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On Tue, 25 Mar 2008 10:28:37 -0700, Brian Mailman wrote:

> mimus wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 24 Mar 2008 20:51:03 -0400, dave hillstrom wrote:
>>
>>> On Mon, 24 Mar 2008 10:39:59 -0700, Brian Mailman
>>> <bmailman@sfo.invalid> wrote:
>>>
>>>> dave hillstrom wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Sat, 22 Mar 2008 13:50:00 -0700, Brian Mailman
>>>>> <bmailman@sfo.invalid> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> knoxy wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Brian Mailman wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> dave hillstrom wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> > On Thu, 20 Mar 2008 10:31:38 -0700, Brian Mailman
>>>>>>>> > <bmailman@sfo.invalid> wrote:
>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>> > > Aratzio wrote:
>>>>>>>> > >
>>>>>>>> > > > On Thu, 20 Mar 2008 03:17:33 -0400, in
>>>>>>>> > > > alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, dave hillstrom
>>>>>>>> > > > <DaVe@MeOw.OrG> bloviated:
>>>>>>>> > > >
>>>>>>>> > > > > On Wed, 19 Mar 2008 22:20:53 -0700, Brian Mailman
>>>>>>>> > > > > <bmailman@sfo.invalid> wrote:
>>>>>>>> > > > >
>>>>>>>> > > > > > dave hillstrom wrote:
>>>>>>>> > > > > >
>>>>>>>> > > > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diner_lingo
>>>>>>>> > > > > >
>>>>>>>> > > > > > hmmmph.
>>>>>>>> > > > > >
>>>>>>>> > > > > > "Adam and Eve on a raft" is 2 eggs over easy with
>>>>>>>> > > > > > sausage. Adam and Eve on a raft, wreck 'em" is 2 eggs
>>>>>>>> > > > > > scrambled with sausage. What they describe is "Adam and
>>>>>>>> > > > > > Eve floating" and toast is taken for granted with all
>>>>>>>> > > > > > breakfasts; there's no need specify.
>>>>>>>> > > > >
>>>>>>>> > > > > you need a vacation.
>>>>>>>> > > >
>>>>>>>> > > > If it is food or hash slinging, Brian is *da man*.
>>>>>>>> > >
>>>>>>>> > >
>>>>>>>> > >
>>>>>>>> > > In the late '70s I spent a couple years on the line on the
>>>>>>>> > > graveyard shift in a 24-hour-coffeeshop. Then again, that
>>>>>>>> > > particular place it didn't matter. It was always 2:30am in
>>>>>>>> > > there, on the 20th day of night.
>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>> > sounds like the start of a beautiful sam whatsisname mystery
>>>>>>>> > story.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> There were people coming in there and talking to the flowers on the
>>>>>>>> counter.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> And there were no flowers on the counter.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> It wasn't just the customers.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I remember a fellow I was working with crashing on a speed
>>>>>>>> psychosis.... he overturned a large stockpot of hard-boiling eggs,
>>>>>>>> probably about 20 dozen or so, and stomped all over them screaming
>>>>>>>> "HATCH NOW, YOU LITTLE DINOSAURS!!!"
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Did they? Come on, don't leave me hanging! I want to know if there
>>>>>>> were little baby dinosaurs.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I think he'd just seen Alien for the first time before starting the
>>>>>> shift.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The kitchen manager was kinda pissed; docked Bobby's paycheck the
>>>>>> cost of the eggs and made him work day shift for a month.
>>>>>
>>>>> so, how much do we have to make for you to be my personal chef?
>>>>
>>>> Do you like egg salad?
>>>
>>> well, yeah, though not usually if its been danced on.
>>
>> I'm amazed by the blandness of the reaction to the Egg Incident by the
>> manager . . . .
>
> Nawwww.... at minimum wage, if someone shows up just most of the time...
> <shrug>
>
>> Obviously, restaurant work is much more fraught than even I thought.
>
> As I said, it never mattered what the clock time was, it was *always*
> 2:30am in there.

I have a rule, based on long-ago experience, that you should never eat
anywhere where you can see the food being cooked . . . .

<sigh>

<flashback>

<gag>

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smeeter 11 or maybe 12

mp 10

mhm 29x13

I'll tell you what I hate, though. I hate those
commercials where you have to eat something.

< _Thirty Seconds_

 

On Tue, 25 Mar 2008 10:33:33 -0700, Brian Mailman wrote:

> mimus wrote:
>
>> Obviously, restaurant work is much more fraught than even I thought.
>
> PS: you might want to pick up a copy of "Kitchen Confidential" by
> Anthony Bourdain.

<warily>

Might I? or might I equally not?

--
tinmimus99@hotmail.com

smeeter 11 or maybe 12

mp 10

mhm 29x13

Give me some garlic, garlic, garlic, garlic!

