Covered in meat juice due to a malfunctioning trash bag.
Hand jam.
Foot jam.
Some things:
• There's always a faster way of doing everything. I learned this today while weaving my potatoes. Aha! I had a breakthrough moment and it made me stupid happy.
• When you love the food, it loves you back.
• I'm actually starting to get what it means to "push."
• Must remember to think before I move. Sometimes my body wants to move somewhere before my brain tells it where to go.
• Must remember to stop talking to myself, outloud.
• Must remember to smile at least three times a day, even on crappy ones.
• Today we found out there'll be a new farm chore: The Cardboard Chipper. They'll begin recycling cardboard boxes in chippers, like the wood chipper in Fargo. Cool!
• Harold McGee is coming to spend some time with the kitchen staff. Super-cool!
• The chef de cuisine is back. Über-cool!
• Never gloat or become complacent cause that's when the shit hits the fan.
• My English is getting worse and my Spanish is improving.
• "Yes" to everything.
• International accents in the kitchen can lead to some seriously hilarious miscommunication.
• Got a taste of some beets with honey and apricot foam. YUM.
• The word that I hear floating around most during the day is "celtuse."
• On fence today: Cheddar and purpole cauliflower. Pretty.
• Love: Rainy days at the property.
• Love: 2:30 a.m. showers and ice baths for los manos pobres.
• Made it through prep and service almost alone.
There was more. What was it???
So sleepy...
3 comments:
You're living the dream! Even if it does hurt a little bit...
i like hearing your gory details of learning kitchen survival..i fought for an apprenticeship in a michelin star restaurant in england when i was nineteen( and spent most days terrified for my life) now i look back, 8 years later, realizing that i loved every second of it.
Yeah Jenny, no one tells you that making dreams come true can be painful.
Eric, 8 years ago? And you're still so young... I really envy young cooks like you. But it's encouraging to hear that all the hardship paid off.
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