Day 8 – Praise for a Caprese Twist

Well I have to say that when you start off your trip on the open sea you hope for a couple of days of easy sailing so that you can acquire your
sea legs. When you head out and quickly enter a washing machine, you are at the mercy of the gods to settle things down. That was the case at the start of this trip.

Regardless of the weather, as the cook you must put out three meals a day on time, all the time. The seas had swells coming in three different
directions. If you think about the spin cycle of washing machine and add the fact that the clothes are “swimming” inside a swell of water, you
will begin to get the picture of our conditions on the outset.

This is when you must have premeditated plans of attack for fast, fresh and tasty meals. Meals that you can make while getting lifted off you
feet and bounced around that will also be easy for those a bit queasy to keep down. This is when I, as a cook, am thankful for Costco and a
company such as Roland Foods. Roland products make you an instant gourmet. I highly recommend this line and I stock my pantry chock full of their wide variety of products. (One of my latest favorites is their oven roasted tomatoes in a pouch with olive oil, garlic and seasonings. You can eat them like candy.)

Whalllaaaahhh……. a caprese salad with a balsamic glaze twist.

Nice, beefy tomatoes, fresh basil, a touch of extra virgin olive oil, a dash of sea salt and cracked black pepper, a product such as fresh mozzarella
rolled with basil and prosciutto (ala Costco) and a drizzle of fine balsamic glaze from Roland. In three minutes you have a delicious salad and in
the midst of going through a spin cycle you look like a star!

After three days of what I now call “Maytag moments”, we hooked into the Inside Passage of British Columbia and began an entirely different kind
of journey. Flat, calm and gorgeous. Now we’re talkin’.

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