< _The Devil is an Ass_

 

On Tue, 25 Mar 2008 18:18:09 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
wrote:

>On Tue, 25 Mar 2008 10:28:37 -0700, Brian Mailman wrote:
>
>> mimus wrote:
>>
>>> On Mon, 24 Mar 2008 20:51:03 -0400, dave hillstrom wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Mon, 24 Mar 2008 10:39:59 -0700, Brian Mailman
>>>> <bmailman@sfo.invalid> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> dave hillstrom wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sat, 22 Mar 2008 13:50:00 -0700, Brian Mailman
>>>>>> <bmailman@sfo.invalid> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> knoxy wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Brian Mailman wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> dave hillstrom wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> > On Thu, 20 Mar 2008 10:31:38 -0700, Brian Mailman
>>>>>>>>> > <bmailman@sfo.invalid> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>> > > Aratzio wrote:
>>>>>>>>> > >
>>>>>>>>> > > > On Thu, 20 Mar 2008 03:17:33 -0400, in
>>>>>>>>> > > > alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, dave hillstrom
>>>>>>>>> > > > <DaVe@MeOw.OrG> bloviated:
>>>>>>>>> > > >
>>>>>>>>> > > > > On Wed, 19 Mar 2008 22:20:53 -0700, Brian Mailman
>>>>>>>>> > > > > <bmailman@sfo.invalid> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> > > > >
>>>>>>>>> > > > > > dave hillstrom wrote:
>>>>>>>>> > > > > >
>>>>>>>>> > > > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diner_lingo
>>>>>>>>> > > > > >
>>>>>>>>> > > > > > hmmmph.
>>>>>>>>> > > > > >
>>>>>>>>> > > > > > "Adam and Eve on a raft" is 2 eggs over easy with
>>>>>>>>> > > > > > sausage. Adam and Eve on a raft, wreck 'em" is 2 eggs
>>>>>>>>> > > > > > scrambled with sausage. What they describe is "Adam and
>>>>>>>>> > > > > > Eve floating" and toast is taken for granted with all
>>>>>>>>> > > > > > breakfasts; there's no need specify.
>>>>>>>>> > > > >
>>>>>>>>> > > > > you need a vacation.
>>>>>>>>> > > >
>>>>>>>>> > > > If it is food or hash slinging, Brian is *da man*.
>>>>>>>>> > >
>>>>>>>>> > >
>>>>>>>>> > >
>>>>>>>>> > > In the late '70s I spent a couple years on the line on the
>>>>>>>>> > > graveyard shift in a 24-hour-coffeeshop. Then again, that
>>>>>>>>> > > particular place it didn't matter. It was always 2:30am in
>>>>>>>>> > > there, on the 20th day of night.
>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>> > sounds like the start of a beautiful sam whatsisname mystery
>>>>>>>>> > story.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> There were people coming in there and talking to the flowers on the
>>>>>>>>> counter.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> And there were no flowers on the counter.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> It wasn't just the customers.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I remember a fellow I was working with crashing on a speed
>>>>>>>>> psychosis.... he overturned a large stockpot of hard-boiling eggs,
>>>>>>>>> probably about 20 dozen or so, and stomped all over them screaming
>>>>>>>>> "HATCH NOW, YOU LITTLE DINOSAURS!!!"
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Did they? Come on, don't leave me hanging! I want to know if there
>>>>>>>> were little baby dinosaurs.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I think he'd just seen Alien for the first time before starting the
>>>>>>> shift.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The kitchen manager was kinda pissed; docked Bobby's paycheck the
>>>>>>> cost of the eggs and made him work day shift for a month.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> so, how much do we have to make for you to be my personal chef?
>>>>>
>>>>> Do you like egg salad?
>>>>
>>>> well, yeah, though not usually if its been danced on.
>>>
>>> I'm amazed by the blandness of the reaction to the Egg Incident by the
>>> manager . . . .
>>
>> Nawwww.... at minimum wage, if someone shows up just most of the time...
>> <shrug>
>>
>>> Obviously, restaurant work is much more fraught than even I thought.
>>
>> As I said, it never mattered what the clock time was, it was *always*
>> 2:30am in there.
>
>I have a rule, based on long-ago experience, that you should never eat
>anywhere where you can see the food being cooked . . . .
>
><sigh>
>
><flashback>
>
><gag>

what about those benny hanna places?

--
dave hillstrom mhm15x4 zrbj

<This space for rent.>

 

"Brian Mailman" <bmailman@sfo.invalid> wrote in message
news:13uidsdi02d88e0@news.supernews.com...
> mimus wrote:
>
> > Obviously, restaurant work is much more fraught than even I thought.
>
> PS: you might want to pick up a copy of "Kitchen Confidential" by
> Anthony Bourdain.

I read that. He gives some pretty good tips on what NOT to order on Monday.

Smee

>
> B/
>

 

On Tue, 25 Mar 2008 18:19:23 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
wrote:

>On Tue, 25 Mar 2008 10:33:33 -0700, Brian Mailman wrote:
>
>> mimus wrote:
>>
>>> Obviously, restaurant work is much more fraught than even I thought.
>>
>> PS: you might want to pick up a copy of "Kitchen Confidential" by
>> Anthony Bourdain.
>
><warily>
>
>Might I? or might I equally not?

i, thankfully, am completely illiterate. so i may ~easily~ remain in
uninformed bliss!

