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(Msg. 16) Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2008 8:57 am
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Paul Corfield <aooy65 DeleteThis @dsl.pipex.com> wrote:
> the more I see of what happens in proper professional kitchens the
> more I admire the people who make it look so damned easy. Looks like
> bloody hard work.
That's the same of anything, really. A pro always makes it look easy.
Think decent bike mechanics, for a start.
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(Msg. 17) Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2008 8:57 am
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In article <1ictc43.ca49ra1an9lohN%totallydeadmailbox@yahoo.co.uk>, The
Older Gentleman <totallydeadmailbox DeleteThis @yahoo.co.uk> writes
>Paul Corfield <aooy65 DeleteThis @dsl.pipex.com> wrote:
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>> It's the tragic sense that because they do the odd dinner party or can
>> cook at home that they are cut out for the big time that gets me. Sure
>> for one or two of them that belief is actually correct but for so many
>> it simply is not.
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>Indeed. And it is one thing cooking superbly for four or six people at a
>dinner party, and quite another doing it for four or six dozen.
>
I pride myself in what I can cook for guests. I have even had
professional chefs make notes while I cooked them an evening meal. But
there is *no way* I could cook a variety of dishes, at short notice, for
30 or 40 covers, . Even looking in on the kitchen in my old local in
Kent where 40 covers for a superb Sunday lunch would be served, it was
organised chaos.
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(Msg. 18) Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2008 2:28 pm
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(Msg. 19) Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2008 2:29 pm
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(Msg. 20) Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2008 2:30 pm
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(Msg. 21) Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2008 2:33 pm
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(Msg. 22) Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2008 2:33 pm
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(Msg. 23) Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2008 2:33 pm
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"Paul Corfield" <aooy65.DeleteThis@dsl.pipex.com> escribió en el mensaje
news:f5o0s3t3dt0rpvuujjbmmkvtru5asd8cn6@4ax.com...
> I've been watching Masterchef on BBC2. There seems to be a common theme
> that everyone who reaches 38 or more years of age wants to chuck in
> their job, become chefs or to run their own restaurants [1]. Most of
> them have aspirations way beyond their abilities. Is this normal for the
> mid life crisis?
> [1] the more I see of what happens in proper professional kitchens the
> more I admire the people who make it look so damned easy. Looks like
> bloody hard work.
Make them read [1] and then wonder if it is all that nice. Great book,
innit?
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitchen_Confidential
The book, released in 2000 (ISBN 158234082X), is both Bourdain's
professional memoir and a behind-the-scenes look at restaurant kitchens. He
describes in graphic details the ins-and-outs of the restaurant trade. The
book is remarkable for its insistence in deglamorizing the professional
culinary industry. The commercial kitchen is described as an intense,
unpleasant and sometimes hazardous place of work staffed by what he
describes as "misfits". Bourdain is absolutely insistent that this is no
place for hobbyists. Anyone entering this industry will run away screaming,
he insists, if they lack almost masochistic (perhaps irrational) dedication
to cooking. >> Stay informed about: Mid life crisis and Masterchef |
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(Msg. 24) Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2008 2:33 pm
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On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 14:29:35 +0000, Snowleopard
<wintersnowfox RemoveThis @gmail.lair.com> wrote:
>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 01:10:19 +0000, Lady Nina <spamtrap2 RemoveThis @ntlworld.com>
>said
Of Bee and Snowy
>>>>I'm shocked and stunned that you two are not getting any.
>>>>
>>>>Of course a solution springs to mind...
>>>
>>><waves>
>>
>>Get to the back of the queue.
>
>Are you putting yourself at the front?
Come to the BOSM and find out. PFCT;
I'm a bit busy atm but I help out when I can...
>Flipping heck, this place really is bad for women.
Why rule out 50% of the population when there's totty spotting to be
done? I'm far more likely to ogle women than men these days.
