Posts by Chef Curmudgeon

I have been in the industry for 52 years and love it as much now as the first day I tied on an apron. I’ll be beginning my 18th year as a chef instructor in a vo-tech high school. A few months ago I was thinking of how much I...

This has been an interesting discussion. I am going to use the problem and discussion for a research problem for my senior class. Thanks for the thoughts and ideas.

After over 50 years in this profession I still am open to new ideas and methods. However I get real ticked off with culinary elitism, hot foods on cold plates, cold food on hot plates, and slow service from not remembering who it is...

Thanks. G. Granaroli XBRG76A is a person. Someone must have copied one of his/hers recipes into mealmaster and Granaroli XBRG76A was entered as an ingredient. The initial G was interpreted as a gram. Mystery solved. :bounce: I'll try...

:lips: Okay, but what do the numbers stand for?

Jim You need to splurge once. Vickie and Al's sure looked great. We didn't discover it last summer until we were killing time waiting for our shuttle back to the airport. If ever we return we won't miss it. Think it has 3 or 4...

Just what is Granaroli XBRG76A. I've been around for awhile but I've never run into this. I've googled and searched, found many recipes calling for it but nary a definition or source. :confused:

Congratulations Camp Chef! 15 years ago after 35 years in the biz, I too started teaching in a Culinary Arts program in a Vo-Tech high school program. We have 80 9-12 graders. Teaching is truly a very satisfying profession, especially...

Great ideas!! I just have to add a return column on my list. I used an electric pencil and etched our initials on the bottoms or wherever I could on all of my equipment. The red nail polish never occurred to me as I don't usually use...

I have a list I've used for years and just revised it on excel. I don't know how to send it other than email as it has the file extension of xls. If you contact me with your address I'll send it to you for some ideas. Chef...