--
dave hillstrom mhm15x4 zrbj

<This space for rent.>

 

On Tue, 25 Mar 2008 10:33:33 -0700, Brian Mailman
<bmailman@sfo.invalid> wrote:

>mimus wrote:
>
>> Obviously, restaurant work is much more fraught than even I thought.
>
>PS: you might want to pick up a copy of "Kitchen Confidential" by
>Anthony Bourdain.

chefs and nurses. grossest story telling tards there are.

--
dave hillstrom mhm15x4 zrbj

<This space for rent.>

 

On Tue, 25 Mar 2008 10:23:04 -0700, Brian Mailman
<bmailman@sfo.invalid> wrote:

>dave hillstrom wrote:
>> On Mon, 24 Mar 2008 10:39:59 -0700, Brian Mailman
>> <bmailman@sfo.invalid> wrote:
>>
>>>dave hillstrom wrote:
>>>> On Sat, 22 Mar 2008 13:50:00 -0700, Brian Mailman
>>>> <bmailman@sfo.invalid> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>knoxy wrote:
>>>>>> Brian Mailman wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> dave hillstrom wrote:
>>>>>>> > On Thu, 20 Mar 2008 10:31:38 -0700, Brian Mailman
>>>>>>> ><bmailman@sfo.invalid> wrote:
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> > > Aratzio wrote:
>>>>>>> >>>On Thu, 20 Mar 2008 03:17:33 -0400, in
>>>>>>> alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, dave hillstrom <DaVe@MeOw.OrG>
>>>>>>> bloviated:
>>>>>>> > > >
>>>>>>> >>>>On Wed, 19 Mar 2008 22:20:53 -0700, Brian Mailman
>>>>>>> <bmailman@sfo.invalid> wrote:
>>>>>>> > > > >
>>>>>>> > > > > > dave hillstrom wrote:
>>>>>>> > > > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diner_lingo
>>>>>>> > > > > >
>>>>>>> > > > > > hmmmph.
>>>>>>> > > > > >
>>>>>>> > > > > > "Adam and Eve on a raft" is 2 eggs over easy with sausage.
>>>>>>> > > > > > Adam and Eve on a raft, wreck 'em" is 2 eggs scrambled with
>>>>>>> > > > > > sausage. What they describe is "Adam and Eve floating" and
>>>>>>> > > > > > toast is taken for granted with all breakfasts; there's no
>>>>>>> > > > > > need specify.
>>>>>>> > > > >
>>>>>>> > > > > you need a vacation.
>>>>>>> > > >
>>>>>>> > > > If it is food or hash slinging, Brian is *da man*.
>>>>>>> > >
>>>>>>> > >
>>>>>>> > >
>>>>>>> > > In the late '70s I spent a couple years on the line on the
>>>>>>> > > graveyard shift in a 24-hour-coffeeshop. Then again, that
>>>>>>> > > particular place it didn't matter. It was always 2:30am in
>>>>>>> > > there, on the 20th day of night.
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> > sounds like the start of a beautiful sam whatsisname mystery story.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> There were people coming in there and talking to the flowers on the
>>>>>>> counter.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> And there were no flowers on the counter.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It wasn't just the customers.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I remember a fellow I was working with crashing on a speed
>>>>>>> psychosis.... he overturned a large stockpot of hard-boiling eggs,
>>>>>>> probably about 20 dozen or so, and stomped all over them screaming
>>>>>>> "HATCH NOW, YOU LITTLE DINOSAURS!!!"
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Did they? Come on, don't leave me hanging! I want to know if there were
>>>>>> little baby dinosaurs.
>>>>>
>>>>>I think he'd just seen Alien for the first time before starting the shift.
>>>>>
>>>>>The kitchen manager was kinda pissed; docked Bobby's paycheck the cost
>>>>>of the eggs and made him work day shift for a month.
>>>>
>>>> so, how much do we have to make for you to be my personal chef?
>>>>
>>>Do you like egg salad?
>>
>> well, yeah, though not usually if its been danced on.
>
>Salade Astaire.

pass.

what kinda seafood you got? any fresh?

--
dave hillstrom mhm15x4 zrbj

<This space for rent.>

 

On Sat, 22 Mar 2008 13:59:26 -0700, Brian Mailman
<bmailman@sfo.invalid> wrote:

>pscissons@sbcglobal.net wrote:
>> "Brian Mailman" <bmailman@sfo.invalid> wrote in message
>> news:13u7qip6a7b8e4d@news.supernews.com...
>>> dave hillstrom wrote:
>
>>> > and did you actually roll oysters in bacon?
>>>
>>> Not in the coffee shop. But Angels on Horseback (same thing with
>>> scallops, oysters are Devils on Horseback) were on my lunch menu. On my
>>> brunch menu, I did deep-fried breaded oysters w/bacon in an omelet shell
>>> called Hangtown Fries.
>>
>> That sounds yummy!
>
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hangtown_fry

do you cook good, rich creole stuff, too?

