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29 Signs You’ve Worked In A Restaurant Kitchen
When someone is in your way, you fight the urge to say, “BEHIND!” And using a dull knife just makes you want to cry.posted on July 30, 2013 at 5:02pm EDT
hristine ByrneBuzzFeed Staff
1. You’re super OCD about kitchen organization.
Must. Label. Everything!
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2. You always have a sharpie on you.
Again, you just have to label everything.
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3. You hate going out to dinner with non-cook friends who think they know everything about food.
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4. You relate to this:
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5. You eat and drink out of quart containers, even if there are plates and cups available.
So versatile. So wonderful.
6. You know the difference between a chef’s knife, a boning knife, a filet knife, a petty knife, and a paring knife.
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7. You can dice an onion in under twenty seconds.
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8. You know how to kill time without the internet.
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9. When you eat at a really great restaurant, you are so in awe because you know how much work went into it.
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10. And when you go to a bad restaurant, you are insanely critical.
[COLOR=#999999 !important]Source: rafi-d-angelo.tumblr.com[/COLOR]
11. To you, a “family meal” has nothing to do with parents and siblings.
THIS is family meal.
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12. You’re good at cooking food AND playing with it.
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13. You’ll never stop thinking it’s funny to draw penises on things.
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14. You cook with SO. MUCH. BUTTER.
PSSSST: That’s why restaurant food always tastes so good.
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15. You are completely anti-brunch.
16. You know the magic that is supercharged restaurant equipment
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From left: Commercial Meat Grinder, $799; Manual Deli Slicer, $478.99; 20-Qt Hobart Stand-Mixer, $5,033.
17. And so this really pisses you off.
Just no.
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18. Your favorite kind of shopping doesn’t involve long lines or gross changing rooms.
KNIVES!!!!!!!!!
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19. You know how to make it through a fourteen hour shift without a single break.
[COLOR=#999999 !important]Source: deborashepa.tumblr.com[/COLOR]
20. You set off the smoke alarm every time you cook at home.
That little exhaust fan is no match for your professional searing skills.
[COLOR=#999999 !important]Source: cookography.com[/COLOR]
21. You will always be shocked, skeptical, and a little bit paranoid when you receive a compliment from your boss.
[COLOR=#999999 !important]Source: dudeinpublishing.tumblr.com[/COLOR]
22. You’re used to working on birthdays and holidays.
Not that you’ll ever be okay with it.
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23. When someone is in your way, you scream, “BEHIND YOU” and expect them to move immediately.
[COLOR=#999999 !important]Source: schaniko.tumblr.com[/COLOR]
24. You use phone alarms for everything.
[COLOR=#999999 !important]Image by ChristineByrne/Buzzfeed[/COLOR]
25. You get annoyed by TV characters who are supposedly chefs.
A big, clean apartment, tons of non-work friends, and endless free time to hang out with them? Uh, no.
26. When you’re cooking with friends and they start cutting vegetables with dull knives, you die a little inside.
[COLOR=#999999 !important]Source: strikebackbubbles.tumblr.com[/COLOR]
27. The sound of a printer triggers PTSD.
The evil, evil ticket machine.
[COLOR=#999999 !important]Source: instagram.com[/COLOR]
28. You have (or you’ve seriously considered) a chef’s knife or whisk tattooed on your person.
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29. Your life will always revolve around food and cooking, and you don’t understand how anyone could feel otherwise.
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When someone is in your way, you fight the urge to say, “BEHIND!” And using a dull knife just makes you want to cry.posted on July 30, 2013 at 5:02pm EDT
hristine ByrneBuzzFeed Staff
1. You’re super OCD about kitchen organization.
Must. Label. Everything!
[COLOR=#999999 !important]Source: nowathomemom.com
2. You always have a sharpie on you.
Again, you just have to label everything.
[COLOR=#999999 !important]Via: roarkla.com[/COLOR]
3. You hate going out to dinner with non-cook friends who think they know everything about food.
[COLOR=#999999 !important]Source: gawker.com[/COLOR]
4. You relate to this:
[COLOR=#999999 !important]Via: pikdit.com[/COLOR]
5. You eat and drink out of quart containers, even if there are plates and cups available.
So versatile. So wonderful.
