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THE COOK OF THE WANDERER
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One of the oldest, truest, and most often quoted of all sea-sayings is that “God sends meat, but the devil sends cooks.” The first part of this saw is really a concession1 on the sailor’s part, for few of them truly believe that the Deity2 has much to do with the strange stuff usually served out as meat on board ship. The latter half of the proverb is taken for granted, and while admitting to the full the thanklessness of the task of endeavouring to dish up tasteful meals with such unpromising materials as are usually given to sea-cooks to work upon, it certainly does seem truer than the majority of such sayings are apt to be.
But in justice even to sea-cooks let it be said that they have but a hard life of it. Cooking is a hobby of my own, and I feel a positive delight in the preparation of an appetizing dinner, which culminates5 when those for whom it is dressed partake of it with manifest enjoyment6. Between the calm, unhindered task of shore-cooking and the series of hair-breadth escapes from scalding, burning, or spoiling one’s produce that characterizes sea-cooking there is, however, a great gulf8 fixed9, and with a full consciousness of the unromantic character of his trials, I must confess a deep sympathy with the sea-cook in his painful profession.298 Even in the well-ordered kitchens of a great liner, where every modern appliance known to the art is at hand, and where the chief cook is a highly paid professional, each recurring10 meal brings with it much anxiety, and, when the weather is bad, much painful work also. There is no allowance made. Whatever happens, passengers and crew must be fed, although the roasting joints11 may be playing “soccer” in the ovens, the stew-pans toboganning over the stove-tops, and the huge
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1 concession | |
n.让步,妥协;特许(权) | |
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2 deity | |
n.神,神性;被奉若神明的人(或物) | |
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3 ken | |
n.视野,知识领域 | |
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4 kin | |
n.家族,亲属,血缘关系;adj.亲属关系的,同类的 | |
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5 culminates | |
v.达到极点( culminate的第三人称单数 ) | |
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6 enjoyment | |
n.乐趣;享有;享用 | |
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7 cape | |
n.海角,岬;披肩,短披风 | |
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n.海湾;深渊,鸿沟;分歧,隔阂 | |
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adj.固定的,不变的,准备好的;(计算机)固定的 | |
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10 recurring | |
adj.往复的,再次发生的 | |
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11 joints | |
接头( joint的名词复数 ); 关节; 公共场所(尤指价格低廉的饮食和娱乐场所) (非正式); 一块烤肉 (英式英语) | |
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12 coppers | |
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13 sockets | |
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14 justified | |
a.正当的,有理的 | |
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15 den | |
n.兽穴;秘密地方;安静的小房间,私室 | |
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16 reposed | |
v.将(手臂等)靠在某人(某物)上( repose的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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17 varied | |
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18 allotted | |
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19 vessels | |
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20 berth | |
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21 growling | |
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22 brutal | |
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23 blistering | |
adj.酷热的;猛烈的;使起疱的;可恶的v.起水疱;起气泡;使受暴晒n.[涂料] 起泡 | |
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24 buffeting | |
振动 | |
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25 galley | |
n.(飞机或船上的)厨房单层甲板大帆船;军舰舰长用的大划艇; | |
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26 seething | |
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28 leeward | |
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29 peculiarities | |
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30 sketch | |
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31 tugs | |
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32 dispensed | |
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35 snug | |
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38 tack | |
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39 beverage | |
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42 gravy | |
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50 disturbance | |
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52 nausea | |
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53 spat | |
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55 dune | |
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56 stewing | |
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57 remains | |
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58 victuals | |
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59 discomfort | |
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60 zeal | |
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61 uncouth | |
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62 primitive | |
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63 batter | |
v.接连重击;磨损;n.牛奶面糊;击球员 | |
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64 intoxicated | |
喝醉的,极其兴奋的 | |
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65 offender | |
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66 enveloped | |
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67 overthrew | |
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68 frantically | |
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69 burnished | |
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70 dough | |
n.生面团;钱,现款 | |
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71 smuggled | |
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72 rendering | |
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74 steward | |
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76 shudder | |
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79 remonstrance | |
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80 jocose | |
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81 saucy | |
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82 gasping | |
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83 resentment | |
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