
Food keeps crew members from fully integrating, perhaps a lot more than any single thing on the big ships. Usage of ‘food from home’ at sea varies dramatically because ‘home’ varies dramatically.
Some cruise lines have more Indian dishes, or eastern European, or Caribbean, with regards to the make-up of the crew. Happily, cruise lines take food for the crew very seriously. It’s the real deal-unlike, say, the food court at ye olde shopping mall.
Sure, it’s Mexican, Italian, and Chinese, but only via Taco Bell, Sbaro’s, and Panda, respectively. And those, of course, are hopelessly Americanized. Ahead of international corporations, I doubt native Mexicans, Italians, or Chinese could have even recognized such foods to be ‘theirs’ – especially after eating it. But I digress.
Strangely, ships focus on American tastes below the waterline, despite a dearth of these aboard. The irony is complete when you recognize that nearly 100% of said Americans are entertainers who won’t eat anything provided.
Why? Because hot dogs and hamburgers do not lend themselves to attractive bodies. So why, then, do ships bother? Because hot dogs and best shipping agent in bangladesh hamburgers are cheap. Better still, both can sit under a temperature lamp all day and you’d never know it. Or at least a lad from Indonesia wouldn’t. Mystery solved.
But each day on every ship of each and every cruise line atlanta divorce attorneys sea is Asian day. Copious amounts of steamed white rice are usually readily available for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, bowing to the preponderance of eastern Asian crew. I will remember my first trip to the crew mess, on Carnival Fantasy. While I heaped a couple strip steaks on my plate