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Forum: Cooking and Provisioning: Food & Drink 11-08-2013, 18:21
Replies: 246
Views: 49,311
Posted By NatKat
Re: What Food to Buy Without Refrigeration?

Thank you for the great info about modern Greek Island Diet! It is nice to hear that some people still live that way. Your post was very thorough in describing all the traditional foods. (of which...
Forum: Cooking and Provisioning: Food & Drink 10-08-2013, 16:41
Replies: 246
Views: 49,311
Posted By NatKat
Re: What Food to Buy Without Refrigeration?

Key lime pie anyone?
Key lime pie is actually a modern recepie which came into being due to lack of refer. Back in the 1940s (?) many residents of the florida keys still had no refers. The only milk...
Forum: Cooking and Provisioning: Food & Drink 10-08-2013, 14:26
Replies: 246
Views: 49,311
Posted By NatKat
Re: What Food to Buy Without Refrigeration?

Off topic tomato history
Yes you are correct. Tomatoes only arrived in Greece in 1815. Although possibly there were some small yellow varieties native to Med region. So my ancestors prior to 1815...
Forum: Cooking and Provisioning: Food & Drink 10-08-2013, 14:06
Replies: 246
Views: 49,311
Posted By NatKat
Re: What Food to Buy Without Refrigeration?

Wow ... To everyone who worries about what my granny ate back in the day ... Our family is GREEK. They ate traditional greek island diet. Goat milk cheese & yogurt , fish, octopus, eggs & chicken,...
Forum: Cooking and Provisioning: Food & Drink 01-08-2013, 08:06
Replies: 246
Views: 49,311
Posted By NatKat
Re: What Food to Buy Without Refrigeration?

Thanks for a very interesting thread ... I have learned a lot from it.
To those who say I am too "preachy" ... I am truly sorry to come-off that way ... but maybe it hits a nerve for you? Normally...
Forum: Cooking and Provisioning: Food & Drink 31-07-2013, 17:41
Replies: 246
Views: 49,311
Posted By NatKat
Re: What Food to Buy Without Refrigeration?

Please don't take it as a "sneering judgement". It is a simple observation ... some people aim for zero waste and others throw garbage into the ocean ... and a whole lot more in between. I don't...
Forum: Cooking and Provisioning: Food & Drink 31-07-2013, 17:26
Replies: 246
Views: 49,311
Posted By NatKat
Re: What Food to Buy Without Refrigeration?

Hi KVB,
Not sure I understand your post.
An heirloom tomato is an example of a natural food which human beings have selectively bred for centuries for its benefits to humans. A fish you catch in...
Forum: Atlantic & the Caribbean 31-07-2013, 17:05
Replies: 265
Views: 64,207
Posted By NatKat
Re: Security

Interesting thread ... I like the sheepdog story ... OTOH ... in my town the Sheepdogs have BECOME the wolves (i.e. corrupt predatory police of whom normal citizens are MORE afraid than criminals)...
Forum: Families, Kids and Pets Afloat 31-07-2013, 16:04
Replies: 144
Views: 107,168
Posted By NatKat
Re: Interior Decorating Your Sailboat ?

Hi Charlie,
that really bites ... with the prices of a marine stove one expects it to last. That being said ... mine has no rails ... so I am a fair weather cook. If we ever get further out to sea...
Forum: Families, Kids and Pets Afloat 30-07-2013, 18:43
Replies: 144
Views: 107,168
Posted By NatKat
Re: Interior Decorating Your Sailboat ?

@ KacheWalk,
I strive for functional, simple, tasteful on a budget ... but god help me ... I used plastic storage bins for my dishes. We were headed-out for a 5 day trip and it just seemed like the...
Forum: Families, Kids and Pets Afloat 30-07-2013, 18:32
Replies: 144
Views: 107,168
Posted By NatKat
Re: Interior Decorating Your Sailboat ?

Hi Raku,
Out boat has a certain "ugly charm" the 1966 wayfarer is what I call a "flat top" flush deck. Some people find ugly ... others love it. LOTS of room for sunbathing and stowing the...
Forum: Families, Kids and Pets Afloat 30-07-2013, 14:30
Replies: 144
Views: 107,168
Posted By NatKat
Re: Interior Decorating Your Sailboat ?

