BWIVince Posted August 29, 2021 #1626 Share Posted August 29, 2021 2 hours ago, TxDarlin said: Thank you, just wanted to know what kind of gear I needed to bring to manage my door key. I hope more ships go with something more like the Ocean Medallions. You just had reach for the cabin door and it was unlocked and ready to enter. Very cool. 😎 Definitely... I enjoy similar arrangements at most hotels these days, either with the NFC cards or my phone. Serenity will probably be retrofitted with similar hardware, but I expect Symphony has her final set of stateroom door hardware. 😞 Vince Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenzSailing Posted August 29, 2021 #1627 Share Posted August 29, 2021 So last night I made tenderloins. Now, the book on the tenderloin cut is it's very tender (go figure) but a little lacking in flavor. So a little Bearnaise sauce is a good accompaniment. Problem is, it's a bit of a pain to make. Most recipes I've seen have you reduce 1/2 cup of white wine or Champagne vinegar (along with some tarragon and shallot) down to about two tbsp, then combine that with what is basically a Hollandaise. That reduction is tedious and time consuming, so I don't bother very often. Then I came across a recipe with a very interesting short cut: instead of the reduction, add 1 tbsp A-1 steak sauce to the base sauce. And the result is darn good. Maybe I wouldn't serve it to a paying customer, but it's fine for staff meal. I love lazy-chef recipes. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BWIVince Posted August 29, 2021 #1628 Share Posted August 29, 2021 4 minutes ago, KenzSailing said: So last night I made tenderloins. Now, the book on the tenderloin cut is it's very tender (go figure) but a little lacking in flavor. So a little Bearnaise sauce is a good accompaniment. Problem is, it's a bit of a pain to make. Most recipes I've seen have you reduce 1/2 cup of white wine or Champagne vinegar (along with some tarragon and shallot) down to about two tbsp, then combine that with what is basically a Hollandaise. That reduction is tedious and time consuming, so I don't bother very often. Then I came across a recipe with a very interesting short cut: instead of the reduction, add 1 tbsp A-1 steak sauce to the base sauce. And the result is darn good. Maybe I wouldn't serve it to a paying customer, but it's fine for staff meal. I love lazy-chef recipes. <cough> Knorr. <cough>. Just kidding. 😄 I never would have thought of A-1, but that kind of makes sense. I do love hacks like that though... I think my first ever "wait, what? 🤨" was watching Natalie Dupree melt French vanilla ice cream to hack a quick creme anglaise, back when I was a kid. It was amazing how quickly an impressionable kid's proper training from Julia in one hour could be completely undermined by another TV personality/chef in the next hour. 🙂 Vince 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mskatiemae Posted August 29, 2021 #1629 Share Posted August 29, 2021 31 minutes ago, KenzSailing said: So last night I made tenderloins. Now, the book on the tenderloin cut is it's very tender (go figure) but a little lacking in flavor. So a little Bearnaise sauce is a good accompaniment. Problem is, it's a bit of a pain to make. Most recipes I've seen have you reduce 1/2 cup of white wine or Champagne vinegar (along with some tarragon and shallot) down to about two tbsp, then combine that with what is basically a Hollandaise. That reduction is tedious and time consuming, so I don't bother very often. Then I came across a recipe with a very interesting short cut: instead of the reduction, add 1 tbsp A-1 steak sauce to the base sauce. And the result is darn good. Maybe I wouldn't serve it to a paying customer, but it's fine for staff meal. I love lazy-chef recipes. Oh that sounds lovely. Is there a shortcut also for the Hollandaise? I used to serve A-1 sauce when my son Alexander was little. As a teenager he told me he had always read that label as "AL" sauce i.e. his namesake sauce! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenzSailing Posted August 29, 2021 #1630 Share Posted August 29, 2021 1 hour ago, mskatiemae said: Oh that sounds lovely. Is there a shortcut also for the Hollandaise? Absolutely! I make it in a blender (note: I have a Vitamix (pandemic splurge) which is an absolute beast.) But this should work in a good Waring-style machine: 3 large egg yolks 1 tbsp lemon juice pinch (1/8 tsp) salt hot sauce (optional, I don't) Blend all that on high for 30 Seconds, then remove plug in lid and slowly drizzle in 3/4 cup melted butter (I just melt it in the microwave). After adding, continue blending on high for another 30-40 seconds. Note: recipe above is 1/2 the amounts in the original recipe. My version makes plenty for two, and this stuff doesn't keep. