#prep cook

[queerpossums]

incomplete, incomprehensible, incoherent list of shit that helps me with understimulation

energy drinks (followed up by lots of water because i want to save what kidney function i have left)

spinning in a desk chair until i feel like im turning green

walking through frat row on a friday night

chewing gum

ordering enough espresso over ice that it looks like a cold brew

diy shows in a mildewy, sweaty basement

working boh during dinner rush

listening to very very very very loud music

chosing the "hot" spice level for thai curry

swimming in a spring-fed creek in early april

listening to a chaotic podcast where everyone is talking over each other and a ton of random shit is happening (well there's your problem is perfect for this)

[bongdaddy666]

i love using kitchen lingo. saying "behind" when moving behind someone, saying "heard" to acknowledge what someone said, yelling "corner" when going around the corner, and my personal favorite- yelling "SHARP KNIFE SHARP SHARP, SHARP KNIFE BEHIND YOU" with a massive chef knife

[euesworld]

"People say I'm like a prep cook, cause I love to toss salad.. hahaha.. I'm only playing."

Nah, but I'll give you a pound of beef to chew on, hahaha - eUë - pick up line fail

[pluto-murphy-writes]

this applies to other food service too. Source: i worked at Chipotle for two years

Prep shows up at 6:30-7 am. you are cutting vegetables, starting the rice cooking, and putting sauces in containers. Grill guy shows up around 8, chip-fryer not long after that (this is for places that open around 11 AM)

prep gets done around 4, and you make things for both the whole day, and for the start of the next day. Most work is done before noon, the back half of your shift is dishes and taking out the trash, getting ready for the next shift to come in

on a bad day, there will be people washing dishes until 1-3 hours AFTER closing. My place closed at 10, latest I was ever there washing dishes was 1 AM

PSA for those writing coffee shop AUs, bakery AUs, etc.

I have worked in the food service industry for 20 years and I just wanted to make an informational list of common mistakes or misconceptions I see in writing about said industry. Not trying to be a jerk, just thought I would try to make a helpful list! I will add more if I think of any and please feel free to ask any questions you may have!

- it's cookie dough, not cookie batter. Doughs are for thicker stuff, typically something you can pick up in your hand (cookies, bread). Batters are more liquid and pourable (cakes, brownies, muffins)

- one person cannot make all the products from scratch and bake everything themselves unless they are a very slow business. Most of the time someone has a specific thing they do weather it's focused on specific products or split up like one person does the batters/doughs, one person preps and bakes, one person decorates. Sometimes one person does multiple things but generally not every single thing every day by themselves

- Front of House = people interacting with customers like barista, waiter, person at the register. Back of House = people making the food (line cook, baker, etc), dish washer (the worst job in the world, I salute all dishwashers everywhere)

- if they're doing stuff like bagels, doughnuts, breakfast pastries, cinnamon rolls, bread, etc they are there EARLY. Depending on the product some people start working at 2 in the morning. I saw a published book that had someone making dozens and dozens of cinnamon rolls from scratch in like one hour. Not possible even though I wish it was

- frosting, icing, and glaze are all different things. Frosting is the thicker stuff you see on cakes and cupcakes. Icing is typically for cookies, especially the decorated cut out sugar cookies. Glaze is thin, like what you get on doughnuts

- 99% of people who work in the food service industry will immediately go home and shower. I've seen lots stories where the character gets done at work and goes out. You are covered in various substances with powdered sugar in places you didn't know it could get, a shower before Literally Anything is a must

[n00dleb0yy]

[netscapenavigator-official]

You should be starting a recipe book. I don't give a shit if you're only 20-years-old. The modern web is rotting away bit by bit before our very eyes. You have no idea when that indie mom blog is going down or when Pinterest will remove that recipe. Copy it down in a notebook, physically or digitally. Save it somewhere only you can remove it. Trust me, looking for a recipe only to find out it's been wiped off the internet is so fucking sad. I've learned my lesson one too many times.

[troncelliti]

[mishkakagehishka]

Why do you people keep talking about "tumblr's aging userbase" on posts talking about like. Opening the utensils drawer and doing the dishes and shit. Tumblr's never-helped-with-chores-as-a-child userbase

[daily-deliciousness]

Cilantro-lime chicken bowls with peach salsa

[tiffanyachings]

it would have been very beautiful. camilla would have had to cook (horrible bone soup)

[queerpossums]

i wish a mysterious act of gods love upon every single boomer who believes it is acceptable to stay past closing. i want to go home, not wash your damn dishes 30 minutes after you should have left

[lotus-pear]

i think you guys are onto smth..

i unironically got invested in this HELP

[blossoms-phan]

im keeping my expectations low for whatever dnp do for the thing on the thing day bc you should always allow room for surprise but I AM excited for October 19th in terms of the phandom like this is as much our day as it is theirs everyone I see is planning some sort of edit or post or something that they’re dropping on that day and I have so much fucking fun on here seeing how cool and creative you all are so vvvvv excited for all that

[esper-atus]

anyone else make malanga fritters and have a similar experience or was this just me

[n00dleb0yy]

my chicken salad is better than yours

[the-ipre]

hello everyone i have begun to rotate a dead boy detectives restaurant au, mainly because im putting edwin on expediting and crystal as a waitress and i think they might kill each other