New answers from Concordia during the week ending August 30, 1996
: What do you cook for all the hungry, hard-working students, teachers, and professional crew? Do you have problems catering to everyone's likes and dislikes?...from Nora Sarsons, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
: by Nicholas Paradis & Josh Rogan - 8/28/96
Onboard Concordia we have a cook. His name is Jason and he is from Australia. He cooks us meals everyday at 7:30 AM, 1:00 PM, and 6:00 PM.
A group of students assigned to galley duty help with the preparation of the food, set the tables and clean up after each meal. The food is excellent and it always pleases the students, teachers, and crew.
For breakfast we have cereal and pancakes. For lunch and dinner we have hamburgers, pasta, pork chops or sometimes even pizza. Jason also likes to bake so we often have muffins for breakfast and cake for desert. The funny thing is, that even after eating a big breakfast and lunch, everybody is starving in the middle of the afternoon (must be all that hard work and fresh air). We are now in the habit of eating snacks like peanut butter and jelly sandwiches at that time of the day.
Watch consists of two categories: day watch and night watch. On day watch, one must report to the bosun, Roger, for lookout or whatever jobs he might need done like setting or striking the sails. On night watch, a watch group must get up in the middle of the night for lookout. Lookout is very important because the officer of the watch group must be informed of approaching ships or any kind of light. There is also the very slim chance of the Concordia coming upon castaways. Someone onboard must be awake at all times, because it would be tragic if a life raft slipped by while everyone was sleeping.
I miss talking to my friends and family the most. In order to help me not miss them too much I put pictures up on the wall in my cabin. I also miss all the space I had at home. I love to run and play with my dogs in the fields next to my house and I can't do that here. Sometimes I miss playing the piano. It wouldn't fit onboard Concordia. Some people brought their guitars and play at night. That's fun! We play tapes and CDs in the mess, but it is not the same as playing the music yourself. We have a lot of fun onboard Concordia and that makes up for missing things from home.
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