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare rafinmd Posted August 30, 2021 #1631 Share Posted August 30, 2021 In the next 2 or 3 weeks I will have several sunrises from my 2012 roundtrip transatlantics on QM2 and the Crystal Symphony. August 30 was the second morning on the Eastbound QM2 crossing: Roy 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare rafinmd Posted August 31, 2021 #1632 Share Posted August 31, 2021 I have a sunset today instead of a sunrise. It's from my 2016 Crystal Serenity Northwest Passage cruise. August 31 was a sea day between Cambridge Bay and Pond Inlet: Roy 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare rafinmd Posted September 1, 2021 #1633 Share Posted September 1, 2021 Today's sunrise is another from my 2012 series of Crystal Symphony cruises that started with an Eastbound QM2 crossing. September 1, 2012 was toward the middle of my QM2 voyage: Roy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare rafinmd Posted September 2, 2021 #1634 Share Posted September 2, 2021 This is my final sunrise from my QM2 transatlantic leading up to the Crystal Symphony weather ravaged return transatlantic in 2012. September 2 was the penultimate sea day. Roy 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctjon Posted September 2, 2021 #1635 Share Posted September 2, 2021 (edited) Roy, Ocean certainly didn't look like that on our trip back to the US. But weather is one of the uncertainties of ocean voyages. Edited September 2, 2021 by ctjon 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Roland4 Posted September 2, 2021 #1636 Share Posted September 2, 2021 3 hours ago, ctjon said: Roy, Ocean certainly didn't look like that on our trip back to the US. But weather is one of the uncertainties of ocean voyages. Ah yes, the 2012 Symphony Trans-Atlantic From Hell. We were on Deck 10 and had solid water hit our balcony door TWICE!!😲 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Keith1010 Posted September 3, 2021 #1637 Share Posted September 3, 2021 On 8/28/2021 at 6:52 PM, BWIVince said: According to the trip reports Ive heard from Symphony and Serenity so far, they still are using the mag stripe on your cruise card for the door locks on the staterooms, and the wearable tracking devices are unrelated to the doors, unlike the Ocean Medallions. According to Keith’s reports, the stateroom doors on Endeavor are using the near-field contactless cards to unlock (that you just hold up near the lock and don’t insert), but it sounded like those were also separate from the tracing wearables as well. Vince Vince, you are right. On Endeavor you have the contactless cards and also traceable wearables. These are the devices on the doors to guest rooms. Keith 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare rafinmd Posted September 3, 2021 #1638 Share Posted September 3, 2021 On 9/2/2021 at 12:39 PM, Roland4 said: Ah yes, the 2012 Symphony Trans-Atlantic From Hell. We were on Deck 10 and had solid water hit our balcony door TWICE!!😲 Funny how vivid the memory is of those days but I actually do have several sunrises from our return transatlantic. I don't have any sunrises from either September 3 or 4. For today I am going to September 6, 2012. It's from the return transatlantic on the Crystal Symphony after my Eastbound QM2 transatlantic. Roy 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nancygp Posted September 3, 2021 #1639 Share Posted September 3, 2021 25 minutes ago, rafinmd said: Funny how vivid the memory is of those days but I actually do have several sunrises from our return transatlantic. I don't have any sunrises from either September 3 or 4. For today I am going to September 6, 2012. It's from the return transatlantic on the Crystal Symphony after my Eastbound QM2 transatlantic. Roy i too have vivid and many great memories from that cruise. We embarked on September 5th in Dover. Nancy 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Roland4 Posted September 3, 2021 #1640 Share Posted September 3, 2021 1 hour ago, rafinmd said: Funny how vivid the memory is of those days but I actually do have several sunrises from our return transatlantic. I don't have any sunrises from either September 3 or 4. For today I am going to September 6, 2012. It's from the return transatlantic on the Crystal Symphony after my Eastbound QM2 transatlantic. Roy True, we did actually have some nice weather in Dublin, and again the first day in Reykjavik. We sat in the Palm Court that evening watching the sunset into a beautiful clear night, and then hoped we would see the Northern Lights. We didn't! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mskatiemae Posted September 4, 2021 #1641 Share Posted September 4, 2021 (edited) 4 hours ago, rafinmd said: Funny how vivid the memory is of those days but I actually do have several sunrises from our return transatlantic. I don't have any sunrises from either September 3 or 4. For today I am going to September 6, 2012. It's from the return transatlantic on the Crystal Symphony after my Eastbound QM2 transatlantic. Roy Does this reflect as evidence that "red sky in the morning, sailors take warning" is a truthful aphorism? Edited September 4, 2021 by mskatiemae 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Roland4 Posted September 4, 2021 #1642 Share Posted September 4, 2021 1 hour ago, mskatiemae said: Does this reflect as evidence that "red sky in the morning, sailors take warning" is a truthful aphorism? Actually, in this case no. We had a couple of nice days, the sea day to Dublin, and the day in Dublin. We lost Akuyeri to a snow squall, but had a nice first day in Reykjavik. Then the **** hit the fan for most of the rest of the crossing!!😲 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEAV Posted September 4, 2021 #1643 Share Posted September 4, 2021 6 hours ago, nancygp said: i too have vivid and many great memories from that cruise. We embarked on September 5th in Dover. Nancy I remember going aboard in Halifax and meeting you and Larry (and Jim Brochu and Steve!) on the 2007 crossing! Was that a rough one as well? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nancygp Posted September 4, 2021 #1644 Share Posted September 4, 2021 8 hours ago, BEAV said: I remember going aboard in Halifax and meeting you and Larry (and Jim Brochu and Steve!) on the 2007 crossing! Was that a rough one as well? I remember that great cruise and finally meeting you like it was yesterday. we had some very rough weather on the 2007 crossing. Nancy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctjon Posted September 4, 2021 #1645 Share Posted September 4, 2021 12 hours ago, Roland4 said: Actually, in this case no. We had a couple of nice days, the sea day to Dublin, and the day in Dublin. We lost Akuyeri to a snow squall, but had a nice first day in Reykjavik. Then the **** hit the fan for most of the rest of the crossing!!😲 You mean things such as not getting out of dock because the winds were too strong and Crystal hadn't arranged for tugs - sat for 5 hours waiting for tugs. Or missing Halifax because of the delay leaving Iceland but having actually passed Halifax hours before we were to land. Or getting to NY and waiting for hours to get ship cleared, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare rafinmd Posted September 4, 2021 #1646 Share Posted September 4, 2021 1 hour ago, nancygp said: I remember that great cruise and finally meeting you like it was yesterday. we had some very rough weather on the 2007 crossing. Nancy I guess I was lucky. My first cruise ship transatlantic was the Symphony the same time frame in 2006 and I don't remember any problems that time. 2012 was actually relatively tame for me after being caught between 2 cyclones on the Symphony enroute to Australia in 2010 and being stranded in New York in 2012 waiting for the Symphony as Sandy came through. I don't have a sunrise for September 4. Today's comes from that 2006 Crystal Symphony transatlantic from Dover to New York. On September 6 we arrived for a stay in Reykjavik. Roy 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mskatiemae Posted September 4, 2021 #1647 Share Posted September 4, 2021 Just caught a rainbow on the Panomax camera - Serenity docked in Nassau. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenzSailing Posted September 4, 2021 #1648 Share Posted September 4, 2021 So, the International Pizza Expo just ended in Las Vegas (because, when you think Vegas, you think pizza.) And the big event was the International Pizza Challenge, a taste-off to find the best pizza in all the land. The winner in the "traditional" category was Andy's Pizza of...Washington, DC ?!!!!!!!!!!! Guess all the pizza purists will now be streaming down I95 for a slice of the good stuff. As everybody know, it's the water. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BWIVince Posted September 5, 2021 #1649 Share Posted September 5, 2021 9 hours ago, KenzSailing said: So, the International Pizza Expo just ended in Las Vegas (because, when you think Vegas, you think pizza.) And the big event was the International Pizza Challenge, a taste-off to find the best pizza in all the land. The winner in the "traditional" category was Andy's Pizza of...Washington, DC ?!!!!!!!!!!! Guess all the pizza purists will now be streaming down I95 for a slice of the good stuff. As everybody know, it's the water. Im proud to say I know the producers of that event! 😀 Congrats to Andy’s! I’m also always proud to see more accomplishments by the DC culinary world, though I try not to think much about DC’s water. Vince 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare rafinmd Posted September 5, 2021 #1650 Share Posted September 5, 2021 Today's sunrise is from my 2016Northwest Passage cruise. On September 5 we visited Pond Inlet. Roy 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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