Hi Janice,
Great advice to use the "kitschy" elements on accent pillows (we need some). That way I can use cotton ... and if the kitsch gets "old" after a while ... no big deal to re-cover accent...
Forum: Crew Archives 30-07-2013, 12:26
Replies: 7
Views: 1,370
Posted By NatKat
Re: Sailing South on a Chinese Junk

Good for you bringing humanitarian aid. I see million dollar powerboats in our marina that people never use and think ... they would do better to give that money to charity.
Do you have any more...
Forum: Cooking and Provisioning: Food & Drink 30-07-2013, 11:42
Replies: 79
Views: 8,699
Posted By NatKat
Re: Tea for Two

The only Lipton worth drinking is the Yellow Label which you can find in Indian groceries. Otherwise, you need to find PG Tipps. Typhoo or tetley will do in a pinch.
... and YES we do have a...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 30-07-2013, 11:19
Replies: 26
Views: 11,389
Posted By NatKat
Re: Category "A" Sailboats

Not sure exactly what is "Class A". Would like to know .... but from the gist of this thread ... Pacific Seacraft is still made in USA ... although they should have changed the name to "Atlantic...
Forum: Families, Kids and Pets Afloat 30-07-2013, 11:12
Replies: 144
Views: 107,168
Posted By NatKat
Re: Interior Decorating Your Sailboat ?

This boat is very similar to ours and a little nicer ... they use red canvas exterior and tan on the settee which is one of the color schemes I'm considering. We don't have the wood floors like they...
Forum: Families, Kids and Pets Afloat 30-07-2013, 10:45
Replies: 144
Views: 107,168
Posted By NatKat
Re: Interior Decorating Your Sailboat ?

Hi Rakuflames,
I have done appliance paint at home - makeover on an Acme Kitchenette - and the results were less than spectacular. Can you recommend me a better product? I used spray cans from the...
Forum: Families, Kids and Pets Afloat 29-07-2013, 20:04
Replies: 144
Views: 107,168
Posted By NatKat
Re: Interior Decorating Your Sailboat ?

Hi O_Q,
not sure exactly how to post a picture ... hope this works. The weird blue streak is the photo not the boat ... long story I won't go into here.
It is 1966 Islander Wayfarer 33' made in...
Forum: Families, Kids and Pets Afloat 29-07-2013, 19:26
Replies: 144
Views: 107,168
Posted By NatKat
Re: Interior Decorating Your Sailboat ?

LOL, D*mn girl, put those claws away ... hope you get a BEAUTIFUL boat real soon and do it up just how you like ... as for me ... I am saving-up just to buy fabric to re-do the settee ... with my...
Forum: Families, Kids and Pets Afloat 29-07-2013, 19:02
Replies: 144
Views: 107,168
Posted By NatKat
Re: Interior Decorating Your Sailboat ?

I find great beauty in functionality. It is the aesthetic which inspired the Craftsman Movement in architecture. Nothing lazy about it.

I love to cook ... call me crazy ... but I LIKE to see...
Forum: Our Community 29-07-2013, 18:17
Replies: 20
Views: 4,137
Posted By NatKat
Re: Weightless sewing machine suggestions?

No an expert or anything ... but usually lighter machines can only handle "light" work and heavy machines handle heavy work - end of story. Does Seattle have a Garment District? In Los Angeles...
Forum: Liveaboard's Forum 29-07-2013, 18:08
Replies: 107
Views: 9,022
Posted By NatKat
Re: Is My Dream Possible?

LOL you may want to re-think the whole never get married thing ... just sayin' ... being alone away from people is sheer joy for me ... but being alone away from people with the right "someone" is...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 20-07-2013, 12:32
Replies: 24
Views: 3,713
Posted By NatKat
Re: The almighty head thread

I want to use a Nature's Head composting toilet ... no pumps, no tanks. Totally legal and coast guard certified ... BUT ... it is larger than standard marine head and won't fit in our 1966 boat...
Forum: Families, Kids and Pets Afloat 20-07-2013, 00:26
Replies: 144
Views: 107,168
Posted By NatKat
Re: Interior Decorating Your Sailboat ?

Interesting thread! Our boat desperately needs some decor. Here are some ideas I have been considering:
First off, I love bold color, but boat interiors are so small that too much color might be...
Forum: Families, Kids and Pets Afloat 19-07-2013, 23:24
Replies: 244
Views: 27,636
Posted By NatKat
Re: When To Go Gray ...

When I first started greying around age 45, the grey came-in this really ugly mousy color (my natural color was brunette/black). I took advantage of the situation to try every color EXCEPT my...
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