The galley is placed within the supply organization, making its senior cook an obvious person for a supply officer to approach. A request for help can be repaid through extra dessert or other appreciated food. When a participant suggests that unhelpful sailors simply would not be fed, Alex corrects the joke: the crew still has to eat, but the cook controls the menu. Menu choices become one form of informal incentive within those working relationships.
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Galley chiefs and the shipboard exchange of favors
Food and the galley chief's relationships help explain how extra manpower is found aboard ship.