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Can I bring a manual OJ machine

mcatmcat

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DirtyDawg

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16 minutes ago, cruisegirl1 said:

My husband decided ONCE to bring plastic hand juicer. We never used it (Who can remember to have enough oranges in the cabin, who remembers to have a knife to cut the oranges in half, who wants to take the time to squeeze oranges, who wants  all that mess?). It went in the trash and never was on the packing list again. 
 

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Good for him for trying. Bringing it affected no one else on the cruise even if it was used.

What I don't like is those jack a$$'s who bring their huge DSLR cameras with them and just have to make a photo record of, not only all their meals, but the meals of everyone else at their table.  It's a frigging piece of chicken, get over it!  🛑 📸 🍽️ 

 

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We don't get the fresh squeezed.  Tried it a couple of times and thought it wasn't very good.  The free oj offered is pretty good.  But, even if it was something I have at home all the time (it's not as oranges themselves is better for you than the juice) I could go days without it, just like other things I don't have while on a cruise or vacation.  

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57 minutes ago, jean87510 said:

Ok, I miss my homemade ice cream.  Should I bring my ice cream maker on board?  What about a toaster oven to make some homemade lasagna?

I'm accustom to wood fired pizza.  If I have room in my pizza oven, you are more than welcome to cook your lasagna.  Using a toaster oven for lasagna is so provincial. 

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3 hours ago, Magicat said:

I'm accustom to wood fired pizza.  If I have room in my pizza oven, you are more than welcome to cook your lasagna.  Using a toaster oven for lasagna is so provincial. 

From one who is actually serious about making orange juice in their room as opposed to one who is obviously joking, that's rich.

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Cru1s1ng2009

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7 hours ago, DirtyDawg said:

Good for him for trying. Bringing it affected no one else on the cruise even if it was used.

What I don't like is those jack a$$'s who bring their huge DSLR cameras with them and just have to make a photo record of, not only all their meals, but the meals of everyone else at their table.  It's a frigging piece of chicken, get over it!  🛑 📸 🍽️ 

 

i mean, we all like food pron but there is a limit. 

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DirtyDawg

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16 hours ago, Cru1s1ng2009 said:

i mean, we all like food pron but there is a limit. 

I hate all types or porn, they are all so objectifying. I mean that chicken had a family who loved it. On weekends it might have like to socialize with her friends and watch Chick flicks! It might have had dreams of perhaps one day going to Chicken University, likely on a crossing the road scholarship, in order to improve itself. Maybe one day it would have developed into a great comedi-hen!  

 

You food porn-ers don't care about any of that. 😥 You just drool over disgusting photos of it's panko bread crumb-crusted carcass, cut open for all to gawk at, while it releases its delicious parsley and garlic butter sauce hidden inside. SHAME, SHAME on you all!

 

Man, I'm getting hungry. 😋

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38 minutes ago, DirtyDawg said:

I hate all types or porn, they are all so objectifying. I mean that chicken had a family who loved it. On weekends it might have like to socialize with her friends and watch Chick flicks! It might have had dreams of perhaps one day going to Chicken University, likely on a crossing the road scholarship, in order to improve itself. Maybe one day it would have developed into a great comedi-hen!  

 

You food porn-ers don't care about any of that. 😥 You just drool over disgusting photos of it's panko bread crumb-crusted carcass, cut open for all to gawk at, while it releases its delicious parsley and garlic butter sauce hidden inside. SHAME, SHAME on you all!

 

Man, I'm getting hungry. 😋

 

You win best post ever.  😆

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18 hours ago, Cru1s1ng2009 said:

I think this may require another thread. 

 

crazy things we have seen on the naughty table at emb ports. 

On one cruise we saw a Crock Pot, a small Char-Broil Portable Grill and a Rice Cooker... We wondered if they brought food with them. The rice would be easty to bring... But meat and veggies? Did they think they would go hungry? Did the think the food cost extra?
The conversations we had on the 18 hour drive home 🤣😂🤣

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Man now you guys have me wondering if something I'm planning on bringing is going to get put on the naughty table!

