Tasks you hate doing

[kuan]

Originally Posted by Salliem

The task I hate the most is when you have to stop what you are doing to tend to another cook's job when they are a no call/no show...

Hey change your font size will you please?

[ChefInTraining]

Originally Posted by kuan

So everyone here likes to clean the fryer?

oh definately not, cleaning the deep fryer is a pain in the as*!! Throwing out the grease in the grease trap under the flat grill, picking up kitchen mats, I have to second on skewering, absolutely hate it, cleaning the flat grill, also I hate having to work with a group of people who work in this industry just for the check and don't give a sh** about the business

[Nentony]

I'll 2nd peeling and deveining shrimp.

Tony

[JackButler]

Originally Posted by kuan

So everyone here likes to clean the fryer?

I'm the boss. I haven't had to clean the fryer in 10 years.


I hate peeling and deveining shrimp.

[Panonthefire]

Funny but I was just thingking about that know.

to understand the task I hate doing right know, it is better if I describe you the envirement I work in.

I work for this really old hôtel, with very poor quality equipment, and lots of no show/ no call employee, regularly late cooks, not motivated employee... you name it this place as it...(this is why I will change Job soon).

So here it goes... ( I hope I will not sound like a whinner now)...

I hate comming in and have to wash the steam pots because the dishwashers are busy talking somewhere in the hôtel or working at a turtle pace untill their shift ends.

I hate comming to work and to start my shift when there is no prep and the cook who was responsable for that prep left 1hr early.

I hate working in the kitchen of this hôtel because the hood does not work, their is no ac, their is coucarachas everywhere and I my boss told me they wont put any budget for that kitchen in 2007.

Finally I love cooking but I hate this job.

Thanks for listening, I feel a little bit better now.

[AprilB]

Gutting fresh chicken...wretch city.

April

[Free Rider]

Okay, so it's been many years, but I still remember how I hated making the steak tartare as though it were yesterday. ugh. Maybe that's why I'm a vegetarian. How could people order such a vile thing? (sorry to all you steak tartare fans)

[kuan]

Cleaning the hoods/vents. Yeah that's about a PITA as much as cleaning the fryer.

[Jayme]

Originally Posted by Blade55440

I have to say, I have having to clean up the kitchen after cooking a nice meal for a bunch of people as well. Thankfully the house rule is: "The cook doesn't clean."

Which is why I love it when friends go: "So what's for dinner?"

As for at work things I hate to do...

I'm gonna have to go with supreme-ing oranges.

I think it boils down to anything that would better fit somebody with smaller hands and better eyesight, nothing annoys me more than trying to pay attention to a fine detail with my horrible (and quickly getting even worse) vision.

So Blade does that put you in the over 40 (years) category???
LOL sucks huh? your eyesight is fine- your arms are just too short.

My worst job- detail cleaning- the nooks and crannies that always seem to be full of c#%7p!

[Blueicus]

Hah, cleaning fryers wouldn't be a tenth as bad if we didn't fry things that didn't have a lot of breading or flour... it's a greasy brown sludge at the bottom every single night.

I didn't like having to prep chickens for tandoori while at the same time being the dishwasher... it got very annoying and I constantly washed my hands.

[Blade55440]

Originally Posted by Jayme

So Blade does that put you in the over 40 (years) category???
LOL sucks huh? your eyesight is fine- your arms are just too short.

My worst job- detail cleaning- the nooks and crannies that always seem to be full of c#%7p!

Sadly, I'm only 22, but going blinder by the day. I wouldn't be surprised if (even with the ultra-high index lenses) that I would have coke bottle bottoms by the time I hit 40+. As for arms being too short... I could possibly agree with that, I'm just short in general compared to most of my co-workers.

Detail cleaning by the way, I hear yah on that. I'm just glad I don't get stuck having to boil out the fryers.

[Fledgling]

Putting away the inventory in our walk-in freezer which is about 15 times the size of my apartment.

Wearing nothing but a short-sleeved kitchen shirt and chef pants and my non-slip shoes that slip easy on ice.

Usually takes about an hour to put away the inventory.

[Jayme]

Blade-
Only 22?? wish I had gotten intothe culinary world when I was young (instead of now as a change of career) Sorry to hear you have vision trouble-- I guess if your vision gets real bad you can go work in that "dark diner" discussed on the "dining experiences" forum...LOL

[RAS1187]

Cleaning the deep fryer isnt that bad... we have one of those self-filtering ones, and even changing the oil is preferred over peeling & deveining shrimp.

Organizing the endless piles of fallen boxes in our undersized freezer ranks pretty high on my "I dont wanna do it" list.

[Rivitman]

Peeling of all those darn stickers they put on every piece of produce these days.