Friday mornings in the Cafe they serve belgian waffles with all the calorie-laden heart-stopping deliciousness of every possible topping. They are fabulous and there is always a very long line to get them. I'm sitting in the cafe waiting for mine... and I am willing to leave my computer and camera on the table when I go get coffee or go to the bathroom but you can count on the fact that I will NOT leave that little waffle card on the table!!!
One quirk of living on the ship (there are many!). I've been working in the Galley (Kitchen) the last few days, and when baking they use huge recipes in metric measurements - so the recipes call for 5.4 kilograms of flour, 3 kilos of sugar, 50 grams of baking powder, etc. We use a kitchen scale for measuring everything... but the ship rocks back and forth, so the scale never rests at one number! As the ship rocks, it will go from 50 to 60 and then back down to 45 and then back up again. You can tell how much the ship is rocking by how large the change is in the numbers... because once you are on board for awhile you don't really feel it unless you are looking out the window! Yesterday we weren't rocking much and our cookies turned out fabulously. When they are rocking a whole lot, or sailing, baking accurately can be very difficult!
I'm off for the next three days. Today I have to enjoy my waffle goodness, clean the bathrooms (Our 8-person cabin is on a rotating chore-chart schedule and it's my week for bathrooms!) and organize my living area. This afternoon there is a farewell party for one of my Dining Room crew members and then I think there's a game of Ultimate Frisbee on the dock this evening. Tomorrow I think I am headed to a market and out to lunch with some friends and then the beach on Sunday? Should be a good weekend! I will take pictures. :)
Love to all, Krissy
One quirk of living on the ship (there are many!). I've been working in the Galley (Kitchen) the last few days, and when baking they use huge recipes in metric measurements - so the recipes call for 5.4 kilograms of flour, 3 kilos of sugar, 50 grams of baking powder, etc. We use a kitchen scale for measuring everything... but the ship rocks back and forth, so the scale never rests at one number! As the ship rocks, it will go from 50 to 60 and then back down to 45 and then back up again. You can tell how much the ship is rocking by how large the change is in the numbers... because once you are on board for awhile you don't really feel it unless you are looking out the window! Yesterday we weren't rocking much and our cookies turned out fabulously. When they are rocking a whole lot, or sailing, baking accurately can be very difficult!
I'm off for the next three days. Today I have to enjoy my waffle goodness, clean the bathrooms (Our 8-person cabin is on a rotating chore-chart schedule and it's my week for bathrooms!) and organize my living area. This afternoon there is a farewell party for one of my Dining Room crew members and then I think there's a game of Ultimate Frisbee on the dock this evening. Tomorrow I think I am headed to a market and out to lunch with some friends and then the beach on Sunday? Should be a good weekend! I will take pictures. :)
Love to all, Krissy
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