 

I have a small, personal, USB chargeable blender thing (about the size of a tall water bottle). We've both started using psyllium for dietary/digestive issues and for me the only way it's palatable is if it's in something blended like a smoothie.  So I figured I'd take along the psyllium, grab some fruit and yogurt from Windjammers, and mix up some quick smoothies in the room. Since it doesn't generate heat it shouldn't be prohibited, I think?  

 

Between the cruise and the pre/post hotel stays we'll be away for 2 weeks and I really don't want to have that much of a disruption to my digestive system. 

 

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On 12/28/2022 at 10:58 AM, mcatmcat said:

 

I can't but why should I stop drinking the OJ that I want?

 

Some might call that virtue signaling. i.e,  I'm going to ask a question I already know the answer to say  "look at me I don't drink the swill you guys drink, and not only that, I'm going to squeeze my own orange juice so I don't have to wait for it to be served."..or maybe not.

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56 minutes ago, Amberle3 said:

Man now you guys have me wondering if something I'm planning on bringing is going to get put on the naughty table!

 

I have a small, personal, USB chargeable blender thing (about the size of a tall water bottle). We've both started using psyllium for dietary/digestive issues and for me the only way it's palatable is if it's in something blended like a smoothie.  So I figured I'd take along the psyllium, grab some fruit and yogurt from Windjammers, and mix up some quick smoothies in the room. Since it doesn't generate heat it shouldn't be prohibited, I think?  

 

Between the cruise and the pre/post hotel stays we'll be away for 2 weeks and I really don't want to have that much of a disruption to my digestive system. 

 

I emailed special_needs@rccl.com and asked if I could bring a small ninja blender for dietary reasons. I had to send them pictures and measurments of the blender. After back and forth conversations they approved it. 
When I got to the port I had a feeling it would be an issue... With that in mind I had the blender in three pieces, with the blades covered, and the email on my phone pulled up. Of cource they told me I couldn't bring it!! But they said they would contact the ship and had me fwd the email to them and the contact on the ship. They only held onto the blades and said they woukd make sure they will be ON the ship so if approved I could get it at GS
We got on the ship, drank, ate and walked around until the cabins were opened. When we opened the door we saw the blade, a few bottles of water and a letter of apologies for any inconveniences... 

Email special_needs@rccl.com!!  Make sure to give them your reservation number, ship, date and what dietary/digestive issues are... 

 

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1 hour ago, LilBlackDress said:

Email special_needs@rccl.com!!  Make sure to give them your reservation number, ship, date and what dietary/digestive issues are... 

 

Thank you so much for this suggestion!  I will absolutely do that!

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On 12/28/2022 at 1:40 AM, mcatmcat said:

I love orange juice in the morning and I use my diamond drink for it. Unfortunately I noticed that they always use different oranges compared to those big yellows offered in the windjammer. I asked if they’d were able to use those and they said no

 

so, can I bring my manual oj machine. I rather do my own OJ using the oranges that I want 

 

thanks 

You should be fine... Disregard all the negativity.  I don't like packaged OJ either and never drink it.

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Hello,

 

My problem with fresh OJ on board is the lack of common sense of the server. Freshly squeezed OJ is poured into scalding hot glasses fresh from the dishwasher killing it dead in impact. The problem with the 'from concentrate' OJ is that it requires a 7:1 dilution and the person doing the diluting loses count part way through and you can have either orange coloured dishwater or something that will de-grease the ship's engines.

 

I think we need to clarify the type of 'machine' one could bring.

 

  1. There's the manual squeezer/reamer as per the link in post #2 (not what I would term 'a machine');
  2. There's the electric squeezer that looks, at its top, like the thing in post #2 but with an electric motor below turning the reamer activated by downward pressure;
  3. A machine where you drop in a whole orange and the orange is liquidised and filtered (to a degree) producing orange juice and an orange sludge.

 

To my simple middle of the road kind of mind, there should be no problem with the first, and plenty with the third. I'm so middle of the road that I bring 2. above. It's all plastic apart from the motor. WJ knives are adequate to cut the oranges in half and two oranges produce a good sized glass per day. It has accompanied me on Cunard, Celebrity, Royal and MSC. I bring cellophane bags to take the pith and peel to the garbage. I have it first thing in the morning when I get out of the shower.

 

As to 'going without' for a few days, I never cruise for less that 14 nights at a time and that does not count in my mind as a 'few days'.

 

Regards,

 

Cublet

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