If you let the Eng in the galley it certainly would have been. The thing about a 'honkers' is that it developed over a 9- hour trip, normally a Tapestry. If you happened to be passing the galley and the pot was looking a little empty then you would
have a trawl around for something to add. Most crews had their variations, but it had to be warm and ' stodgy' and taste as nice on the way back up as it did on the way down, as low level over the North Sea when it's blowing a hooley, and the ac being thrown around is not always good for the constitution.