--
dave hillstrom mhm15x4 zrbj

<This space for rent.>

 

On Thu, 20 Mar 2008 13:59:37 GMT, Aratzio <a6ahlyv02@sneakemail.com>
wrote:

>On Thu, 20 Mar 2008 03:17:33 -0400, in
>alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, dave hillstrom <DaVe@MeOw.OrG>
>bloviated:
>
>>On Wed, 19 Mar 2008 22:20:53 -0700, Brian Mailman
>><bmailman@sfo.invalid> wrote:
>>
>>>dave hillstrom wrote:
>>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diner_lingo
>>>
>>>hmmmph.
>>>
>>>"Adam and Eve on a raft" is 2 eggs over easy with sausage. Adam and Eve
>>>on a raft, wreck 'em" is 2 eggs scrambled with sausage. What they
>>>describe is "Adam and Eve floating" and toast is taken for granted with
>>>all breakfasts; there's no need specify.
>>
>>you need a vacation.
>
>If it is food or hash slinging, Brian is *da man*.

lets hire him to be our cook when we buy the abandoned missile silo
next to the trout stream.

--
dave hillstrom mhm15x4 zrbj

<This space for rent.>

 

Aratzio wrote:
> On Thu, 20 Mar 2008 20:01:11 -0400, in the land of
> alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, dave hillstrom <DaVe@MeOw.OrG>
> got double secret probation for writing:
>
>>On Thu, 20 Mar 2008 10:31:38 -0700, Brian Mailman
>><bmailman@sfo.invalid> wrote:
>>
>>>Aratzio wrote:
>>>> On Thu, 20 Mar 2008 03:17:33 -0400, in
>>>> alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, dave hillstrom <DaVe@MeOw.OrG>
>>>> bloviated:
>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, 19 Mar 2008 22:20:53 -0700, Brian Mailman
>>>>> <bmailman@sfo.invalid> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> dave hillstrom wrote:
>>>>>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diner_lingo
>>>>>>
>>>>>> hmmmph.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Adam and Eve on a raft" is 2 eggs over easy with sausage. Adam
>>>>>> and Eve on a raft, wreck 'em" is 2 eggs scrambled with sausage.
>>>>>> What they describe is "Adam and Eve floating" and toast is taken
>>>>>> for granted with all breakfasts; there's no need specify.
>>>>>
>>>>> you need a vacation.
>>>>
>>>> If it is food or hash slinging, Brian is *da man*.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>In the late '70s I spent a couple years on the line on the graveyard
>>>shift in a 24-hour-coffeeshop. Then again, that particular place it
>>>didn't matter. It was always 2:30am in there, on the 20th day of night.
>>
>>sounds like the start of a beautiful sam whatsisname mystery story.
>>
>>and did you actually roll oysters in bacon?
>
> Scallops is better.

How do you roll oysters in scallops?
--
ah

 

On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 04:15:29 -0400, in
alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, dave hillstrom <DaVe@MeOw.OrG>
bloviated:

>On Thu, 20 Mar 2008 13:59:37 GMT, Aratzio <a6ahlyv02@sneakemail.com>
>wrote:
>
>>On Thu, 20 Mar 2008 03:17:33 -0400, in
>>alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, dave hillstrom <DaVe@MeOw.OrG>
>>bloviated:
>>
>>>On Wed, 19 Mar 2008 22:20:53 -0700, Brian Mailman
>>><bmailman@sfo.invalid> wrote:
>>>
>>>>dave hillstrom wrote:
>>>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diner_lingo
>>>>
>>>>hmmmph.
>>>>
>>>>"Adam and Eve on a raft" is 2 eggs over easy with sausage. Adam and Eve
>>>>on a raft, wreck 'em" is 2 eggs scrambled with sausage. What they
>>>>describe is "Adam and Eve floating" and toast is taken for granted with
>>>>all breakfasts; there's no need specify.
>>>
>>>you need a vacation.
>>
>>If it is food or hash slinging, Brian is *da man*.
>
>lets hire him to be our cook when we buy the abandoned missile silo
>next to the trout stream.

In Montana? Are you outta your fucking mind.

err, nevermind.

carry on.

