Might have been nicer to find out that governments move more toward caring about people over money, but I guess we can't have everything.
Anyway--I'm happy to help out in the kitchen if there's a sign up sheet or whatever. I'm pretty handy with--
Oh. [The sudden realization hits that on ships in the mid 19th century, they probably didn't have a whole lot of vegetarians, if any, and meat was a menu staple. He's not strictly vegetarian. Poultry is still safe where he's from and he eats that, though plenty of people won't. But he's never had red meat before, and the idea actually makes him faintly nauseous. He shakes his head.] Sorry. I forgot that some of the things I cook with at home are probably not going to be here. [All of the soy products.] But you guys have beans, right?
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Anyway--I'm happy to help out in the kitchen if there's a sign up sheet or whatever. I'm pretty handy with--
Oh. [The sudden realization hits that on ships in the mid 19th century, they probably didn't have a whole lot of vegetarians, if any, and meat was a menu staple. He's not strictly vegetarian. Poultry is still safe where he's from and he eats that, though plenty of people won't. But he's never had red meat before, and the idea actually makes him faintly nauseous. He shakes his head.] Sorry. I forgot that some of the things I cook with at home are probably not going to be here. [All of the soy products.] But you guys have beans, right?