/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>11066333
You can fish on your downtime, so hopefully lots of fish. But the oil industry usually feeds their guys pretty good.

>>11066333
How much are you making? And what are you doing?

>>11066359
I’m sincerely curious, can you catch healthy fish off of the side of an oil rig?

>>11066369
Usually get 100k a year but it’s very hard work

>>11066369
Roustabout, $26,000.
>>11066359
It's not mostly fried food is it?

>>11066386
Have you seen oilfield workers? They ain't Marky Mark, no matter what Hollywood wants you to believe. It will probably be fried food and steaks.
>>11066381
Most fishermen take their boats to abandoned oil platforms and I've talked to dozens of guys who have done it, granted they are obese pieces of shit, but they didn't show signs of toxic poisoning.

pretty good food.
after freezers were invented storing food hasn't been that much of a problem

>>11066386
What does a roustabout do?

>>11066424
I'll be pipe fitting and general steel fabrication

>>11066424
just general hard labor iirc

Lots of oily fish

My brother works on a Danish rig. He says they eat like kings.
The last rig he was on had a bunch of guys who liked to catch fish with rods, but they didn't want the mackerel they caught so he'd always be bringing home a big bag of fresh-caught frozen ones for me. I wish he hadn't moved to the other place

>>11066333
Food is the only good thing about working out on the rigs. There will be a cook and the kitchen will be fully stocked with whatever you want. They're usually good about bringing in fresh stuff, but there will also be junk food too like chips, soda, and cookies. Everyone drinks 40 cups of coffee a day so that shit is ready 24/7

>>11066399

>abandoned oil platforms

Are there such things? Wouldn't they be moved to taken apart?

>>11066511
>Are there such things?
Hundreds, if not thousands.

>Wouldn't they be moved to taken apart?
That would be incredibly expensive, as well as dangerous. They are usually left in place; they are actually good for the environment because they create reefs which provide shelter for marine animals. If you ever go scuba diving old rigs are common places to visit since they attract a lot of marine life.

>>11066500
>fresh
>frozen
pick one darling

>>11066529
Frozen the same day it's caught is very different from frozen several days later.
I'm sure you already knew that, though. You're just one of the many retards who would rather shit up this board than get off your ass and do something with the rest of the Summer.

>>11066519
I think I'll pass.

Also you'll have guys going to shore every week or so, even if you wont be. You guys make great money so you could get just about anything you want.

>>11066511
The oilfield industry has a habit of just dumping equipment if it isn't going to save them massive amounts of money. I live around a lot of farm and ranch land and frequently stumble across casing, and manifolds all the time.
>>11066519
But like he said, it actually ends up being beneficial and creating some cool habitats.

>>11066546
Woah dude take it easy.
Frozen is frozen dude, doesn't matter if it was fresh off the boat or 2 days old, when is frozen the fish loses a big part of the properties.
I wasn't shitting in your brothers intentions, don't get so defensive

>>11066333
>3 months

Lots of hairy cocks.

>>11066595
>when is frozen the fish loses a big part of the properties.

nope. It's all about how and when the fish is frozen. There are multiple documentaries on youtube of the Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo describing how the fish dealers deliberately freeze tuna costing tens if not hundreds of thousands of dollars per fish in order to age the meat, so the idea that freezing always fucks the fish up is simple ignorance.

>>11066386
Only 26K, WTF

>>11066381
>>11066399
my friend caught pic related snappers on a fishing charter that goes out to oil rigs

>>11066612
That's pretty good for a learner role, 3 months long with food and accommodation paid for.

>>11066604
Woah, seriously?
I got told that by a teacher who works years in the food conservation area
maybe should check out some of those documentaries

>>11066549
I want to understand this phobia

>>11066633
Yes, seriously.
Bourdain discussed it in at least two of his shows as well. There is a common misconception that sushi must be made with "fresh fish". Of course the fish must be of high quality and safe in order to consume raw, which people tend to associate with "fresh and never frozen". The reality is that high-end megabuck sushi is deliberately aged in order to improve the taste and texture of the meat. The process is not the same but the general idea is a lot like how beef is "hung" before being eaten. Anyway, there are at least two documentaries on YT that I can recall. One was an episode of Japanology, the other was an unrelated NHK documentary. Should be easy enough to find.

