By that time,
however, everybody had become more accustomed to the idea and took it
quite as a matter of course.
Our meals now consisted in the main of a fairly generous helping of
seal or penguin, either boiled or fried. As one man wrote:
"We are now having enough to eat, but not by any means too much; and
every one is always hungry enough to eat every scrap he can get. Meals
are invariably taken very seriously, and little talking is done till
the hoosh is finished."
Our tents made somewhat cramped quarters, especially during meal-times.
"Living in a tent without any furniture requires a little getting used
to. For our meals we have to sit on the floor, and it is surprising
how awkward it is to eat in such a position; it is better by far to
kneel and sit back on one's heels, as do the Japanese."
Each man took it in turn to be the tent "cook" for one day, and one
writes:
"The word 'cook' is at present rather a misnomer, for whilst we have a
permanent galley no cooking need be done in the tent.
"Really, all that the tent cook has to do is to take his two hoosh-
pots over to the galley and convey the hoosh and the beverage to the
tent, clearing up after each meal and washing up the two pots and the
mugs. There are no spoons, etc., to wash, for we each keep our own
spoon and pocket-knife in our pockets.
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