 

On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 07:10:59 -0400, in
alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, ah <splifingate@gmail.com>
bloviated:

>Aratzio wrote:
>> On Thu, 20 Mar 2008 20:01:11 -0400, in the land of
>> alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, dave hillstrom <DaVe@MeOw.OrG>
>> got double secret probation for writing:
>>
>>>On Thu, 20 Mar 2008 10:31:38 -0700, Brian Mailman
>>><bmailman@sfo.invalid> wrote:
>>>
>>>>Aratzio wrote:
>>>>> On Thu, 20 Mar 2008 03:17:33 -0400, in
>>>>> alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, dave hillstrom <DaVe@MeOw.OrG>
>>>>> bloviated:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wed, 19 Mar 2008 22:20:53 -0700, Brian Mailman
>>>>>> <bmailman@sfo.invalid> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> dave hillstrom wrote:
>>>>>>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diner_lingo
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> hmmmph.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "Adam and Eve on a raft" is 2 eggs over easy with sausage. Adam
>>>>>>> and Eve on a raft, wreck 'em" is 2 eggs scrambled with sausage.
>>>>>>> What they describe is "Adam and Eve floating" and toast is taken
>>>>>>> for granted with all breakfasts; there's no need specify.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> you need a vacation.
>>>>>
>>>>> If it is food or hash slinging, Brian is *da man*.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>In the late '70s I spent a couple years on the line on the graveyard
>>>>shift in a 24-hour-coffeeshop. Then again, that particular place it
>>>>didn't matter. It was always 2:30am in there, on the 20th day of night.
>>>
>>>sounds like the start of a beautiful sam whatsisname mystery story.
>>>
>>>and did you actually roll oysters in bacon?
>>
>> Scallops is better.
>
>How do you roll oysters in scallops?

You roll oysters with scallops. Don't let that cool angelic shell fool
you. Scollops is the *bad boyz* of shell fish.

 

dave hillstrom wrote:
> On Tue, 25 Mar 2008 10:23:04 -0700, Brian Mailman
> <bmailman@sfo.invalid> wrote:
>
>>dave hillstrom wrote:
>>> On Mon, 24 Mar 2008 10:39:59 -0700, Brian Mailman
>>> <bmailman@sfo.invalid> wrote:
>>>
>>>>dave hillstrom wrote:
>>>>> On Sat, 22 Mar 2008 13:50:00 -0700, Brian Mailman
>>>>> <bmailman@sfo.invalid> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>knoxy wrote:
>>>>>>> Brian Mailman wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> dave hillstrom wrote:
>>>>>>>> > On Thu, 20 Mar 2008 10:31:38 -0700, Brian Mailman
>>>>>>>> ><bmailman@sfo.invalid> wrote:
>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>> > > Aratzio wrote:
>>>>>>>> >>>On Thu, 20 Mar 2008 03:17:33 -0400, in
>>>>>>>> alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, dave hillstrom <DaVe@MeOw.OrG>
>>>>>>>> bloviated:
>>>>>>>> > > >
>>>>>>>> >>>>On Wed, 19 Mar 2008 22:20:53 -0700, Brian Mailman
>>>>>>>> <bmailman@sfo.invalid> wrote:
>>>>>>>> > > > >
>>>>>>>> > > > > > dave hillstrom wrote:
>>>>>>>> > > > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diner_lingo
>>>>>>>> > > > > >
>>>>>>>> > > > > > hmmmph.
>>>>>>>> > > > > >
>>>>>>>> > > > > > "Adam and Eve on a raft" is 2 eggs over easy with sausage.
>>>>>>>> > > > > > Adam and Eve on a raft, wreck 'em" is 2 eggs scrambled with
>>>>>>>> > > > > > sausage. What they describe is "Adam and Eve floating" and
>>>>>>>> > > > > > toast is taken for granted with all breakfasts; there's no
>>>>>>>> > > > > > need specify.
>>>>>>>> > > > >
>>>>>>>> > > > > you need a vacation.
>>>>>>>> > > >
>>>>>>>> > > > If it is food or hash slinging, Brian is *da man*.
>>>>>>>> > >
>>>>>>>> > >
>>>>>>>> > >
>>>>>>>> > > In the late '70s I spent a couple years on the line on the
>>>>>>>> > > graveyard shift in a 24-hour-coffeeshop. Then again, that
>>>>>>>> > > particular place it didn't matter. It was always 2:30am in
>>>>>>>> > > there, on the 20th day of night.
>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>> > sounds like the start of a beautiful sam whatsisname mystery story.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> There were people coming in there and talking to the flowers on the
>>>>>>>> counter.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> And there were no flowers on the counter.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> It wasn't just the customers.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I remember a fellow I was working with crashing on a speed
>>>>>>>> psychosis.... he overturned a large stockpot of hard-boiling eggs,
>>>>>>>> probably about 20 dozen or so, and stomped all over them screaming
>>>>>>>> "HATCH NOW, YOU LITTLE DINOSAURS!!!"
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Did they? Come on, don't leave me hanging! I want to know if there were
>>>>>>> little baby dinosaurs.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I think he'd just seen Alien for the first time before starting the shift.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>The kitchen manager was kinda pissed; docked Bobby's paycheck the cost
>>>>>>of the eggs and made him work day shift for a month.
>>>>>
>>>>> so, how much do we have to make for you to be my personal chef?
>>>>>
>>>>Do you like egg salad?
>>>
>>> well, yeah, though not usually if its been danced on.
>>
>>Salade Astaire.
>
> pass.
>
> what kinda seafood you got? any fresh?

Salmon Astaire?