>>11066638
Did you play soma?

>>11066638
You sure?

>>11066626
it's below the poverty line, my dude
usually long deployment positions are minimum $80k/year, even if you're just scrubbing toilets for the people that live there

>>11066661
not OP, but from what I've understood he's getting 26k for 3 months of work, not per year. That's pretty damn good.
Anyone ITT got experience with working in rigs? I'm finishing my electrical engineering degree next year and I like the thought of going away for a couple of years, working hard and making a bunch of money that way. Is there a market for EE on rigs? Do they need us?

>>11066661
I think working 6 months a year for $52,000 is quite reasonable.

>>11066633
>>11066650
yes a lot of seafood is flash frozen on the boat. I believe flash freezing prevents larger ice crystals from forming and doesn't affect texture like a consumer freezer. A lot of times unfrozen seafood has to go through much greater lengths to be transported properly to prevent degradation, this leaves more room for error and possibly worse overall quality.

>>11066661
26k in 3 months. 26k x 4 = 104000 a year.

>>11066688
You usually do 3 months on, 3 months off unless you work between multiple rigs which would be tiring as hell.

do they work you 7 days a week on an oil rig? what are the living arrangements like? Shared dorms with bunks or tiny apartment type deals?

this is one of the more interesting threads ive seen on ck in months thanks op and good luck

>>11066333
I knew a petroleum engineer who worked on offshore oil rigs. Said that they had to fly it in via helicopter and the cost of that was so high, they really don't give a shit what the cargo is at that point. "We're not eating spaghetti, we're eating steak daily"
Maybe it'll be different for you or maybe you can make requests but that's all I know about it.

>>11066638
Can only see some ten meters ahead. There are lots of big animals in the oceans. Underwater isn't natural habitat for humans and you can easily die from making just a simple mistake.
That being said I love scuba diving.

>>11066519
Oil rigs are just big boats. They're not a one use tool. When the well dries up they just move to another spot.

I want to do this. Do you need a degree?

>>11067446
no dude, that's why people do it. Think of it as like the guys on deadliest catch

>>11066708
Even 52k a year is perfectly livable. Like comfortably livable.

>>11067504
yep. overall life happiness plateaus once you make 60k a year.

>>11067408
Some oil rigs float and can be moved. Most don't.

>>11067408
Those are pretty new to the scene.

>>11066708
>>11067446
>>11067504
Doesn't sound too bad. I've been looking for a backup plan in case my current line of work doesn't work out or goes under.
26k for 3 months of work with no degree is not bad at all.

>>11067808
The other thing to consider is that you won't be spending any money while you're on the rig. Your meals are provided. So is your living accomodations. You aren't paying for rent, groceries, utilities, car or rental insurance, etc, on top of making that cash.

>>11067843
>▶
True.
t. made 90 an hour in Afghanistan for almost 5 years.

>>11067897
That's not slot to be honest.
We're you on K or A?.

>>11068067
>That's not slot to be honest.
>We're you on K or A?.
Hash? I don't know what you're saying.

>>11066333
What country? Norway here and the whole city works offshore. They all eat like kings as far as I know.

How do you get stuck there for 3 months though? Over here you work 2 weeks and get 4 weeks off.

>>11066657
NOPE

>>11068180
no fucking way do you get 8 months off a year

>>11067843
>no rent
Unless you live with your parents you probably still have to pay rent, unless OP is only doing this as a one time deal

>>11067545
>overall life happiness plateaus once you make 60k a year.
being this poor..

>>11068220
Yup. The pay is damn good too.

>>11068227
You might be right about rent specifically, though I know a few people who have done otherwise. They put their stuff in storage, work on a rig for a while, then move back to a new place.

Regardless if you want to nitpick rent, the main point still stands. Your daily expenses are covered, and there's not much to spend money on while you're on the rig anyway.

