Recipes and daily menus from the CCGS Jean Goodwill
I should have my friend Gord back with me today. He has been off for a week with covid. He has tested negative and is feeling better. Lunch Tomato Tortellini Soup Choice of Salads and Crudité Baked Cod Bratwurst Sausage Perogies with Caramelized Onions, Bacon, …
This will be a light day, at least by my standards. Our water is shut down for tank cleaning, so most of our work is prepared ahead. Lunch Honey Ginger Soup Salads and Crudité Pulled Pork Sandwiches with Deli Style Coleslaw Breaded Shrimp Ham and …
It was a very nice day yesterday. There were many sailboats out in the basin enjoying a beautiful Saturday Today being Sunday, we are having a Turkey dinner. That should make for a drowsy afternoon Lunch Seafood Chowder Choice of Salads and Crudité Roast Turkey …
Another weekend is here. Two more Saturdays to go this hitch, hopefully the rest of the hitch goes as well as the first few days. I believe I have made my decision. approximately 1 year from now I am going to retire. That will give …
It is another fish Friday. It was a wet day this morning, but it turned into a beautiful day. Lunch Chicken Noodle Soup Choice of Salads and Crudité Battered Haddock Beef and Caramelized Onion Sub Scallop and Asparagus Risotto French Fries Roasted Butternut Squash Dinner …
This was a wet and foggy day, there was not much to see out of my porthole. If one has to be at work, this was a good day for it. Lunch Tom Yum Soup Choice of Salads and Crudité Slow Roasted Beef Striploin Penne …
A few days late, but I am back to work on the Jean Goodwill for another hitch. It looks like we won’t be sailing as we are going a routine maintenance program. Lunch Curried Sweet Potato Soup Chef’s Choice of Salads and Crudité Butter Chicken …
CREW CHANGE DAY This the last day at work for 28. I only prepare the lunch meal, dinner will be prepared by the person that relieves me. Lunch Spicy Thai Chicken Rice Soup Choice of Salads and Crudité Slice Turkey Breast Bacon Wrapped Meatloaf Rice …
The last full day is here. If the weather cooperates, there will be golf in my near future The BBQ shrimp recipe is not BBQ. It is a creamy garlic shrimp. I have the recipe under Seafood if anyone is curious Lunch Squash and Coconut …
Just a couple more mornings left. About 8 am Sunday morning we passed by Maughers Beach. Maughers Beach is located on McNabs Island at the mouth of Halifax Harbour. Once you pass that you know you are home. https://www.nslps.com/about-ns-lighthouses/lighthouse-lists?c=maugher-beach-lighthouse Lunch Spicy Thai Chicken Soup Choice …
This is the last Sunday of the hitch, we only have a few days left. We should be be in port sometime today. It is time to clean up, take stores, then head home on Wednesday. Lunch Vegetable Barley Soup Choice of Salads and Crudité …
Early Friday morning we were traveling along the west coast of Newfoundland. There is still snow on the hills (mountains), the sun was shining on them really showing the contours of the terrain. We passed by Wreckhouse and headed across the Cabot Strait. Our ETA …
We were relieved of our ice breaking duties. The Jean Goodwill is now headed toward Halifax. Estimated time of arrival is Sunday morning. This is our last Fish and Chip Friday this hitch, the time is winding down. Lunch Sweet Potato Ginger Soup Choice of …
Wednesday the task was to break the ice in Baie Saint-Augustin. It was close quarters getting to the inner bay. If anyone is interested, I will post the link to Ship Tracker to show our route today. The task Thursday is to return to escort …
The last week of the hitch is here. We are currently south of yesterdays position to break some ice for an escort, then back to our previous position to escort the ferry again. Then we may be headed back to our home base in Halifax. …
We are still in the Strait of Belle Isle escorting the ferry. We may be in the area for a few days as there is quite a bit of ice here. Lunch Ham and Pea Soup Choice of Salads and Crudité Toasted Pizza Subs Pan …
We are back in the ice. We are sitting off St Bart, Newfoundland. The ferry needs an icebreaking escort for a few days. This hitch is down to single digits, only 9 more wake-ups. The time has went well, but it is always good to …
Overnight we sailed toward the Sydney area, after lingering off the end of Cape Breton for a few hours, we started to northward toward the strait of Belle Isle on a mission to break ice for a ferry. Sometime in the next few day we …
On the move again. We took on groceries in Mulgrave, then let go the lines and headed out. Rumor has it we are headed toward the Strait of Belle Isle. On today’s menu there is a chicken curry, this is a different version of curry. …
We made it to Mulgrave. It was a bit bumpy on the way here. Not bad, but enough to ruin some peoples sleep. We are here for Friday, then we are off on another mission. The hitch has passed the halfway point, it is all …