 

dave hillstrom wrote:
> On Tue, 25 Mar 2008 10:33:33 -0700, Brian Mailman
> <bmailman@sfo.invalid> wrote:
>
>>mimus wrote:
>>
>>> Obviously, restaurant work is much more fraught than even I thought.
>>
>>PS: you might want to pick up a copy of "Kitchen Confidential" by
>>Anthony Bourdain.
>
> chefs and nurses. grossest story telling tards there are.

*I* did not pee in the cole slaw.

B/

 

dave hillstrom wrote:
> On Sat, 22 Mar 2008 13:59:26 -0700, Brian Mailman
> <bmailman@sfo.invalid> wrote:
>
>>pscissons@sbcglobal.net wrote:
>>> "Brian Mailman" <bmailman@sfo.invalid> wrote in message
>>> news:13u7qip6a7b8e4d@news.supernews.com...
>>>> dave hillstrom wrote:
>>
>>>> > and did you actually roll oysters in bacon?
>>>>
>>>> Not in the coffee shop. But Angels on Horseback (same thing with
>>>> scallops, oysters are Devils on Horseback) were on my lunch menu. On my
>>>> brunch menu, I did deep-fried breaded oysters w/bacon in an omelet shell
>>>> called Hangtown Fries.
>>>
>>> That sounds yummy!
>>
>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hangtown_fry
>
> do you cook good, rich creole stuff, too?

Eh..... Some Cajun. Little Creole, although I do have a book around
here. I'd have to study up on it.

B/

 

On Tue, 25 Mar 2008 22:51:13 -0400, dave hillstrom wrote:

> On Tue, 25 Mar 2008 18:18:09 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 25 Mar 2008 10:28:37 -0700, Brian Mailman wrote:
>>
>>> mimus wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Mon, 24 Mar 2008 20:51:03 -0400, dave hillstrom wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, 24 Mar 2008 10:39:59 -0700, Brian Mailman
>>>>> <bmailman@sfo.invalid> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> dave hillstrom wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Sat, 22 Mar 2008 13:50:00 -0700, Brian Mailman
>>>>>>> <bmailman@sfo.invalid> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> knoxy wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Brian Mailman wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> dave hillstrom wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> > On Thu, 20 Mar 2008 10:31:38 -0700, Brian Mailman
>>>>>>>>>> > <bmailman@sfo.invalid> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>> > > Aratzio wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> > >
>>>>>>>>>> > > > On Thu, 20 Mar 2008 03:17:33 -0400, in
>>>>>>>>>> > > > alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, dave hillstrom
>>>>>>>>>> > > > <DaVe@MeOw.OrG> bloviated:
>>>>>>>>>> > > >
>>>>>>>>>> > > > > On Wed, 19 Mar 2008 22:20:53 -0700, Brian Mailman
>>>>>>>>>> > > > > <bmailman@sfo.invalid> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> > > > >
>>>>>>>>>> > > > > > dave hillstrom wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> > > > > >
>>>>>>>>>> > > > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diner_lingo
>>>>>>>>>> > > > > >
>>>>>>>>>> > > > > > hmmmph.
>>>>>>>>>> > > > > >
>>>>>>>>>> > > > > > "Adam and Eve on a raft" is 2 eggs over easy with
>>>>>>>>>> > > > > > sausage. Adam and Eve on a raft, wreck 'em" is 2 eggs
>>>>>>>>>> > > > > > scrambled with sausage. What they describe is "Adam and
>>>>>>>>>> > > > > > Eve floating" and toast is taken for granted with all
>>>>>>>>>> > > > > > breakfasts; there's no need specify.
>>>>>>>>>> > > > >
>>>>>>>>>> > > > > you need a vacation.
>>>>>>>>>> > > >
>>>>>>>>>> > > > If it is food or hash slinging, Brian is *da man*.
>>>>>>>>>> > >
>>>>>>>>>> > >
>>>>>>>>>> > >
>>>>>>>>>> > > In the late '70s I spent a couple years on the line on the
>>>>>>>>>> > > graveyard shift in a 24-hour-coffeeshop. Then again, that
>>>>>>>>>> > > particular place it didn't matter. It was always 2:30am in
>>>>>>>>>> > > there, on the 20th day of night.
>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>> > sounds like the start of a beautiful sam whatsisname mystery
>>>>>>>>>> > story.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> There were people coming in there and talking to the flowers on the
>>>>>>>>>> counter.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> And there were no flowers on the counter.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> It wasn't just the customers.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I remember a fellow I was working with crashing on a speed
>>>>>>>>>> psychosis.... he overturned a large stockpot of hard-boiling eggs,
>>>>>>>>>> probably about 20 dozen or so, and stomped all over them screaming
>>>>>>>>>> "HATCH NOW, YOU LITTLE DINOSAURS!!!"
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Did they? Come on, don't leave me hanging! I want to know if there
>>>>>>>>> were little baby dinosaurs.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I think he'd just seen Alien for the first time before starting the
>>>>>>>> shift.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The kitchen manager was kinda pissed; docked Bobby's paycheck the
>>>>>>>> cost of the eggs and made him work day shift for a month.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> so, how much do we have to make for you to be my personal chef?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Do you like egg salad?
>>>>>
>>>>> well, yeah, though not usually if its been danced on.
>>>>
>>>> I'm amazed by the blandness of the reaction to the Egg Incident by the
>>>> manager . . . .
>>>
>>> Nawwww.... at minimum wage, if someone shows up just most of the time...
>>> <shrug>
>>>
>>>> Obviously, restaurant work is much more fraught than even I thought.
>>>
>>> As I said, it never mattered what the clock time was, it was *always*
>>> 2:30am in there.
>>
>> I have a rule, based on long-ago experience, that you should never eat
>> anywhere where you can see the food being cooked . . . .
>>
>> <sigh>
>>
>> <flashback>
>>
>> <gag>
>
> what about those benny hanna places?

