Quote:
Originally Posted by eryka
And what is dovme?
|
Oh boy, that "dovme" is... well here it goes...
Beated grown wheat, which lasts a long time, is boiled and mixed with butter before using... That's how you make dovme at least...
Most of those recipes can be prepared in a simple galley but most are cooked in fully equiped ship kitchens. Olive oil don't go bad, at least that quick, so they do carry lots of olive oil on those ships and it's high calories will give you the being full feeling. And, I even heard that they'd use the olive oil for emergency machine oil replacement...
The guy who thought me the seamanship used to roll, salted and spiced, meat to preserve it as a dried meat under the sun, than cooked them in olive oil and sea water... Same with fish... He was 80 about 10 years ago... Old school guy...
Made us row in the dingy with ropes to pull the boat when there was no winds, or swim then walk to the shore pulling the boat close to the shallows or my favorite swim with the rope to pull the boat... One bell for right, two for left... Good thing that I learned how to swim from a coast guard...
It was lots of work to learn from that guy; carry the anchor to the shore... clean the decks everyday... climb the mast to clean it...
I think that Gulet was about 50 years old when I was on it and had the original Mercedes diesel engine (installed from a truck) from 1940s...