6. You know the difference between a chef’s knife, a boning knife, a filet knife, a petty knife, and a paring knife.
[COLOR=#999999 !important]Source: rhiannonyork.tumblr.com[/COLOR]
7. You can dice an onion in under twenty seconds.
[COLOR=#999999 !important]Source: theawesomethingsinmylife.tumblr.com[/COLOR]
8. You know how to kill time without the internet.
[COLOR=#999999 !important]Source: instagram.com[/COLOR]
9. When you eat at a really great restaurant, you are so in awe because you know how much work went into it.
[COLOR=#999999 !important]Source: littletinmen.tumblr.com[/COLOR]
10. And when you go to a bad restaurant, you are insanely critical.
[COLOR=#999999 !important]Source: rafi-d-angelo.tumblr.com[/COLOR]
11. To you, a “family meal” has nothing to do with parents and siblings.
THIS is family meal.
[COLOR=#999999 !important]Source: instagram.com[/COLOR]
12. You’re good at cooking food AND playing with it.
[COLOR=#999999 !important]Via: instagram.com[/COLOR]
13. You’ll never stop thinking it’s funny to draw penises on things.
[COLOR=#999999 !important]Source: buzzfeed.com[/COLOR]
14. You cook with SO. MUCH. BUTTER.
PSSSST: That’s why restaurant food always tastes so good.
[COLOR=#999999 !important]Source: seriouseats.com[/COLOR]
15. You are completely anti-brunch.
16. You know the magic that is supercharged restaurant equipment
[COLOR=#444444 !important]Source: hospitalitydepot.com.au[/COLOR]
[COLOR=#444444 !important]Source: restaurantsource.com[/COLOR]
From left: Commercial Meat Grinder, $799; Manual Deli Slicer, $478.99; 20-Qt Hobart Stand-Mixer, $5,033.
17. And so this really pisses you off.
Just no.
[COLOR=#999999 !important]Source: bigw.com.au[/COLOR]
18. Your favorite kind of shopping doesn’t involve long lines or gross changing rooms.
KNIVES!!!!!!!!!
[COLOR=#999999 !important]Source: japanesefoodreport.com[/COLOR]
19. You know how to make it through a fourteen hour shift without a single break.
[COLOR=#999999 !important]Source: deborashepa.tumblr.com[/COLOR]
20. You set off the smoke alarm every time you cook at home.
That little exhaust fan is no match for your professional searing skills.
[COLOR=#999999 !important]Source: cookography.com[/COLOR]
21. You will always be shocked, skeptical, and a little bit paranoid when you receive a compliment from your boss.
[COLOR=#999999 !important]Source: dudeinpublishing.tumblr.com[/COLOR]
22. You’re used to working on birthdays and holidays.
Not that you’ll ever be okay with it.
[COLOR=#999999 !important]Source: instagram.com[/COLOR]
23. When someone is in your way, you scream, “BEHIND YOU” and expect them to move immediately.
[COLOR=#999999 !important]Source: schaniko.tumblr.com[/COLOR]
24. You use phone alarms for everything.
[COLOR=#999999 !important]Image by ChristineByrne/Buzzfeed[/COLOR]
25. You get annoyed by TV characters who are supposedly chefs.
A big, clean apartment, tons of non-work friends, and endless free time to hang out with them? Uh, no.
26. When you’re cooking with friends and they start cutting vegetables with dull knives, you die a little inside.
[COLOR=#999999 !important]Source: strikebackbubbles.tumblr.com[/COLOR]
27. The sound of a printer triggers PTSD.
The evil, evil ticket machine.
[COLOR=#999999 !important]Source: instagram.com[/COLOR]
28. You have (or you’ve seriously considered) a chef’s knife or whisk tattooed on your person.
29. Your life will always revolve around food and cooking, and you don’t understand how anyone could feel otherwise.
[COLOR=#999999 !important]Source: gifyo.com[/COLOR]
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