No exceptions!

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On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 10:21:22 -0700, Brian Mailman wrote:

> dave hillstrom wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 25 Mar 2008 10:33:33 -0700, Brian Mailman
>> <bmailman@sfo.invalid> wrote:
>>
>>> mimus wrote:
>>>
>>>> Obviously, restaurant work is much more fraught than even I thought.
>>>
>>> PS: you might want to pick up a copy of "Kitchen Confidential" by
>>> Anthony Bourdain.
>>
>> chefs and nurses. grossest story telling tards there are.
>
> *I* did not pee in the cole slaw.

One particular client's or table's cole-slaw or _everybody's_ cole-slaw?

I mean, spitting or worse to indicate displeasure with client or table is
one thing, and more or less expected . . . .

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On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 17:01:49 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
wrote:

>On Tue, 25 Mar 2008 22:51:13 -0400, dave hillstrom wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 25 Mar 2008 18:18:09 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On Tue, 25 Mar 2008 10:28:37 -0700, Brian Mailman wrote:
>>>
>>>> mimus wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, 24 Mar 2008 20:51:03 -0400, dave hillstrom wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Mon, 24 Mar 2008 10:39:59 -0700, Brian Mailman
>>>>>> <bmailman@sfo.invalid> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> dave hillstrom wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Sat, 22 Mar 2008 13:50:00 -0700, Brian Mailman
>>>>>>>> <bmailman@sfo.invalid> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> knoxy wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Brian Mailman wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> dave hillstrom wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> > On Thu, 20 Mar 2008 10:31:38 -0700, Brian Mailman
>>>>>>>>>>> > <bmailman@sfo.invalid> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>>> > > Aratzio wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> > >
>>>>>>>>>>> > > > On Thu, 20 Mar 2008 03:17:33 -0400, in
>>>>>>>>>>> > > > alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, dave hillstrom
>>>>>>>>>>> > > > <DaVe@MeOw.OrG> bloviated:
>>>>>>>>>>> > > >
>>>>>>>>>>> > > > > On Wed, 19 Mar 2008 22:20:53 -0700, Brian Mailman
>>>>>>>>>>> > > > > <bmailman@sfo.invalid> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> > > > >
>>>>>>>>>>> > > > > > dave hillstrom wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> > > > > >
>>>>>>>>>>> > > > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diner_lingo
>>>>>>>>>>> > > > > >
>>>>>>>>>>> > > > > > hmmmph.
>>>>>>>>>>> > > > > >
>>>>>>>>>>> > > > > > "Adam and Eve on a raft" is 2 eggs over easy with
>>>>>>>>>>> > > > > > sausage. Adam and Eve on a raft, wreck 'em" is 2 eggs
>>>>>>>>>>> > > > > > scrambled with sausage. What they describe is "Adam and
>>>>>>>>>>> > > > > > Eve floating" and toast is taken for granted with all
>>>>>>>>>>> > > > > > breakfasts; there's no need specify.
>>>>>>>>>>> > > > >
>>>>>>>>>>> > > > > you need a vacation.
>>>>>>>>>>> > > >
>>>>>>>>>>> > > > If it is food or hash slinging, Brian is *da man*.
>>>>>>>>>>> > >
>>>>>>>>>>> > >
>>>>>>>>>>> > >
>>>>>>>>>>> > > In the late '70s I spent a couple years on the line on the
>>>>>>>>>>> > > graveyard shift in a 24-hour-coffeeshop. Then again, that
>>>>>>>>>>> > > particular place it didn't matter. It was always 2:30am in
>>>>>>>>>>> > > there, on the 20th day of night.
>>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>>> > sounds like the start of a beautiful sam whatsisname mystery
>>>>>>>>>>> > story.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> There were people coming in there and talking to the flowers on the
>>>>>>>>>>> counter.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> And there were no flowers on the counter.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> It wasn't just the customers.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I remember a fellow I was working with crashing on a speed
>>>>>>>>>>> psychosis.... he overturned a large stockpot of hard-boiling eggs,
>>>>>>>>>>> probably about 20 dozen or so, and stomped all over them screaming
>>>>>>>>>>> "HATCH NOW, YOU LITTLE DINOSAURS!!!"
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Did they? Come on, don't leave me hanging! I want to know if there
>>>>>>>>>> were little baby dinosaurs.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I think he'd just seen Alien for the first time before starting the
>>>>>>>>> shift.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> The kitchen manager was kinda pissed; docked Bobby's paycheck the
>>>>>>>>> cost of the eggs and made him work day shift for a month.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> so, how much do we have to make for you to be my personal chef?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Do you like egg salad?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> well, yeah, though not usually if its been danced on.
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm amazed by the blandness of the reaction to the Egg Incident by the
>>>>> manager . . . .
>>>>
>>>> Nawwww.... at minimum wage, if someone shows up just most of the time...
>>>> <shrug>
>>>>
>>>>> Obviously, restaurant work is much more fraught than even I thought.
>>>>
>>>> As I said, it never mattered what the clock time was, it was *always*
>>>> 2:30am in there.
>>>
>>> I have a rule, based on long-ago experience, that you should never eat
>>> anywhere where you can see the food being cooked . . . .
>>>
>>> <sigh>
>>>
>>> <flashback>
>>>
>>> <gag>
>>
>> what about those benny hanna places?
>
>No exceptions!