The Jean Goodwill has left Sydney. Our current destination is Mulgrave. I am not sure when we are supposed to get there, but we have stores scheduled for Friday. Our scheduled task continues to be Search and Rescue, so we could be called away at …
Lunch Potsticker Soup Choice of Salads and Crudité Slow Roasted Beef Sirloin Fish Taco with Fresh Chunky Guacamole and Pico de Gallo Butter Roasted Potatoes Roast Squash Gravy Dinner Potsticker Soup Choice of Salads and Crudité Roast Pork Cabbage Roll Casserole Cullen Skink Mashed Potatoes …
We are heading toward Sydney, the ship should arrive sometime Tuesday morning. The trip is moving along, there have been a couple minor calls but thankfully nothing more serious than a boat broken down and needed a tow. Lunch Turkey Rice Soup Choice of Salads …
Lunch Steak and Potato Soup Choice of Salads and Crudité Spaghetti and Meat Sauce Battered Shrimp Sweet Potato Fries Stir Fried Vegetable Medley Focaccia Dinner Steak and Potato Soup Choice of Salads and Crudité BBQ Baby Back Ribs Chicken and Peppers Roast Potatoes Buttered Green …
Happy Easter. We are still north of Shippagan. We are going to leave here around 7 am. Heading toward Sydney, we have to change some crew Wednesday. Lunch Seafood Chowder Choice of Salads and Crudité Roast Turkey Octoberfest Sausage and Sauerkraut Mashed Potatoes Roast Turnips …
We dropped our tow early, very early on the 15th. We jogged alone slowly and dropped anchor somewhere north of Shippagan, New Brunswick Lunch Vegetable Soup Choice of Salads and Crudité Southern Fried Chicken Salmon garnished with Buttered Leeks Mashed Potatoes Brown Rice Roasted Cauliflower …
It was a nice day of sailing, yesterday, smooth and hardly a ripple on the water. We had to go get a fishing boat that lost power. We took him under tow about 5pm, I am not sure when we let go. I was asleep. …
We made it to Cape Breton Wednesday morning. We dropped anchor and stayed there most of the day enjoying the view of the snowcapped hills. Later in the day we were tasked to go to Newfoundland to cover a search and rescue duties. Lunch Chicken …
This finishes up our first week. The seas have been smooth so far. We can hope they stay that way, I don’t mind rough weather, but my legs are not as stable as they once were. We did not stay in Shelburne long. We are …
It was a very nice day yesterday. We dropped anchor in Shelburne Harbour. We stayed there for the day, then picked up about 7 pm. I don’t know what our plan is, and I am too lazy to go find out. We have old maritime …
We let go and are at sea. Jogging along slowly, and rolling slightly makes for a good sleep. Lunch Pea Soup Choice of Salads and Crudité Butter Chicken Bratwurst Sausage Braised Cabbage Boiled Potatoes Rice Fresh Nan Bread Dinner Pea Soup Choice of Salads and …
We are officially on Search and Rescue duty. We are on 30 minute standby as of noon Saturday. Sometime today we should let go our lines and leave our home port. Lunch Chicken Noodle Soup Choice of Salads and Crudité Baked Ham Shrimp Etouffee Macaroni …
We are fueled up and ready. The latest rumor has us leaving Sunday, heading toward Shelburne. \ Lunch Haddock Chowder Choice of Salads and Crudité Maple Baked Salmon Hungarian Goulash Mashed Potatoes Buttered Egg Noodles Sautéed Zucchini with Cherry Tomatoes Dinner Haddock Chowder Choice of …
It will take a couple days, but we will be back in the swing of things soon. We should be sailing on the weekend. Not sure where we are going, but we will be back on search and rescue duty. Lunch Curry Sweet Potato Soup …
Back in the saddle again. I have a new second cook. I will miss Gord, he has been with me since we joined the ship out of drydock in Quebec. Today we have a slow roasted Beef Prime Rib as the headliner. We also have …
We are back on the Jean Goodwill for another trip. When this trip is over it will be golfing season again. Dinner Soup of the day Choice of Salads and Crudité Pan Fried Haddock Chicken with Peppers Mashed Potatoes Buttered Rotini Pasta Broccoli
The day is finally here. We should be on the bus by 11. It is a 4 to 5 hour drive back to the Coast Guard base. In meantime, I still have to feed the incoming crew and make sure our crew has traveling snacks …
The last full day this hitch is here. We are tied up in Sydney, by the big fiddle. It will be good to get home. I don’t have anything planned on my time off. It is too early in the year to go golfing and …
Time is getting very short. We will tie up in Sydney Monday, then take a bus back to the Coast Guard base in Halifax. For lunch we have a few old favorites, Potsticker soup is one I make at least once every time I am …
We reached Charlottetown late Saturday afternoon. We broke the ice away from the dock, then pulled away. We will stay parked in the ice until morning, then we will escort the ship out of the ice. Once clear of the ice we will proceed to …
