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| It looks like I will be getting some new pans etc to start baking artisen breads from scratch and wanted to know about the seasoning process before they arrive. |
I could be wrong, but you shouldn't have to season them. I think I made myself out to be misunderstood in my previous post when I said the only chance you had to "season" any pan is when you get it brand new. Actually, what I meant by that, is when you get a brand new pan or pans, try to stash them in a place where others can't get to them easily, or set them aside to wash yourself, or hover protectively over them so people won't even want to bother coming near you......
I kid! I kid! Sort of.
Commercially made pans are bought in "ready to go" because manufacturers know that time is money. About the last thing a buyer of equipment wants to do is worry about messing with seasoning them after they have arrived. Stuff needs to be ready to go yesterday.
If for some reason, they do need some sort of preparation (besides being washed), then you will be informed of that by the rep or your boss, hopefully.
Be careful about "showing your boss up" with the braiding and what-not. You may be eager to show off your skills, but apparently your boss doesn't care much about that, and he sees it as though you are making him look bad. He also doesn't want to work any harder than he has to. Don't be a thorn in his side, or he'll just make it harder for you in the end. It's kind of important as far as survival on the job goes, not to step on toes...especially your boss' toes! Just a heads up.
I've worked with many passionless, alcoholic, drug addicted, "just outta prison work release" type folks. I can count on the fingers of one hand (well, maybe two) of co-workers I'ved worked with that felt the same way about the job or cared as much about product as I did. I'm still in contact with those people too.
Of course, you can always aim higher. You can find more career-oriented people in the higher end restaurants, resorts and hotels. Especially hotels.
Perhaps while you're still employed where you are, you should start looking for something else. Get that resume out. Say in your cover letter that you are looking to work with someone that you can learn from and that you want to perfect your craft. Believe me, there's a lot of people out there who are looking to hire people like you.
I've given up on staying clean at work. I mean, that's what aprons are for!
I always start the day shiny clean with my shoes tied, and at the end of the day I look like Pig Pen from the Peanuts comic strip....with my shoes untied and a little "flour cloud" dusting up around my feet......
That's sort of the nature of our job.....you're supposed to get dirty....
If someone is still perfectly clean at the end of the day, then I always suspected they haven't been working hard enough!!!!