>>11066485
Underrated post

>>11066672
Not sure about oil rigs, but there's gonna be some big offshore wind farm projects coming up worldwide if you're looking to work at sea. And they need lots of EE with power electrics knowledge.

>>11066549
Genuine question, how do they build oil rigs these days?
Is it mostly done with submarines/drones or are they built by scuba divers?

>>11068385
choppered in place a lot of the time I believe.

>>11066500
>but they didn't want the mackerel they caught
First world people who really like good fish throw back mackerel.

>>11066604
>describing how the fish dealers deliberately freeze tuna costing tens if not hundreds of thousands of dollars per fish in order to age the meat,
The fish is frozen to preserve freshness and to get the temperature low enough to kill parasites so it could be eaten raw eventually, as in sashimi. It's frozen right on the boat and, thus, the boat is not obligated to return to shore right away to dump the catches.

>>11066672
>>>11066661
>not OP, but from what I've understood he's getting 26k for 3 months of work, not per year. That's pretty damn good.
>Anyone ITT got experience with working in rigs? I'm finishing my electrical engineering degree next year and I like the thought of going away for a couple of years, working hard and making a bunch of money that way. Is there a market for EE on rigs? Do they need us?
There's certainly work for you on cruise ships...same gig where you sock away all of your money into savings.

700 krusty burgers

>>11068426
>The fish is frozen to get the temperature low enough to kill parasites
bro science right there. lel.

>>11068435
Kek, I just watched that episode last night.

>>11068385
Depends on the rig. Floating rigs are built in a shipyard then towed into place by tugboats. Other ships called "anchor handling tugs" come out and deploy cables & anchors to keep the rig in place. These can be moved from well to well and are used in water too deep to build up from the ocean floor.

Rigs that sit on the ocean floor are also built in shipyards. Some are towed into place and then lower "legs" on the seabed. That's called a "jack up rig". Others are built in pieces on shore, towed out on barges, then assembled with huge ass cranes like Thialf or Siapem 7000. The base structure is built by divers, etc, working from a construction ship. The main structure called the "topsides" is carried out on a barge then lifted on top of the platform by the aforementioned crane vessels.

>>11066708
>3 months off
>Get to live on a rig in the middle of the ocean
Sounds comfy

>>11068426
What you are describing is also true, and happens in conjuntion with what I mentioned above. The distinction is discussed in the documentaries I mentioned. One of them follows a tuna having been purchased at auction fresh (caught in local waters--not frozen on the ship), and was then frozen by the wholesalers for aging. The two haves of the tuna went to two different restaurants and had different treatments to suit each restaurant's preferance.

I know they're built to withstand some heavy shit, but what's being on an oil rig like if a tropical storm were to hit head on?

>>11066651
Yes, it was boring. Also, why the fuck was it so hard for that guy to understand that he's just a copy. It's not that complicated.

>>11068453
That's pretty fucking cool.

>>11066936
Scuba diving is just trying not to die

>>11068257
I hate moving so that would be a huge pain in the ass

>>11068495
My sister lost a friend last year. For whatever reason he went down alone. That is one of the biggest no-no.
They don't know what really happened but they think he was sick or something because he had vomited into his regulator. Maybe he panicked and breathed in his vomit and it was all downhill from there. When they realized that he had already dived it was too late.
Don't fuck around when diving.

>>11068466
Building huge shit like that reminds me of the cool buildings in 40k. Cathedrals and shit the size of Vermont being built on the backs of billions of humans. Shit like that.

>>11068543
>For whatever reason he went down alone.
That shouldn't be possible if he is a beginner. The diving gear and the diving boat that takes you to the diving spot are tightly controlled. It's a bit like saying he parachuted alone.

>>11067408
you're a dolt.

>>11068611
They were on a private boat along with just friends. He wasn't a beginner. Who knows why he decided to do that.

>>11066612
>26k for 3 months
>0 cost of living
>fed too
>26k in 3 months

>>11066661
It's 3 months dumbass

>>11068435

>>11068453
that's a big crane

>>11068851

>>11066661
>it's below the poverty line, my dude

The average single adult male in America makes roughly $26k in an entire year. Getting that in 3 months while also having zero bills is pretty fucking good money.

