Commentary:
Skipping ahead to dinner time. Can't have the rest of the chapter filled with "Oh hey I got another fish!". There will be a few more fishing shenanigans in the next chapter anyway so don't worry.
I looked up some practical ways one could cook a meal on a wooden ship. One solution was having a fire powered cooking device above sand to reduce the danger of accidentally burning down your own ship. So I chose that.
I'm surprised I've gotten to reference the fish stew fiasco that was the picnic back in chapter 11. I think this is the third time now.