It's TRUE, the cook knows best

[John Arton]

Here is the proof
WATCH Lessons In Leadership From A Ship Cook – gCaptain
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JA

[John F Collier]

I thought that was a brilliant way to get your message through JA, not so much a speech as a story, it was in captions so I
was able to follow him in what he said, some speakers bore you to distraction, not him his informal style was brilliant and he
made the impact that he was talking about, hope the students learned from it. cheers JF

[Ivan Cloherty]

I'd watched it on GCaptain and I thought his opening line was a cracker, 'As Henry VIII said to each of his six wives......I won't keep you long' and that set the tone for a very enlightening talk

[Captain Kong]

Very interesting talk, I enjoyed all the 25 minutes.
Cheers
Brian.

[Keith Tindell]

i enjoyed that real motivational talk, and his mentor the most important man on the ship to keep the moral up. bad cook, miserable crew, good cook, happy crew, thats my experience anyway, kt

[Dennis McGuckin]

What about the poor old baker and his good tab nabs? lol.

[Keith Tindell]

Hi Denis, i recall on a couple of ships, the 2nd cook made such beautiful bread, he could not keep up with it, the guys just ate more and more of it. Suppose on todays smaller ships would all be frozen, same as long life milk, in our day, 2 days out no fresh milk, all conny onny, kt

[Dennis McGuckin]

Hi Keith, Yes I guess most stuff on ships now comes in frozen. Just like the grocery stores ashore.
Being a real baker is a dying trade.
Used to love that conny onny. Could drink it right out of the can. Shakey shakey was also used a lot.
Made great custard and baked rice. Better than real milk.
Agree. Good bread was also important on board.
Good feeder = happy ship.

[Richard Quartermaine]

Inspriational JA!

Fresh milk?? All I recall was cans of Carnation sign on to sign off. Punch holes opposite each other. We had the Rewa Dairy in Fiji in the late 50's and 60's but it was all steralised to 'long life milk'.
Richard

[John F Collier]

#8, You would be pleasantly suprised Den lots or artisan bread shops in Scotland. Selling their wares at weekend markets too so would imagine it's similar in the rest of the UK also. Can be expensive depends what you choose, different quality to supermarkets.

Same here Marian we've got some really good bakers shops with their bakeries at the back, they turn out lovely bread and
cakes they are a bit more expensive than the supermarkets but reminds me of the old days, "some might snigger at that"
but who cares JF