>>11068826

>>11068257
no thanks, moving sucks

>>11068925
>The average single adult male in America makes roughly $26k in an entire year
Seriously? Holy shit...

>>11068999
So that's about $1600 per month. I guess with a cheap or paid off car and some type of help with health insurance it's workable. Maybe I'm just experiencing lifestyle bloat and don't budget well

>>11066333
Would love a job like that

>>11068999
Friendly reminder that real wages for normal workers(including the college educated) have been largely flat for decades, dipping with the most recent depression and only slowly returning to pre-depression levels. Real pay for ceos and upper management has risen sharply during this time. The regulations which were put in place to avoid repeating the 2008 financial crisis are being slowly but systematically removed by greedy companies and the corrupt politicians paid off by them. The man who revealed the largest breach of the american constitution by it's government possible has been exiled from the country. and nobody really cares? Nothing changes and everythings fucked, please proceed with your lives

>>11069077
Is that why people hate boomers?

>>11068241
I'm making close to that this year and I dont feel any happier m8. Dont even want more money desu. Just less work

>>11068999
>Seriously? Holy shit...

What happens a lot is that people mix up median *household* income with median *personal* income. For some reason tons of people are convinced that the average wage in this county is like $50-60k and it's actually nowhere close.

>>11068460
Tropical storm is nothing to them, you need at least a Cat 3 to really bother them.

>>11066613
those are some big bois

>>11066549
that's pretty rad

>>11066333
They tend to feed you like kings at ocean oil rigs, gotta keep up the morale

>>11066546
Frozen could be fine for most things, but it sucks on cebiche

>$300 a day

not bad desu
before or after taxes?

>>11068257
how do I get in to that?

>>11069195
for you

>>11068925

I don't buy that. I make $27K and I'm by far the poorest single working person I know not working a first-time job. My girlfriend's at about $105 and she's going back to school for another degree because she's making less than someone with her experience should.

>>11066333
so what's the actual work like? is it like brutal backbreaking labor? what are the hours? do you get enough sleep?

I'm a NEET and this thread just makes me want a job even less.

>>11066613
>caught snappers
>on a fishing charter
Useless information.

>>11070062
I'm a NEET and this thread makes me want to work hard in life to become an oil rig guy.

>>11070074
Context is always welcome my main man.

>>11069881
no one cares about your girlfriend you faggot piece of shit, why don't you gas yourself and save evolution the trouble

>>11070062
>>11070075
I'm a NEET and this thread makes me want to kill myself.

Oh mate that sounds like maximum comfy as long as you don't have to do back breaking work

>>11068241
There's been research done about this, retard

>>11070121
>as long as you don't have to do back breaking work
What do you think people do on an oil rig exactly, gardening and playing board games?

>>11070142
Yes. Machines pump oil into containers, and people watch in case the system threatens to fall apart. Then a ship comes and takes the oil away.

>>11070143
Um no sweetie that's not how it works

>>11070154
Very convincing argument. You sound like a smart person.

>>11066333
Wish I could just join somehow. It's my dream job to work hard and play hard.

>>11070155
Just watch any oil rig worker video ever published and see for yourself before talking about something you don't know shit about, retard

>>11069077
Dont forget pic related happened and no one cares still. But everyone banded together to cut back on plastic straws

>>11070157
It's not 1950 anymore, my easily upset friend.

>>11070161
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkAvmgqFn6s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gA09MSOUXKc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqLALzUft8Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqsGhbnR77I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_paK1Qymp8

>>11069156
Its 33k for full time
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_income_in_the_United_States

>>11066511
Nah. Not the olden days. They just abandoned them. Nowadays they will cut them down to the seabed.

>>11066519
>good for the enviroment
Eeehhh, not really. There's still a lot of chemicals on those things and the iron/stainless steel will seep into the enviroment. There's been a huge push to dismantle and recycle those rigs.

