"Happy Hump Day"
hahaha, happy hump day
I am so fuckin ready for this week to be over.
It is official, The Separation Process is in full swing in the kitchen. I sharpened my knives for the last time on the tri stone at Aria, packed em up and brought em home.
Mercenary Chef: Have knives will travel?
The dynamic of a kitchen in an interesting study on human behaviour. Back there on the hot line, we are literally in war, we have sharp knives, fire, people yelling, 50 million things to do and a limited amount of time. On the line I have discovered suprising things about my own reactions and the way that humans interact.
If you don't trust the people you work with, your life is gonna be misery. If there is no camaraderie, who's going to save your veg from burning while you have your back turned setting plates, or running to refresh your mis-en-place? Nobody, and then you are gonna be fucked, cuz the food is gonna look/taste like shit and come out in an untimely manner.
Well, all in the same token, when you know one of your soldiers is leaving to fight battles on different fields, you have to emotionally separate yourself from them. I have already separated. I have been a gypsy for years, I don't attach too easily, more like I fit in when I need to, or so I have thought.... I am really gonna miss those fuckers, and yes they are fuckers, but that's just how we are in the kitchen. Omar has been worse than a rabid dog the past 4 shifts. I know he is sad I am going, I will never forget the look on his face when I told him I was leaving...
'You cheatin me right"
No O, I am not cheatin you, I am serious.
Poor guy, he thought it was because of him. Before I become his partner in crime he had gone through 3 different cooks in 6 months, the survival rate was not promising. Omar was a tough nut to crack, and he can still be a real dick, but thats how he deals with his shit. I know that, and he would never know I cried in the walk in last night b/c of some asshole thing he said. We are soldiers, show no fear or weakness. 'There's no crying in baseball'....(I wonder how many will get that movie reference?)
Gerry is fuckin killing me too. I swear he has this book of insults or something. Last night I got this, in the middle of the shits,
GOD DAMMIT D!!! You are schlopping that cassoulet in the bowl like it is chilli at the Varsity. Do you wanna go back to the Varsity?
"Before you leave my kitchen, you are gonna know how to paint a plate every way from Sunday, now replate those four pastas they look amateur and hurry up I needed em last week....
saucing a short rib, I got this, 'you need some glasses or something D, this short is dry as a fuckin bone on the backside, give me some lubrication on the backside'
I totally giggled at that, I shot Michilo a glance to make sure he heard that too....he had is head down, gigglin...'I need some lubrication on the backside'....shhhuuuuure primo, no problem.....
and my favourite of all time....'take ur time, take ur time, make it look nice....now hurry the fuck up, y'all are about to get crushed
If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge anything right?
hahaha, happy hump day
I am so fuckin ready for this week to be over.
It is official, The Separation Process is in full swing in the kitchen. I sharpened my knives for the last time on the tri stone at Aria, packed em up and brought em home.
Mercenary Chef: Have knives will travel?
The dynamic of a kitchen in an interesting study on human behaviour. Back there on the hot line, we are literally in war, we have sharp knives, fire, people yelling, 50 million things to do and a limited amount of time. On the line I have discovered suprising things about my own reactions and the way that humans interact.
If you don't trust the people you work with, your life is gonna be misery. If there is no camaraderie, who's going to save your veg from burning while you have your back turned setting plates, or running to refresh your mis-en-place? Nobody, and then you are gonna be fucked, cuz the food is gonna look/taste like shit and come out in an untimely manner.
Well, all in the same token, when you know one of your soldiers is leaving to fight battles on different fields, you have to emotionally separate yourself from them. I have already separated. I have been a gypsy for years, I don't attach too easily, more like I fit in when I need to, or so I have thought.... I am really gonna miss those fuckers, and yes they are fuckers, but that's just how we are in the kitchen. Omar has been worse than a rabid dog the past 4 shifts. I know he is sad I am going, I will never forget the look on his face when I told him I was leaving...
'You cheatin me right"
No O, I am not cheatin you, I am serious.
Poor guy, he thought it was because of him. Before I become his partner in crime he had gone through 3 different cooks in 6 months, the survival rate was not promising. Omar was a tough nut to crack, and he can still be a real dick, but thats how he deals with his shit. I know that, and he would never know I cried in the walk in last night b/c of some asshole thing he said. We are soldiers, show no fear or weakness. 'There's no crying in baseball'....(I wonder how many will get that movie reference?)
Gerry is fuckin killing me too. I swear he has this book of insults or something. Last night I got this, in the middle of the shits,
GOD DAMMIT D!!! You are schlopping that cassoulet in the bowl like it is chilli at the Varsity. Do you wanna go back to the Varsity?
"Before you leave my kitchen, you are gonna know how to paint a plate every way from Sunday, now replate those four pastas they look amateur and hurry up I needed em last week....
saucing a short rib, I got this, 'you need some glasses or something D, this short is dry as a fuckin bone on the backside, give me some lubrication on the backside'
I totally giggled at that, I shot Michilo a glance to make sure he heard that too....he had is head down, gigglin...'I need some lubrication on the backside'....shhhuuuuure primo, no problem.....
and my favourite of all time....'take ur time, take ur time, make it look nice....now hurry the fuck up, y'all are about to get crushed
If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge anything right?
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