taffy pullers?

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On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:03:24 GMT, Aratzio <a6ahlyv02@sneakemail.com>
wrote:

>On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 04:15:29 -0400, in
>alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, dave hillstrom <DaVe@MeOw.OrG>
>bloviated:
>
>>On Thu, 20 Mar 2008 13:59:37 GMT, Aratzio <a6ahlyv02@sneakemail.com>
>>wrote:
>>
>>>On Thu, 20 Mar 2008 03:17:33 -0400, in
>>>alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, dave hillstrom <DaVe@MeOw.OrG>
>>>bloviated:
>>>
>>>>On Wed, 19 Mar 2008 22:20:53 -0700, Brian Mailman
>>>><bmailman@sfo.invalid> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>dave hillstrom wrote:
>>>>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diner_lingo
>>>>>
>>>>>hmmmph.
>>>>>
>>>>>"Adam and Eve on a raft" is 2 eggs over easy with sausage. Adam and Eve
>>>>>on a raft, wreck 'em" is 2 eggs scrambled with sausage. What they
>>>>>describe is "Adam and Eve floating" and toast is taken for granted with
>>>>>all breakfasts; there's no need specify.
>>>>
>>>>you need a vacation.
>>>
>>>If it is food or hash slinging, Brian is *da man*.
>>
>>lets hire him to be our cook when we buy the abandoned missile silo
>>next to the trout stream.
>
>In Montana? Are you outta your fucking mind.
>
>err, nevermind.
>
>carry on.

you could make a pretty impressive jungle room down in there. and
montana has GREAT trout streams.

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On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:07:23 GMT, Aratzio <a6ahlyv02@sneakemail.com>
wrote:

>On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 07:10:59 -0400, in
>alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, ah <splifingate@gmail.com>
>bloviated:
>
>>Aratzio wrote:
>>> On Thu, 20 Mar 2008 20:01:11 -0400, in the land of
>>> alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, dave hillstrom <DaVe@MeOw.OrG>
>>> got double secret probation for writing:
>>>
>>>>On Thu, 20 Mar 2008 10:31:38 -0700, Brian Mailman
>>>><bmailman@sfo.invalid> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Aratzio wrote:
>>>>>> On Thu, 20 Mar 2008 03:17:33 -0400, in
>>>>>> alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, dave hillstrom <DaVe@MeOw.OrG>
>>>>>> bloviated:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Wed, 19 Mar 2008 22:20:53 -0700, Brian Mailman
>>>>>>> <bmailman@sfo.invalid> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> dave hillstrom wrote:
>>>>>>>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diner_lingo
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> hmmmph.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> "Adam and Eve on a raft" is 2 eggs over easy with sausage. Adam
>>>>>>>> and Eve on a raft, wreck 'em" is 2 eggs scrambled with sausage.
>>>>>>>> What they describe is "Adam and Eve floating" and toast is taken
>>>>>>>> for granted with all breakfasts; there's no need specify.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> you need a vacation.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If it is food or hash slinging, Brian is *da man*.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>In the late '70s I spent a couple years on the line on the graveyard
>>>>>shift in a 24-hour-coffeeshop. Then again, that particular place it
>>>>>didn't matter. It was always 2:30am in there, on the 20th day of night.
>>>>
>>>>sounds like the start of a beautiful sam whatsisname mystery story.
>>>>
>>>>and did you actually roll oysters in bacon?
>>>
>>> Scallops is better.
>>
>>How do you roll oysters in scallops?
>
>You roll oysters with scallops. Don't let that cool angelic shell fool
>you. Scollops is the *bad boyz* of shell fish.

"scallops" are actually round cuts from sting ray wings.

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