Foods Not to Eat at the Buffet

[Misself]

Scrambled eggs at breakfast - I suppose the carton-eggs are just as healthy - but there is something about seeing your egg come out of its shell ... And then, of course, there are those incredible Brewers' yeast extracts which Brits and Aussies seem to go for ...... wow!!!

 

Yeast extract (Marmite) is lovely spread on toast. Although the advertising slogan is 'you either love it or hate it'! ;) Good for repelling mosquitoes too apparently....not sure if they mean by eating it or spreading over your body!!

[AZ Ocean Lover]

Nothing that I can think of but I'll know it when I see it.

[jocap]

It all depends on if you mean bacon from the country of Turkey???

 

English and Canadian bacon is the same thing.

Commonly called "back bacon" in the UK. It's the best thing about having a MacDonald's breakfast before going to the ship in Southampton- they serve great back bacon.

I haven't eaten bacon in Turkey, but it's banned in most Muslim countries... the bacon we had in Egypt wasn't from a pig, so could well have been Turkey bacon! :D

[cruisenurse1]

Hi

I highly advise against any salad dressings not on ice or in some sort of cold refrigerated base. I have gotten food poisoning when this was not the case. We eat in the MDR. The thought of someone touching the food , mainly little kids or breathing on your food, is a turn off for us.

 

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[Tatka]

I don't eat bacon and sausages in buffet on any ship lately. Not healthy.

Pancakes too

 

Eggs never in omelet, only eggs Benedict or similar.

Edited August 4, 2017 by Tatka

[navybankerteacher]

"Non dairy butter" has been around for several decades. It's called "margarine".

 

You miss the point- margarine is NOT called "non dairy butter" it is called margarine - or something else - but NOT any sort of butter.

 

"Butter" means "made from cream" you do not call spreads made from things other than cream "butter". By the same token, you should not call things made from anything other than a pig "bacon" -- "bacon" means "pig meat".

[easyboy]

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[navybankerteacher]

Commonly called "back bacon" in the UK. It's the best thing about having a MacDonald's breakfast before going to the ship in Southampton- they serve great back bacon.

I haven't eaten bacon in Turkey, but it's banned in most Muslim countries... the bacon we had in Egypt wasn't from a pig, so could well have been Turkey bacon! :D

 

Wouldn't that be called Egypt bacon-- as long as you are capitalizing, you must be referring to country - not bird?

Perhaps in Egypt they might serve ibis bacon, as long as you are going to call everything "bacon" - or "seagull bacon" on Cape Cod --- as long as there are no rules governing content, you take your chances.

[Wayfairers]

Scrambled "eggs"...definitely not eggs

 

 

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[navybankerteacher]

Scrambled "eggs"...definitely not eggs

 

 

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On decent ships they are eggs - just eggs which left their shells weeks (maybe months) earlier - and were refrigerated in cardboard cartons. To the extent you like fresh eggs, those packaged eggs are not the way to go --- but they ARE eggs.

[SteveH2508]

Yeast extract (Marmite) is lovely spread on toast. Although the advertising slogan is 'you either love it or hate it'! ;) Good for repelling mosquitoes too apparently....not sure if they mean by eating it or spreading over your body!!

 

Marmite is also wonderful with strong cheddar in a sandwich and with melted butter on crumpets (chomping on a bag of Twiglets as I type).

[casino-queen]

Had some lobster salad on a Carnival Cruise and discovered it had the eyeballs in it! Yuck!

 

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[Oregonpoppa]

Champagne, Cognac and other products protected by their geographic trade group's trademarks are different than bacon which can come from any old pig anywhere. And the last time I checked, the pigs hadn't organized their own trade organization.

On most of the west coast "Atlantic Salmon" has to be declared "farm raised" and "color added," because there is no such breed as Atlantic salmon. And crab salad has to include crab, not sheepshead or some similar white meat fish that can replace the advertised more expensive crab meat. File these rules under consumer protection.

Getting back to turkey bacon...we happen to like turkey pastrami on our home made pizzas.

And, finally, our people invented the bagel and look at the wild things they now sell as bagels. My grandparents wouldn't have even known what a jalapeno was.

[Hey Tina]

Are you saying that "Turkey cured pig side or back meat " is real? Sure, you can make sausage out of anything - people have been doing that for years --- but for something to be bacon it comes from a pig.

 

Just because some glib advertising copy writer comes up with a way to scam the public you do not have to go along with a melting down of our language. Call the damn stuff what it is: artificially flavored chopped turkey remnants molded, artificially colored, and shaped into strips which resemble bacon.

