First Impression ...Food in Papeete, Tahiti

Been a while since a food update on Dreamer, but rest assured we have been eating well! I will back track at some stage and advise of our food encounters in Colombia, Panama and Galapagos, but in the meantime.....

The current "crew of 2" of Dreamer arrived in Papeete, Tahiti after some 4000 nautical miles of sailing.
Steve and Jaci were keen to check out all the gourmet delights of French Polynesia, this is their observation of food in Papeete after 27 days of galley life on the high seas:

"Lots of pizza, spit roasted dogs (veal apparently), steak & fries, Chinese and Japanese cuisine. Only French food we have really seen is the mountains of cheese at the supermarket, the crepe food stands & French sticks (which we drown in chocolate hazelnut spread).
Morning markets (from 6-8)are cool-heaps of fresh stuff, fruit, vegies, french sticks, fish, Chinese stuff & meat-pork (hooves as well),beef & roasted chicken."

Herbs!

The time has come to try growing a herb garden on the boat. I bought some of the more hardy herbs today, parsley, basil, dill and mint. Will nurse these for a month before I try others.

Also, did you know....

Captain James Cook had his sailors eat sprouts, limes and lemons for their Vitamin C content to aid in curing scurvy. So if it is good enough for them, it is good enough for us!

Am dashing out to buy some mung beans to sprout as soon as I finish my margarita!

Mung bean sprouts are easy to grow, supposedly, we don't need anything special...seeds, fresh water and a jar with drainage holes drilled into the lid. Let's see if that does the job.