The Crew Galley!

Wrote this on Saturday...not sure how it managed to not get posted...oh well, it's not time sensitive material, so here ya go:

In an attempt to continue on with our "tour of the ship" - we thought it would be fun for you all to see the Crew Galley (especially since we've spent quite a bit of time in there this morning making muffins, granola and french fries).

The Crew Galley!

Since we don't have full blown kitchens in our cabins, the crew has access to "the crew galley" on Deck 6.  It's not the galley where all the cooking is done for the ship....but a much smaller kitchen with all sorts of gadgets and pretty much all that you need to cook.

The vast collection of cooling racks, muffin tins, mixing bowls, etc. 

pots, pans, cookie sheets, etc. 

One of the most dangerous places on the ship:  the knife drawer! 

Sometimes it takes a bit of digging to find what you're looking for (gotta dig carefully in the knife drawer)...and sometimes I wonder why there are so many of a certain item (like cutting boards...there are dozens of cutting boards!!  I guess they go with all the knives in the knife drawer)...but really it's a well-stocked, very useful room on the ship! (people who are more particular about their kitchen tools may disagree with me....).

There are multiple ovens and sinks, some refrigerators and a freezer, a microwave, some mixers (including 2 Kitchen Aids!), a bread machine and other things that I don't know how to use (and thus far have had no need to know how to use them!) (I've never actually used the Kitchen Aids...I just know some people really like them and would appreciate knowing they are here!)

Emma and her cuteness helping to make cookies a few weeks ago.

We like the bigness of the sinks. 

One of the perks of "cooking in community" is that people are often willing to let you sample their fare.  We've gotten to eat some incredible cookies, popcorn, banana chips, guacamole, scones and random other things  - all because we happened to be in the right place at the right time (just this morning we got a stack of waffles that some friends made and had leftover...waffles for lunch make the Cash Crew quite happy).

Other fun facts about the Crew Galley:

• the oven temperatures are in Celsius...thankfully, there's a handy chart for conversions (I haven't taken it upon myself to memorize the formula for converting fahrenheit to celsius...)

• you're not allowed to leave the crew galley if the oven/stove is on...it's kind of fun to have an excuse to sit and read while something is baking...or it's a fun change of scenery for homework to get done if we're making an after school snack (but it's slightly inconvenient if you've forgotten something and need to go back to the cabin and get it)
• it's pretty loud in there! 
• the Crew Galley doubles as the "Science Lab" for the Academy.

So there ya go...a glimpse into our kitchen.  Any requests for what you'd like to see next??  

Surely there will be more to come!