"The men like food. The only thing you have to worry about is how it's cooked. For example, their steaks. There are 15 people on this ship other than you and myself. 3 of them like their steaks medium rare to medium, 8 like them medium to medium well, and the rest like them well done. If you ever make steak, i'll remind you how many to make of what and give you a suggestion on serving them. Until then, you really only have to worry about ways to incorporate citrus and fruits into at least one meal a day." Arashi watched Tanya as Rivar returned, carrying a cuttingboard of sliced bread and two small jars of butter.

"Anything else?" Rivar said, smiling softly. "the stew does smell really good, by the way, the other guys can smell it on deck and they ask when lunch will be ready. I told them soon and they'll know when."