Ee haw ee haw

[j.sabourn]

I always get mixed up , was it the camel with 2 humps or the Dromedary , one of them only has one. Poor old Goeballs recently mentioned in another post had none , Des spotted the difference similar to the illustrious PM of England at the time of another so called crisis in history. Cheers JS

[Tony Taylor]

Camel meat is fine as is Crocodile, had some last week, but in Korea Dog is common on the menu.

Snake in Indonesia, bit like chicken and if you skin the leg of a chicken, the leg of a cat and the leg of a squirrel they all look the same.
Squirrel is tasty, bit like sweet chicken.

Shark meat sold here in fish shops and the good old Rock salmon in UK is Dog fish, close relative to the shark.

Then we have Witchery grubs in the Northern territory along with Goana and frilled neck lizard.
Until you have eaten here in Oz you do not know what you are missing, Roo meat is very good as well no fat or cholesterol.

Have had Kangaroo and crocodile here from Lidl, we used to get "King Klip" ? - sand shark or something going round the Cape, or at least that is what it said on menu. Had a sirloin steak in the Abadan Intercontinental in 68, defo was not beef; I got to wondering next day when a ragged Arab was quickly hustled out of the reception area, he was carrying a sack full of cats all squealing and fighting - hilarious.

[cappy]

well tony pleased you mentioned abadan ...in the fifties when the shah was in power i believe ...abadan had a seamans hostal i suppose it was ...complete with swimmimg pool at the tanker birth ....in july and august no air con aboard and the fuel smell was like trying to breath treacle ....but you could get fresh milk ...wether it was camel donkey or whatever it was delicious ...you could also get a steak ...also delicious ....what meat i dont know .....the galley was filled with flour sacks which were emblazened with a sailing ship in full sail .....we youngns all made swim gear with the sailing vessel emblazened on our backsides ...it was in colour ....next day there was a run on the sacks and even one grand old scouse fireman ...sadly who later died of the heat exhaustion ....also appeared and dived in.....sadly a german coming back to his ship forrard of us got his throat cut and chucked in the shat ..el ...arab ....these were the days that made us what we were abadan shithole of araby cappy

[Captain Kong]

There used to be a few songs of Abadan in the 50s.


I`m a British Tanker man
Just come back from Abadan...........

I have forgotten the words now.

and ,,,
Ive got those Abadan Blues
Blues I sure would like to lose..............

[John Arton]

There used to be a few songs of Abadan in the 50s.


I`m a British Tanker man
Just come back from Abadan...........
We earn more than the Aga Khan
But we're crazy, crazy.

I have forgotten the words now.

and ,,,
Ive got those Abadan Blues
Blues I sure would like to lose..............

Rgds
J.A.

[cappy]

packed my bag and packed my grip im not coming back next trip bye bye blackbird ...
no on here seems to understand me
oh what hard luck stories they ball hand me
packed my bag packed my grip im not coming back next ...
black bird bye bye ....and memories
sitting on the ass end ouside the galley ...eating square shaped cold steamed sausages with 3 cans a night ....some body in shields must have made a bleedin fortune selling them shipboard bars....could have been them arabs....R683532

[Tony Taylor]

well tony pleased you mentioned abadan ...in the fifties when the shah was in power i believe ...abadan had a seamans hostal i suppose it was ...complete with swimmimg pool at the tanker birth ....in july and august no air con aboard and the fuel smell was like trying to breath treacle ....but you could get fresh milk ...wether it was camel donkey or whatever it was delicious ...you could also get a steak ...also delicious ....what meat i dont know .....the galley was filled with flour sacks which were emblazened with a sailing ship in full sail .....we youngns all made swim gear with the sailing vessel emblazened on our backsides ...it was in colour ....next day there was a run on the sacks and even one grand old scouse fireman ...sadly who later died of the heat exhaustion ....also appeared and dived in.....sadly a german coming back to his ship forrard of us got his throat cut and chucked in the shat ..el ...arab ....these were the days that made us what we were abadan shithole of araby cappy

I was there about four days, with 3 other apprentices, a mate and his wife (very nice woman, one of Brocklebank family) after a couple of days it was getting boring so someone told us there was a BP club about a mile down the road and they showed movies on that particular night, so off we went but the b-stards wouldnt let us in but as we were turned away a friendly member on his way in invited us to join him and after a bit of argy bargy we were allowed in but had to leave as soon as the movie finished, no access to any facilities allowed.

[Bill Cameron]

Part 2
I forgot to say earlier we were along side for Three weeks, the Llandaff, took her cargo to Ti this god for shaken Shell Refinery in the republic of Indonesia, under the control if Sukarno a dictator, who had the country under curfew, from 2200 to 0700 if you were caught you were arrested, the last bunch of taxis would appear at 2130 to get is all back to the ship, if the madam liked you you were able stay the night on the bamboo hut which doubled as a bar / brothel only happened to me once.
In daylight it was scary there was a tanker in half in the middle of the refinery, swinging by its bow on its anchor chain it was the San Flaviano , but I’m digressing , the main reason for my memories was some of us on the Catering staff got friendly with a local who took us to his home ...again a bamboo hut on the edge of the jungle, three of us took him up on his kind offer to share his food with his family, the food was cooking wrapped in banana type leaves and smelled delicious, eventually after a few beers, we were presented with this cooked meat on a leaf, after looking at each other I tried it, then made the biggest mistake, if you are enjoying your food, never ask what is was, was told by the local it was spring chicken, then he pointed to a tree with a monkey in it saying look spring chicken, I had to make a frantic dash into the jungle, and regurgitated ii all up, moral of the story if your enjoying the local food and I was..........don’t ask.

[Doc Vernon]

Indeed we do Victoria.
Yes we sure have lots of them they are such good Animals too, what they did in the Deserts for many saved lives for sure!
There was a rumour (dont really know if it was true) but some say that in desperate situations Camels were killed to take water from their Stomach (They have three) tp drink to stay alive in the Hot Desert conditions. Also some say that the Water is stored in the Humps??
But whatever they were very hardy !
Cheers

[happy daze john in oz]

So Vernon you like curried Capreti, good stuff mate.

Crickets are another dish that is very tasty though can be a bit crunchy but what ever you eat makes you what you are so they say.

Cappy, you do not look like a potato head LOL