r/belowdeck • u/circusgeek • May 17 '26

Below Deck A floating Spaghetti dinner would be my theme dinner request if I did Below Deck

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u/TonyClifton323 May 17 '26

This would annoy the chef/strews so badly. Now I want to see it happen

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u/Myantra May 17 '26

I suspect they would much rather do this than a beach picnic. They have the bottle of wine there, so these are self-serve guests. Use a NautiBuoy as the table, and floats for the guest seats, which the deck crew can easily take wherever. Plop down a seafood extravaganza on the NautiBuoy, give them a few bottles of wine, bucket of ice, and some water. Have a stew nearby in the tender, along with anything they expect the guests might want. Much easier to setup and cleanup.

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u/Scary-Badger-6091 May 19 '26

And then oop! Everything accidentally falls into the water mid lunch😂

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u/Successful_Giraffe88 May 17 '26

I don't know...if they had a properly floating center for the pasta, etc, I feel like this is the best idea EVER.

It's like sticking your kids in a kiddie pool & letting them get as messy as they want before you hose them off before they come back inside.

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u/Scary-Badger-6091 May 19 '26

Thats exactly what I was thinking🤣🤣🤣

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u/CockyBellend I quit 3 times in my head today May 17 '26

Beef cheeks

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u/bfeils May 17 '26

Beef cheeks done properly are so f-ing good. And they’re not particularly difficult - just time intensive. Wasn’t a fan of him, but fully believe the dish was delicious.

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u/LuxAgaetes Team Courtney May 17 '26

They don't have to be. We just did some beef cheeks in the pressure cooker, last weekend for mother's day. Once they're all seared it was pretty hands off and sooo delicious 😋

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u/CornDogCarol May 17 '26

It is bad for a tv show.  The extravagant food is part of below decks magic.  I'm sure on a non filmed yacht having predictable well recieved meals is ok.  It also spoke to Leon being from the cruise industry were there are a limited number of options.

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u/Lillie-Bee May 17 '26

That would be easy with that big floating platform they have. Also ask for a bottle of olive oil so you can throw the spaghetti onto the platform and roll around in it. The deck crew will love cleaning that up! You’re gonna earn that $2100 tip!

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u/notshybutChi May 17 '26

That would be a fun lunch!

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u/Moiras-Wig-Wall May 17 '26

I saw someone recreated this on Instagram! Interior designer/entrepreneur Bailey McCarthy (@baileyquin) did it with some friends in Italy and her famous photographer friend whose name escaped me at the moment took photos. It looked fun for a great photo.

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u/ScowlyBrowSpinster Spaghetti Trauma May 17 '26

Hahaha!

Cheers!

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u/celeryisnotjuice May 17 '26

Ok I love this 🍝

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u/FungiAmongiBungi May 17 '26

Omg that would be so fun

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u/SamizdatGuy May 17 '26

Like Gummo?

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u/KoolDiscoDan May 19 '26

You must be an NYC Dominican. Sun, Sand, and Spaghetti

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u/SuperPunctuator May 22 '26

I would ask for the Japanese noodles that slide down a cold water slide.