We are on the way to Charlottetown. The time is ticking down to the end of our time here. We have to do a galley clean-up, finish the last few days, then go home. Lunch Seafood Chowder Choice of Salads and Crudité Southern Fried Chicken …
Another day closer to crew change. We are sitting at anchor in Ingonish bay. From where we sit we can see the Keltic Lodge and the Cape Smokey Ski Hill. We are waiting on a tanker to escort to Charlottetown. After that we will be …
We went to Pictou to help a small tug tow a barge out through the ice, but the little tug did not have enough power to make it. They had to turn around. We are back under way heading toward Sydney once again Lunch Broccoli …
We are off on another job, this time to Pictou. We should be there about 10 in the morning. After lunch we will have less than a week left. Lunch Chicken Noodle Soup Choice of Salads and Crudité Bacon Wrapped Meatloaf Chicken Caesar Wrap Mashed …
It is the first of March, that means crew change is in sight. Only 8 more mornings left. We found some ice, but we are out of it now. We are heading back to our Search and Rescue tasking off northern Cape Breton Lunch Ham …
We escorted a ship into Charlottetown on Sunday. It has been a long time since I was in this harbour. I have visited by land, but not on the water. We will wait outside the harbour for the night, then provide an escort once the …
We are on the move, we passed the northern tip of Cape Breton just before midnight. We are heading toward the Northumberland Strait for an escort. After that, we will probably be back on standby. Lunch Mushroom Soup Choice of Salads and Crudité Baked Ham …
We have finished our maintenance and are due to be operational again. There is no ice to speak of, so we are back to Search and Rescue standby. For lunch we have an Indian meal. One of the items is Butter Chicken which has turned …
We are in the midst of our scheduled 2 day maintenance plan, so my regularly scheduled Friday Fish and Chip menu is scrapped. Instead we are doing a beef dip, I slow roasted a piece of beef of 16 hours, when I slice it, it …
We have to improvise a bit today. Our galley power is shut down today while they do some maintenance. Lunch will be off the BBQ, with some salads. Friday will also be limited, but Saturday we should be back in operation. I may be a …
This is the midpoint of our hitch, after lunch we will have more time behind us than we have in front. We will be tied up in Sydney by Wednesday noon. We have a couple of days of scheduled maintenance to do. After that, we …
We are back to the Sydney area, after a bit of a rough day yesterday. Lunch Squash and Coconut Milk Stew Choice of Salads and Crudité Chicken Satay Pad Thai Satay Sauce Poached Salmon Potatoes Sautéed Green Beans with Almonds Dinner Squash and Coconut Milk …
I am a bit late getting this posted. We went for a little trip and we lost service for a bit. It was a bit rough this morning Lunch Turkey Rice Soup Choice of Salads and Crudité Philly Steak Sandwich Chicken Alfredo Buttered Penne Noodles …
We are jogging along off the northern tip of Cape Breton. There is snow on the hills in the distance making it look very wintery. The seas are calm, so the ship isn’t rolling making for easy working conditions Today is Turkey day, with dressing. …
We had a bit of wind and rain yesterday, but hopefully today will be better. Our menu today is a Chinese meal for lunch and Burgers for dinner. As well as the posted menu, there is always the possibility of unadvertised specials Lunch Tomato Spinach …
We are still in Sydney, we moved but only a couple hundred meters down the dock. We are supposed to be in Halifax next week, but as always things can change. Lunch Mushroom Soup Choice of Salads and Crudité Breaded Haddock Beef Rendang French Fries …
We are back tied up in Sydney. It has been a cold day, -8 to -10c all day. Unless things change (always a possibility) we are here for a few days. On our menu today, we have Stromboli. Stromboli is similar to calzone, stromboli is …
At a time like this, most of us that go to sea are thinking of the Villa de Pitanxo. the Spanish ship that went down off the coast of Newfoundland. We are now back in Sydney Harbour, we left Ingonish just after noon. We are …
We are laying off Ingonish, we can almost see the Keltic Lodge, but the snow is pretty heavy at times. Lunch Vegetable Beef Soup Choice of Salads and Crudité Chicken Shawarma Beef Kofta Falafel Tabbouleh Salad Lemon Roast Potatoes Dinner Vegetable Beef Soup Choice of …
Happy Valentines Day. We are once again headed toward Sydney to be on SAR standby. On today’s menu I have Cuban sandwich. It is made with ham, roast pork, swiss cheese pickle and mustard. Although it is called a Cuban sandwich it is believed to …
