SfanGoch Posted May 20, 2016 Posted May 20, 2016 I've had kippered herring many times. It's quite good! For breakfast or at High Tea with scones topped with clotted cream?
Harry P. Posted May 20, 2016 Author Posted May 20, 2016 First class passengers on Titanic had it pretty good! For a while...
slusher Posted May 20, 2016 Posted May 20, 2016 I've had kippered herring many times. It's quite good! Doesn't look good and Oysters are like swallowing Snot...
slusher Posted May 20, 2016 Posted May 20, 2016 First class passengers on Titanic had it pretty good! For a while... They had the first shot at the life boats also...
Harry P. Posted May 20, 2016 Author Posted May 20, 2016 Doesn't look good and Oysters are like swallowing Snot...It's just smoked herring. Tastes good. Oysters... yeah, I agree with you. Kinda gross.
Harry P. Posted May 20, 2016 Author Posted May 20, 2016 They had the first shot at the life boats also...Only the women and children. First Class male passengers didn't make out so good.http://www.icyousee.org/titanic.html
SfanGoch Posted May 20, 2016 Posted May 20, 2016 Doesn't look good and Oysters are like swallowing Snot... Oysters are great. So is smoked herring. They're acquired tastes. Looking over the provisions, it's a good thing Diamond Jim Brady wasn't on board. He would've gone through the stores in one sitting. Restaurant owner George Rector, who ran one of the fashionable “lobster palaces” of Times Square, reportedly said Brady was “the best 25 customers I ever had.” The legendary appetite of Diamond Jim Brady
metalhead Posted May 22, 2016 Posted May 22, 2016 You also have to remember that those provisions were for over 2000 people as well as the crew, three times a day for three or four days( I can't remember exactly how long).
Harry P. Posted May 22, 2016 Author Posted May 22, 2016 (edited) Still seems like overkill to me. BTW, passengers + crew was 2,228 (1,343 passengers, 885 crew).So let's say that every single person on board ate a pound of meat a day, for each of the four days the trip was supposed to take. That's 8,900 pounds. But they carried 75,000 pounds! Edited May 22, 2016 by Harry P.
sjordan2 Posted May 22, 2016 Posted May 22, 2016 Still seems like overkill to me. BTW, passengers + crew was 2,228 (1,343 passengers, 885 crew).So let's say that every single person on board ate a pound of meat a day, for each of the four days the trip was supposed to take. That's 8,900 pounds. But they carried 75,000 pounds!Enough for a return voyage?
sjordan2 Posted May 22, 2016 Posted May 22, 2016 (edited) Enough for 6-7 round trips!I bet the leftovers are still nicely brined.(Too soon?) Edited May 22, 2016 by sjordan2
bismarck Posted May 22, 2016 Posted May 22, 2016 I've made a hobby of studying Titanic for awhile, and i'm pretty sure she had refrigeration holds for all the perishables. The openings for these holds are on either side of "C" deck almost even with the after mast. These holds went down 3 to 4 decks, and kept under lock and key.
Harry P. Posted May 22, 2016 Author Posted May 22, 2016 Yes, Titanic had refrigerated holds. But the question is, why so much food? Seemingly enough for several round trips.
SfanGoch Posted May 22, 2016 Posted May 22, 2016 Still seems like overkill to me. BTW, passengers + crew was 2,228 (1,343 passengers, 885 crew).So let's say that every single person on board ate a pound of meat a day, for each of the four days the trip was supposed to take. That's 8,900 pounds. But they carried 75,000 pounds!That link i posted about Titanic's refrigeration system contained information about the large amount of food. The food was to be used for both trips across the Atlantic. Food which was to be used on the westbound voyage was kept in refrigeration lockers. Food which was to be used during the return trip was placed in thawing lockers so that it would be ready to use for that voyage. Besides, storing that much frozen food shortened turn-around times in port.
Greg Myers Posted May 22, 2016 Posted May 22, 2016 (edited) Crossed three times, First 1953 SS Washington 1955 U.S.S. Pvt. Johnson with a young Norman Schwartzkopf on board. Last time 1957 SS America all first class. usually more than six days. Edited May 22, 2016 by Greg Myers
Harry P. Posted May 22, 2016 Author Posted May 22, 2016 Ok, I looked it up. Titanic sailed April 10 and was due in NYC the morning of April 17... seven days.So again, assuming every single person on board ate a pound of meat a day (a pretty high estimate!), that would be 2200 pounds a day, times seven days = 15,400 pounds. Plus 15,400 pounds for the return trip = 31,000 pounds or so. Yet there was 75,000 pounds of meat on board. Doesn't that seem odd? Maybe people really ate a lot of meat back in those days!
bismarck Posted May 22, 2016 Posted May 22, 2016 Maybe its a case of keeping the freezers full so the cooling system didn't have to work so hard cooling empty space in the freezers.(?) Same thing with modern freezers... Just a guess.
Harry P. Posted May 22, 2016 Author Posted May 22, 2016 Could be.I'm sure they knew what they were doing and why. If only that darn iceberg didn't ruin it all!
SfanGoch Posted May 22, 2016 Posted May 22, 2016 Ok, I looked it up. Titanic sailed April 10 and was due in NYC the morning of April 17... seven days.So again, assuming every single person on board ate a pound of meat a day (a pretty high estimate!), that would be 2200 pounds a day, times seven days = 15,400 pounds. Plus 15,400 pounds for the return trip = 31,000 pounds or so. Yet there was 75,000 pounds of meat on board. Doesn't that seem odd? Maybe people really ate a lot of meat back in those days!On this side of the Atlantic, beefsteak banquets were popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. They've held beefsteaks in Brooklyn at the Bell House, in Gowanus, for the past couple of years. I've attended three and it's a blast! More meat than you can shake an iceberg at.
bismarck Posted May 22, 2016 Posted May 22, 2016 Yeah!! Icebergs do tend to scuff the paint a bit!! lol!!
SfanGoch Posted May 22, 2016 Posted May 22, 2016 Ok, I looked it up. Titanic sailed April 10 and was due in NYC the morning of April 17... seven days.The Minnow went out for a three hour cruise and there was more stuff on that boat than you can store on an aircraft carrier.
bismarck Posted May 22, 2016 Posted May 22, 2016 The Minnow went out for a three hour cruise and there was more stuff on that boat than you can store on an aircraft carrier. I want a set of those coconut phones they had. Or at least that cell phone plan. On a deserted desert island, and crystal clear service!!
Harry P. Posted May 22, 2016 Author Posted May 22, 2016 The Minnow went out for a three hour cruise and there was more stuff on that boat than you can store on an aircraft carrier. They never did explain why Lovie and Ginger had several years worth of outfits with them!
SfanGoch Posted May 22, 2016 Posted May 22, 2016 They never did explain why Lovie and Ginger had several years worth of outfits with them! Ah, you know how women are. They always overpack. Ever see the cra p they stuff in their shoulder bags?
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