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[Doc Vernon]

That Marian as far as I recall when at Sea was Tinned Pudding,but possibly on other Ships made by the Cooks!
The Tinned stuff was quite good! I used to eat it with Ice Cream! Lovely! But it was traditional to eat it with Roast Beef,similar to the Yorkshire Pudding! I have a peculiar taste at times! LOL
Like eating Fresh Bread with Coke or Grapes! Yummy! Or my favourite Jelly Sandwiches!
I also liked Duff sliced with Marmalade or Black Current Jam!
Cheers

[happy daze john in oz]

Like Brian I did one of those coast voyages from Newcastle to Gravesend. A five or six man crew but I was only there as a means of travel more or less, company said a steward sold be o there. Before leaving Newcastle one of the crew brought on board 4 cases of Newcastle Brown ale and two loaves of bread. The skipper asked him what was all the bread for?

[cappy]

On BP tanker "British Fame" I got constipated eating too much board of trade duff (remember that stuff?, jobby brown colour
and spicy with raisins), the cook gave me Epsom salts, it worked but worse taste ever in my life, but interesting how on some cargo ships the crew called him "doc".

every ship i was on the cook was called doc......ibelieve it was cos he doctored the food ie made it better............but sadly some didnt regards cappy

[gray_marian]

Thanks Chaps but I'm none the wiser......apart from stodge. Hopefully Dennis or our other bakers can enlighten

[Captain Kong]

I think he was called Doc because the Cook had the knives and bone saws, so if a man was badly injured he knew how to amputate a leg etc.
That is what I heard when I was sailing with Capt. Bligh and Captain Cook.
Brian.

[John Blaney]

#19,Mmm, Sounds delightfulJohn, what did 'board of trade duff' consist of?

It was delightful, that's the problem couldn't stop eating it, dough mixture with raisins and spice, steamed in round tins,
came out like long sausage 'bout 4" round, tasted like dumpling, could fry it, great with custard or just by itself,
yup, no wonder I got constipated.

[Dennis McGuckin]

every ship i was on the cook was called doc......ibelieve it was cos he doctored the food ie made it better............but sadly some didnt regards cappy

I under stood that the name Doc, was from the old days when the ships cook did any doctoring that was needed aboard?

[Dennis McGuckin]

Thanks Chaps but I'm none the wiser......apart from stodge. Hopefully Dennis or our other bakers can enlighten

Marian, I used to make a steamed pudding/Duff.
Sad to say. I lost my recipe book when I moved from Vancouver to Prince Rupert.
Would love to have a feed of Duff again.
Don't believe any comments you may hear from John!

[John Blaney]

Marian, the ingredients were self raising flour, dried currants and raisins, suet, bread crumbs, sugar, eggs,
milk, mixed spice, baking powder, salt, molasses, although I've forgotten the quantities of each, everything was
put into the mixer and made into a dough, then steamed in the tins for couple hours or so, about 10 tins I think
for around 30 crew.
regards
John B.

[happy daze john in oz]

Marian believe me when I tell you I have seen the recipe book Den had, the recipe for his tab nabs is no different to the one for concrete.