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(Msg. 25) Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2008 2:33 pm
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On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 14:28:51 +0000, Snowleopard
<wintersnowfox.RemoveThis@gmail.lair.com> wrote:
>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 01:06:02 +0000, Lady Nina <spamtrap2.RemoveThis@ntlworld.com>
>said
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>>On Sat, 23 Feb 2008 20:25:02 -0000, "Beelzebub" <niggly.RemoveThis@the.world>
>>wrote:
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>>>"Snowleopard" <wintersnowfox.RemoveThis@gmail.lair.com> wrote in message
>>>news:3qv0s3trdb94gbhutjl4b06p8uokqpm3jn@4ax.com...
>>>
>>>> Not all of us... unless I get something hot chucked in my lap, of
>>>> course.
>>>
>>><sighs heavily> I can't remember the last time I had something hot in my
>>>lap...
>>
>>I'm shocked and stunned that you two are not getting any.
>
>Where did I say that?
That's right, spoil my image of being able to solve a shortage.
>I was talking about restaurant experiences.
Oh, those, yes.
>>Of course a solution springs to mind...
>
>Although I have tried; not to Bee.
Enigmatic.
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(Msg. 26) Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2008 2:33 pm
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Snowleopard wrote:
> On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 02:12:01 GMT, "platypus"
> <monotreme DeleteThis @blueyonder.co.uk> said
>
>> Wicked Uncle Nigel wrote:
>
>>> Are you *sure* you want me standing behind you with *this*?
>>>
>>> <fx:points>
>>
>> It's big, it's black,
>> He parks it round the back...
>
> I know I haven't seen WUN for while... did he get gangrene when he had
> his accident??
No, the gang just rode past and left him lying in the road. >> Stay informed about: Mid life crisis and Masterchef |
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(Msg. 27) Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2008 2:33 pm
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Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, platypus
<monotreme.TakeThisOut@blueyonder.co.uk> typed
>Snowleopard wrote:
>> On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 02:12:01 GMT, "platypus"
>> <monotreme.TakeThisOut@blueyonder.co.uk> said
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>>> Wicked Uncle Nigel wrote:
>>
>>>> Are you *sure* you want me standing behind you with *this*?
>>>> <fx:points>
>>> It's big, it's black,
>>> He parks it round the back...
>> I know I haven't seen WUN for while... did he get gangrene when he
>>had
>> his accident??
>
>No, the gang just rode past and left him lying in the road.
>
"Leave me, save yourselves..."
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My position was (and, to be honest, largely remains) one of complete ambiguity. >> Stay informed about: Mid life crisis and Masterchef |
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(Msg. 28) Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2008 2:33 pm
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Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Snowleopard
<wintersnowfox.RemoveThis@gmail.lair.com> typed
>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 01:11:48 +0000, Wicked Uncle Nigel
><wun.RemoveThis@wicked-uncle-nigel.me.uk> said
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>>
>>Are you *sure* you want me standing behind you with *this*?
>>
>><fx:points>
>
>Can you zoom the webcam out a bit?
I daren't move it. The optics to get any sort of image at all are
incredibly delicate.
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My position was (and, to be honest, largely remains) one of complete ambiguity. >> Stay informed about: Mid life crisis and Masterchef |
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(Msg. 29) Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2008 2:33 pm
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We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember "platypus"
<monotreme.RemoveThis@blueyonder.co.uk> saying something like:
>> I know I haven't seen WUN for while... did he get gangrene when he had
>> his accident??
>
>No, the gang just rode past and left him lying in the road.
Who's Rene?
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Makes the day a little brighter
Keep your cakes and fancy tarts
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(Msg. 30) Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2008 2:33 pm
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Grimly Curmudgeon wrote:
> We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
> drugs began to take hold. I remember "platypus"
> <monotreme.RemoveThis@blueyonder.co.uk> saying something like:
>
>>> I know I haven't seen WUN for while... did he get gangrene when he
>>> had his accident??
>>
>> No, the gang just rode past and left him lying in the road.
>
> Who's Rene?
Nigel's. >> Stay informed about: Mid life crisis and Masterchef |
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