>>11066595
>>11069330
Frozen is common for sea fish. There is almost nothing from the sea that will get to the shores not frozen, unless they are extremely close to shore.

>>11070156
You can just join, unless you have some physical disability or something?

>>11066661
Dude, $27k for 3 months. Not the year. 3 months. And he's just starting. He gets free room and board as well. That's pretty goddamn good.

>>11066821
okay you FUCKING cowards. somebody better answer me question ASAP. I waited LITERALLY A WHOLE DAY for an answer. I am awaiting your responses---FUCKERS

>>11071124
You work every day you're there.
I haven't really grilled my brother a lot on the sleeping conditions but I get the impression it's basically bunks in a shared room but with some curtains you can draw for privacy. Probably something that varies between rigs.

>>11071139
Thank you and god bless

>>11071124
kek

>>11066333
I've worked on a cruise ship for 2 years (4x6 months lapse) and the food was trash, I had to steal to feed my self.
Now consider an oil platform main job isn't to feed people, also the ethnicity of your coworkers and you have an answer.
Stay strong, the first month is the worst

>>11071039
I grew up in a fishing village and have had plenty of fish, mackerel included, that were still flopping about when we cleaned and cooked them. The "fresh" frozen ones my brother brought home were great.

>>11071476
Read the thread; people who work on rigs or know someone who does are saying the food is good. You working on a cruise shit does not mean you know jack shit about working on an oil rig.
My brother is both a big and picky eater and he would not be praising the free food at his job if it weren't truly good. Very much a gravy and potatoes sort of man.

>>11066333
I'd take a lot of your favorite hot sauce with you, just in case. Maybe some olive oil but then people might ask you to share so fuck it.

I hope you enjoy hot sauce.

>>11071124
lmfao

I saw a documentary on some Swedish Oil rig. They worked them to the max, 7 days a week as much as possible, but gave them incredible amenities and food.

They had little apartment rooms, I think 2 per room.

My brother works on rigs in the North Sea. From what he’s told me the food quality is dependent on which chef is on rotation at the time. I think he said it’s generally pretty good but he’ll often work night shift meaning his breakfast is during dinner time. This means he’ll eat roast beef dinners first thing and cornflakes for dinner. Avoid night shift if possible, he says it’s hell in comparison

>>11071476
>I had to steal to feed my self.
and yet you signed 3 more contracts?

How do you get one of these jobs?

>>11071544
Apply

Why are people in here so surprised that a job that is hard labor and only few want to do also pays pretty good?

>>11073130
Because most people have 0 experience in labor jobs

>>11071532
I wonder if they have a massage lady who offers happy endings, that's who I would hire if I ran one of these things.

>>11070167
One of the related videos was a deepwater horizon video and I just spent the last hour watching shit on the deepwater horizon and now I suddenly don't want to work on an oil rig anymore.

>>11073252
I'd just bring you along and you can jerk them off 15$ a man

>>11073878
Actually not too bad if there are health benefits and room and board is covered. I bet some dude stuck out at sea for months on end would bust pretty quick, knock out a dozen loads before lunch and call it a day.

>>11066500
Fresh-caught as opposed to....errr...?

>>11066519
Quality post.

>>11071544
suck a toolpusher's tool and then let him push it in you

>>11068241
If you think money is going to magically make you stop being miserable you are wrong. If you hate yourself while making $26,000 a year, you will find a reason to hate yourself making $126,000 a year.

>>11075672
What if i dont hate myself at 28k, but the lack of sufficiency due to funds?

>>11075725
Depends on your exact circumstances.
I'm sure there are cases where having a bit more money to get out from under a specific problem or set of problems could be great. But I've met a lot of people who are perpetually broke regardless of what they earn because the real problem lies in their spending habits rather than whatever specific problem they are facing at a given moment. Some people (I am not saying that you are one) spend every penny they get regardless if they are earning $10 a day or $10k a day. Countless lottery winners, athletes, and pop stars have gone bankrupt after making millions because they spent their money like idiots.

