s
cnmpaninn way, To- escape the doadiy wifi II ay
r oIm, S,.m rsim u c,pc %.r Ev ed mi,, EnS, 81
and snnke and multiried by ION. and ba man
bbnr. .nnn idao II ill., ntnnsphsre d,rr in DIHss
g,li.y steamer kitchen is No. tlnc. f", INV ana nv
with a tendency toward seasickneSs; and The frst
fe, y,va,,rs ~ n Young COOL < assistant a p &c.,
iuTes besides which The suHrrings Of he mnr,y,s
fads in,o insigni0carce There ism am a.
CIV If nniesty about his mnrtytdor and ha
get on atom Of sympathy lis galley
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