This one Chef told of a time when one of his apprentices, who was just starting out, was asked to "ice down" the French onion soup in order quickly bring the tempuature down for refrigeration. Well the begining cook came back with two 5 gallon buckets full of ice and dumped both the buckets of ice into the soup! The soup sure was "iced down", but not the way the Chef would have like it. Then the chef explained what he ment by "ice down".
To add to this...I had one incident of my own; I had to do chocolate dipped strawberries on a regular basis for amenities. Well this one day, I found some chocolate to melt, but it was not labled specifally, just wraped tightly in plastic with that said chocolate. I was in a hurry to get my duties done so i took the chocolate. Melted it and it was fine in texture, I thought it was ok so went ahead without tasting it. Well they looked fine on the plate that they were served. Well when the night was over they brought the plate of strawberries back because the guest was arriving the next day instead. So those strawberries looked good at the end of the night; the Chef de Partie started to eat the strawberries and imediately spit it out. I said what wrong? He said "you used the unsweetened bitter chocolate, good thing the guest won't arrive till tomarrow. So now I taste everthing before I send it!
[This message has been edited by layjo (edited August 12, 2000).]
To add to this...I had one incident of my own; I had to do chocolate dipped strawberries on a regular basis for amenities. Well this one day, I found some chocolate to melt, but it was not labled specifally, just wraped tightly in plastic with that said chocolate. I was in a hurry to get my duties done so i took the chocolate. Melted it and it was fine in texture, I thought it was ok so went ahead without tasting it. Well they looked fine on the plate that they were served. Well when the night was over they brought the plate of strawberries back because the guest was arriving the next day instead. So those strawberries looked good at the end of the night; the Chef de Partie started to eat the strawberries and imediately spit it out. I said what wrong? He said "you used the unsweetened bitter chocolate, good thing the guest won't arrive till tomarrow. So now I taste everthing before I send it!
[This message has been edited by layjo (edited August 12, 2000).]
Another Day, Another Battle.
Don't Ride A Boat Without A Paddle.
If The Water Is Not Too Deep,
Take A Little Swim But Don't Fall Asleep!
Don't Ride A Boat Without A Paddle.
If The Water Is Not Too Deep,
Take A Little Swim But Don't Fall Asleep!
I wish I had some funny stories to start off but I dont.........Hmmmm ok, ok since your pulling my leg here I'll go first. One day I was working at a catering place, and I gave a young cook (My Biggest Mistake) the job of making lemmon-poppy seed muffins. (How hard is that) , well what I didnt know is that the guy didnt know the diffrence from Poppy seed's and Black Pepper, and Guess what......Thats right he put the black pepper into the muffin mix, and we had or self's "The First Every Lemmon-Black Pepper Muffins", Im glad I had enough time to get the right one's out for the job. But I did save the other odd muffins, just to see what they tase like, and I got to say "Not Bad" ...and hey they go great with fish. LOL , Now it's your turn 