>>11075762
#justice4johnnydepp
But seriously I am currently getting my cpa and looking at the way people spend makes me so angry when I am trying so hard to survive. I really think have my self hatred stems from not being able to comfortably provide for my family and always having to skim by at end of the month. Hopefully when I am certified in a year or so It will be easier and i can start really playing the real estate game intead of managing others transactions and watching them make 40k a month off my work and getting 1500 or so.

Do they hire people from other country's ? Like nafta or some shit like that ?

>>11075986
This is an american voter, everybody!

>>11076059
Not even from America deep shit that's why I'm asking

>>11076059
what does that even mean

>>11076102
I assume he was making a joke about how democrats are infamous for bussing immigrants to polls

>>11076111
>>11075986
I just want to know if they hire people from different country's to work in us oil rigs
>im not from the Us

>>11076141
Not American crews, you need a TWIC card for offshore, it's basically a passport for work.

>>11066333
Depends on the country. Here in Canada the oil riggers eat like kings. There isn't much fun or comfort to be found on a rig, so the companies take care of their workers by providing great food. The cooks who work there are really good, they make far more money than they would working in some restaurant in a city but they are expected to produce top-quality results.

Why aren't there more women working on oil rigs? Are you happy that you work for a blatantly sexist industry?

Worked in a camp for the better part of the last 3 years which is admittedly different but still only got groceries once a week. Wednesday was steak night Saturday was pizza and wings

>>11076380
Women don’t want to work on oil rigs.

>>11076380
They could be giving handies like anon said >>11073252

>>11076403

Bullshit. It's because of sexism and patriarchy inherent in your corrupt industry.

>>11076380
If a woman applied to work on an oil rig she would likely be given preference to fill some HR quota. But most women are lazy princess-types who are unwilling to do such a hard job.

>>11076419
Okay

>>11070142
People who think gardening isn't back breaking work have never gardened. Or their definition of a garden is a small plant on the patio.

You get fed whatever you like, and the break rooms and canteens always have free vending machines, so you can eat as many sweets and drink as much fizzy pop as you want for free.

These places produce millions of pounds worth of oil, the operators don't give a fuck if you eat steak morning, noon and night.

>>11076452
Gardening doesn’t have to be back breaking if you space the plants properly and have a nice starp hoe for weeding.

>>11076380
No need for secretaries on site.

>>11076351
Looked into that and apparently i could apply for it like a work visa

>>11066369
>>11066386
26k? I make more scheduling deliveries for a furniture company

>>11076586
Read the thread $26k for three months work.
>>11076519
Could possibly get the Visa if you work in tech or underwater welding, any entry level jobs are too sought after to get a work Visa, I would think. Either way, good luck my friend.

>>11068241
high cost of living coastie filth detected

>>11076373
>isn't much fun or comfort to be found on a rig
Seems like there there could be fun with comfort women employed since you see here >>11076380 a presumably female anon who is salivating to be confined on a rig with strong, horny, masculine roustabouts. Surely, the additional pay to the comfort women wouldn't be high since for them it would be pleasure to serve, as well.

>>11076452
People who think gardening is hard never had to do manual labor.

>>11076380
because they are weak in body and mind

>>11068851
For you

>>11076991
>be confined on a rig with strong, horny, masculine roustabouts

>>11077022
gardening is manual labour

>>11079389
I meant actual manual labor, not things grandmas do every day.

>>11066626
You get hours towards an apprenticeship?

>>11079401
moving several m3 of dirt and uprooting bushes isn't something my grandmother would do

>>11079558
That's landscaping

>>11066830
and it has nothing to do with food

>>11066549
God, I don't understand how anyone could look at that image not not feel a sense of dread

>>11066638
>>11079695
t. welfarefages who don't know what a job is

Tell me something, friends. Why are the best threads on every board always the ones that aren't really related to the board's topic? Stuff like this and porn threads on /tv/.
It seems like the only time 4chan can get together and have a coherent conversation is when they're talking about something they're not allowed to discuss.

>>11079727

>>11079729

Jack threads are bottom of the barrel /ck/ontent right next to ninja /pol/ food stamp threads

>>11079558
Your grandmother sounds like a pusy