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You know you're a chef when...
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Re: You know you're a chef when...
Someone tells you " I'm an amateur home chef" and you instantly envision stabbing them in the neck with a carving fork.
Front staff is your "type"
You call everything...including folding your underwear " getting your mise together"
+1 you know who the f(&$ Sancho is....
Your knife kit cost more than your car
You have all clad cookware at a home you're never at....
Front staff is your "type"
You call everything...including folding your underwear " getting your mise together"
+1 you know who the f(&$ Sancho is....
Your knife kit cost more than your car
You have all clad cookware at a home you're never at....
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Re: You know you're a chef when...
Very succinct!Arrowleafchef wrote: ↑Sun Feb 24, 2019 6:56 pm Someone tells you " I'm an amateur home chef" and you instantly envision stabbing them in the neck with a carving fork.
Front staff is your "type"
You call everything...including folding your underwear " getting your mise together"
+1 you know who the f(&$ Sancho is....
Your knife kit cost more than your car
You have all clad cookware at a home you're never at....
Re: You know you're a chef when...
I do this daily, everywhere. It confuses me when they apologize as well.
"If the divine creator has taken pains to give us delicious and exquisite things to eat,
the least we can do is prepare them well and serve them with ceremony."
-F.P.
the least we can do is prepare them well and serve them with ceremony."
-F.P.
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Re: You know you're a chef when...
Fixed it for you.
Also, "Corner" and whatever you say to the effect of "yes chef", "oui chef" or in my case "haiya"...which is what I yelled when the barber called my name on Thursday.
Re: You know you're a chef when...
...writing a menu feels like a chess match with yourself rather than an act of passion. I could also compare writing a menu to a Rubik’s cube. Just when you think you have it all figured out one little tweak and you F it all up! Thoughtful menu design can be rough!!
Re: You know you're a chef when...
I cut up a bunch of potatos only to toss them into trash, Am I a chef ?
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I wouldn't say that's the chef thing to do, at least not with house money. If you do it at your own house with your own potatoes that's a different story.
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I think that's required training. I still like to get a few lbs of mushrooms a few times a month to practice turning, and destroy a bunch of other veg in practice sessions. I'm no chef, but learning requires cutting stuff in scales no home cook ever gets to. Means you are aiming and not there yet
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I did it to compare knives, but at home only
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I would think most places don't want you wasting their product/money. I've never come across that, although there could be a particular chef or restaurant that did things like that. Knife skills like that you would usually train on your own time not with the restaurant's product.lsboogy wrote: ↑Wed Jul 17, 2019 11:23 pmI think that's required training. I still like to get a few lbs of mushrooms a few times a month to practice turning, and destroy a bunch of other veg in practice sessions. I'm no chef, but learning requires cutting stuff in scales no home cook ever gets to. Means you are aiming and not there yet
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I do it on my own time and my own money. I figure this is cheaper than culinary school and fits into my schedule. But working in a high volume kitchen a day week is really helping me in learning what to prep, and is teaching me timing as well. I stopped at Costco restaurant supply houseon my way home from work tonight and bought a box of carrots - did half diagonal cuts and half julienned after dinner - they are bagged up and ready to deliver to a shelter kitchen on my way to work tomorrow - saved the cook there a bunch of time and got some practice in - kind of eerie that this came up tonight
If know I'll never be a chef, but my goal is to run a homeless shelter kitchen when I retire. I have good contacts in the grocery business around here - Lunds CEO lived next to me growing up, now his grandkid runs the stores, and I've known him for 40 years - he gets me food that is expiring free when I ask him - lots of good stuff free to me and feeds masses. But learning how to prep and cook volume stuff along with the timing is what I'm doing now
If know I'll never be a chef, but my goal is to run a homeless shelter kitchen when I retire. I have good contacts in the grocery business around here - Lunds CEO lived next to me growing up, now his grandkid runs the stores, and I've known him for 40 years - he gets me food that is expiring free when I ask him - lots of good stuff free to me and feeds masses. But learning how to prep and cook volume stuff along with the timing is what I'm doing now