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chipj29 · 08-31-2010, 06:51 AM

When I was in college in Manchester back in the 80's, I worked at a semi-large hotel downtown with large banquet facilities. It was a decent enough job, the money was good for a banquet waiter.
The chef was an older military guy. He had got all his chef-type training in the mess halls back in the day. He could put together a good meal for the most part.
Well, the kitchen was kind of gross back then, not real clean. The chef was constantly smoking in the kitchen. It was gross. He would be standing there over the plates while the sous chefs were plating the meals. He always had a butt going. When the ash got long, it would hang off the end of the butt. Me and my buddy would place bets on which plate was going to get ashed on.

Oh, and for the record, I never saw the ash hit a plate. Not sure how he did it, but he always managed to avoid that.

08-31-2010, 06:51 AM	#27
chipj29 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Bow Posts: 1,874 Thanks: 521 Thanked 308 Times in 162 Posts	Not crazy but gross When I was in college in Manchester back in the 80's, I worked at a semi-large hotel downtown with large banquet facilities. It was a decent enough job, the money was good for a banquet waiter. The chef was an older military guy. He had got all his chef-type training in the mess halls back in the day. He could put together a good meal for the most part. Well, the kitchen was kind of gross back then, not real clean. The chef was constantly smoking in the kitchen. It was gross. He would be standing there over the plates while the sous chefs were plating the meals. He always had a butt going. When the ash got long, it would hang off the end of the butt. Me and my buddy would place bets on which plate was going to get ashed on. Oh, and for the record, I never saw the ash hit a plate. Not sure how he did it, but he always managed to avoid that. __________________ Getting ready for winter!