 

If it is illegal to call carbonated white wine "champagne" just because it looks a bit like champagne, bacon should surely be given the same protection.

 

I just want to say I love how passionate you are about what is and is not bacon.

[Scottishmum40]

Avoid the coffee at all costs in Windjammer on RC ships. It's evil! [emoji83]

 

 

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[Threedrones]

Hard boiled eggs. Not because of the taste. It offends one of my wife's other senses.

[PattBenatar]

On decent ships they are eggs - just eggs which left their shells weeks (maybe months) earlier - and were refrigerated in cardboard cartons. To the extent you like fresh eggs, those packaged eggs are not the way to go --- but they ARE eggs.

 

ROFL, you are clueless. Food standards are very strict even more so on ships with the possible spread of norovirus. All food are labeled, dated and discarded. If they got caught doing as your accusing them the inspectors would shut them down or receive hefty fines or both.

 

Expiration dates must be checked before each cruise. I can tell you that chance of left over eggs even making it to the expiration date is slim to none, all stock are used based on the dates they came on board or expiration.

 

Any eggs that has been previous deshelled have a very short life hours not days.

[Hey Tina]

ROFL, you are clueless. Food standards are very strict even more so on ships with the possible spread of norovirus. All food are labeled, dated and discarded. If they got caught doing as your accusing them the inspectors would shut them down or receive hefty fines or both.

 

Expiration dates must be checked before each cruise. I can tell you that chance of left over eggs even making it to the expiration date is slim to none, all stock are used based on the dates they came on board or expiration.

 

Any eggs that has been previous deshelled have a very short life hours not days.

 

Um, have you ever heard of Egg Beaters? Those are eggs that have gone through the process that that posted detailed....are they clueless or are you ROFL

[ldubs]

Um, have you ever heard of Egg Beaters? Those are eggs that have gone through the process that that posted detailed....are they clueless or are you ROFL

 

Egg Beaters are packaged egg whites with various flavorings added. I don't think they are the same as the "cartons" previously described.

 

I suspect some of the scrambled eggs I've had in the buffet are powdered eggs.

[ldubs]

Carnival buffet.

Eggs Benedict. Day one...made correctly ...day two, made with turkey. Day three, made with hot dogs. Day four, left over prime rib. Day five..FRENCH FRIES!!!!! I kid you not. This was the Splendor 15 day cruise to Hawaii. Every day they had a different item in it. ��

 

WHAT ... Eggs Benedict made with FRENCH FRIES - I could never have envisioned this. Got to be either fantastic or the worst thing imaginable. :D

 

I can accept that there is non-dairy creamer, non-dairy eggs, non-dairy milk, and non dairy (vegan) butter. In my opinion it is OK for turkey that has been smoked/cured/processed like bacon to be called turkey bacon.

 

I love this thread! Can't wait for the article.

Edited August 5, 2017 by ldubs

[OCruisers]

People mention ... I don't eat it at home so don't at the buffet.

Makes me wonder ...

What do you normally eat at home that you Do NOT Like at the buffets on ships?

[45014]

You miss the point- margarine is NOT called "non dairy butter" it is called margarine - or something else - but NOT any sort of butter.

 

"Butter" means "made from cream" you do not call spreads made from things other than cream "butter". By the same token, you should not call things made from anything other than a pig "bacon" -- "bacon" means "pig meat".

 

 

WOW! Take a breath! You are putting too much effort into telling people all about bacon.

[money4me]

You miss the point- margarine is NOT called "non dairy butter" it is called margarine - or something else - but NOT any sort of butter.

 

"Butter" means "made from cream" you do not call spreads made from things other than cream "butter". By the same token, you should not call things made from anything other than a pig "bacon" -- "bacon" means "pig meat".

Butter Ball produces a product called "Turkey Bacon" cured and smoked strips of turkey. Doesn't taste to bad, but much lower in fat and cholesterol.

 

 

 

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[Ask4Jay]

We love the buffets on NCL - for all three meals. Where else can you get a single slice of crisp bacon, not an entire rasher? For lunch or dinner hang out at the Wok station for spicy, tasty Far Eastern food. And if we could find pickled herring or Kippers, we'd be very happy.

 

 

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[navybankerteacher]

We love the buffets on NCL - for all three meals. Where else can you get a single slice of crisp bacon, not an entire rasher? For lunch or dinner hang out at the Wok station for spicy, tasty Far Eastern food. And if we could find pickled herring or Kippers, we'd be very happy.

 

 

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What do you think a rasher of bacon is?

 

It is a single slice.