The Washington weekly post., 1900-03-13


v-5- .. E.F York sgn.
Cooking 0r tHe high seas isn't so exclt-
...4 ..r. ...as.au a. it was in the old days.
.-- -.s. now 1t presents problems and
,.....-- that would drive a landsman
.-.s O.. despair 10 Is one thing TO SIT
doc. .u ..lH.lsI calm, IN a hotel kitchen.
,-. compose a symphonic entree. and It's
s... aE..Hsg taius 10 clutch a rope SWUNG
.r..s kitchen that Is trying to turn
.-r.. and ro master an entree that is at
tempting {. dance a can-can on top OF
f.-s.ac range 10 would be a happy thing
~ -.rR. rGs and cooks II every disgrun-
H.. -aes.rl,r on a Transatlantic steam
Or .... lG rough weather. be forced TO
f.. - E.s.. Goo the galley and watch the
r..- ly which the meals with which he
-a. ..-u seen finding fault are prepared.
r-. chances are that TWO minutes amid
r. .u.- and heat of the galley would
.....e riu 90 state OF seasick-
-..- which would rob him OF all
r..r.-- .u meals OF any sort, but
re could wait long enough TO
-....- few mental impressions, he
s.. .pr-T.rc traveller, ana, in future,
u.... say please 20 the stewards, beg
ta.u nor 90 hurry about filing his orders,
ga aeasp, food at 70 eat as miracle
wrought .u has behalf.
IN modern steamers galley arrange
meuts have been improved 10 a degree
that would make an Old-time sea cook
open l.- eyes Iu amazemeut but even un-
Ger such conditions the cooking is difficult
..Tk Ia the uIst place, room IS neces-
sa..y limited, and every .nch Of space
mast ur made 90 count YET large num-
-.. gl cooks and assistants are employed.
Dl. ~ tae large steamers viii have thirty
U.. al work ia its galley, and thirty men
uas..g .eapir1g about d microscopic
.t...a. and doing juggling feats with
POTS and pans and knives and rolling pins
H..e ra. ship stands On its beam ends,
.- sigh. FOB bring tears TO the eyes Of a
....l ur quiet life In these narrow quar-
t,ls ......a- is done on "a scale larger than
g.. ordinary saloon passenger realizes.
Three Thousand L8ayes OF Bread Day.
Ia. gr.W must be fed I'm port and out f;
s. tr cooks have from go TO COO men on
their hands every day Of the year. Then,
,-.Hs The voyage, the steerage, second
cabin, ana first cabin must be provided
i0r The steeTage passengers 40 not have
al elaborate bin Of fare; but about 300
small luares Of bread are baked for the
,r.H and stccTdgc every day, and that in
i-.L ls no small task. The very sight of
o. bakers dough trough is enough 10
discourage faint-hearted cook. for flour
- dumped into II by the barrel One
hundred ard FTfz- ID rrals of Hp11r. rnalr
away on a voyage like spring snoWhakes,
and twenty tons OF potatoes dance nerrily
.p Tie galley stairs 10 table hand in
hand with 1000 pounds Of beef, while TO-
Co. eggs. more or less seasick, follow
YEARLY. Then $50 gallons of fresh milk
s,.u the l00O gallons OF condensed milk
stored beside it and advise the 1000 pounds
a. coffee 10 have nothing 10 do with 1t.
TIE ghosts Of countless chickens, turkeys,
o.rks. and fishes haunt the iarder, where
their slaughtered bodies hang In hundreds
al a time. As for the incidentals, no one
but the head steward knows the tale Of
them Imagine all this food prepared in
an apartment house kitchen addicted Il
hand springs, ana you have the steame.
galley situation.
Along the end Of the room run tht
ranges. The ovens are divided into com
Iartments which will hold firmly pans o.
varying sizes. On top of the stoves ;
steel bar runs along the front ana back
Ea1 separate Cross bars may be clampel
g. these At convenient intervals. Pdt!
rr8 kettles are hcmmed in, In this way
ana 10 add TO their nrmneSS each !,
ramDed To a cross har with what look,
LAr large iron clOthcSpin All CoOkins
utensils arr maze much deeper than WOui,
D. necessary in ordinary cooking in OF
,rr 10 avoid spilllng of the contents il
ease Of rough weather. The huge COppei
stock pots, in which wholesale boiling /.
done ara heated, by steam; and all bTOil
D. o. is done over an immense charcoal fire
iu. bakers have a separate cubhy hCl,
and ovens Tor themselves. and beyOnt
them is a cold room where confectiOn,
and pastry are made. Everything is swep
:ui saTnished, in a fashion 10 satisfy tn,
hear. Of "A Dutch housewife. The whit,
paint Is secured Until IL is dazzling. Tn,
copper shines reSpiendent-but the smells
gods, the smells, Let the SeaSick maj
Who has held his breath and plunged mad
N up the CompaniOnWay. 10 escape IN,
deadly whiff of air coming from the gal
icy. imagine that gust of OdOr intensified
CHgeantrated, mixed with steam anC
ullr and multiplied by four, and he ma,
have some idea Of the atm0Suhere dowI
lr The gsllty \ steamer kitchen is IL
Iarn FOR any one with a tendency to
N#rl s.lSiCKness: and the first few voy
a-,s of e. young cooks assistant are tor
tUr= besides which the sUfferingS OF the
martyrs fade iu,o insicnilicance. Their,
i-r.r any fine glow of majesty about hi,
g.rryriom. and he doesn't get an atom
o. symIathy. His galley mates guy him
ami his supcTiOrS bully him. He sounds
& depth Cf seaSicllness beside which tn,
ste Of th" sIOauing passenger on decl
'1 "A steamer chair Is rose cOlored an,
IL
D. can stand. and he bolts incOntnentN
when the hip reaches port but If he ha
the courage TO suuer until he Is thor
,ughly seasoned, ie overcOmes his quaim
hind