Chez Eupher

[Thor]

Yeah, hire the illegal so we all can get TB or some form of Hepatitis.........  (or, Lord forbid, some NEW disease.....)

[Eupher]

Yeah, hire the illegal so we all can get TB or some form of Hepatitis.........  (or, Lord forbid, some NEW disease.....)

One of our favorites on the menu (still under development) is "Lepers on the half shell"

You order up one of these and you get three illegals from Bangladesh, just off the boat. The idea is to have them sitting on one of those disks that you slide down the snowy hill.

[Chris]

I'll getcha a pair of binoculars from the Army Navy surplus store. Either that, or we getcha your own dedicated illegal (who can read English, of course).

I had to work with a "chef" that may have been mostly illiterate.  I didn't work with him directly, but my brother did.  I think the only reason they hired him was his ability to carve ice.  A very small, unimportant skill in the overall requirements of running a restaurant, we actually ran out of french fries and ice cream on a Friday night because of that jackass.  We.  Were.  ****ed.  More than half of the kitchen staff quit on him within a month of meeting him and these are people that had been there long before I showed up, when the place was still family-owned.

I have some other funny stories about "new" management.  I might tell them later.

[Eupher]

I moonlighted as a cook in a Denny's in Leominster, Massachusetts, back in the mid-Seventies. One guy that worked the bar rush on a Saturday night by himself was amazing. He was a retired Army cook named Cal and he was a blur in the kitchen. He could remember and deal with 20 tickets at a time and I was simply stunned to watch him work.

Best thing I could do was stay out of his way. He was amazing. He'd put together a homemade pot of soup or something while I was still thinking about it.

[debk]

I moonlighted as a cook in a Denny's in Leominster, Massachusetts, back in the mid-Seventies. One guy that worked the bar rush on a Saturday night by himself was amazing. He was a retired Army cook named Cal and he was a blur in the kitchen. He could remember and deal with 20 tickets at a time and I was simply stunned to watch him work.

Best thing I could do was stay out of his way. He was amazing. He'd put together a homemade pot of soup or something while I was still thinking about it.

Have you ever been in a Waffle House? Those cooks are amazing!! Nothing is written down for them to look at...the servers actually shout the orders to them. I've never had to send anything back.

[Eupher]

Have you ever been in a Waffle House? Those cooks are amazing!! Nothing is written down for them to look at...the servers actually shout the orders to them. I've never had to send anything back.

Yes, I survived a Waffle House experience once. Never again.

[debk]

Yes, I survived a Waffle House experience once. Never again.

You didn't like The Awful House?!?   

For shame....

You are going to have to rethink moving to Tennessee..... 


Every once in a while....a visit to Awful House is mandatory. 

[Chris_]

Yes, I survived a Waffle House experience once. Never again.

Well.....if you ever drive down south, you'd better pack a lunch, cause there is one at every exit......and that is all there is......

Love their grits......

doc

[debk]

Well.....if you ever drive down south, you'd better pack a lunch, cause there is one at every exit......and that is all there is......

Love their grits......

doc

Yes...the grits are cooked the way they are supposed to be. I will eat them there.

Love the hashbrowns....onions, mushrooms, tomatoes and extra cheese..."scattered, covered and smothered"...

[Thor]

I haven't been to a Waffle House in a LONG time. There's one in McKinney, TX. I think that a trip there might be in order. The best we have in my area is IHOP, and that ain't saying much.....

[Eupher]

You didn't like The Awful House?!?   

For shame....

You are going to have to rethink moving to Tennessee..... 


Every once in a while....a visit to Awful House is mandatory. 

Don't forget I LIVED in Tennessee for awhile. But the Awful House in Mentor, OH, was the absolute depths of restauranting. I haven't been in one since.

And in Jackson, there are plenty of breakfast places - Perkin's, Denny's, and a few more I've forgotten.....

[Eupher]

Well.....if you ever drive down south, you'd better pack a lunch, cause there is one at every exit......and that is all there is......

Love their grits......

doc

Grits? WTF are grits????

Never mind, I don't wanna know.......


Sigh. Grits are one of those southern things that are ubiquitous, cannot be understood by northerners, but simply are.

[Randy]

The Awful House near me completely lives up to its name. I tried it 3 or 4 times and just couldn't stomach it. Nasty is being kind.
Plus the corporation thinks they can overrule state laws and ban concealed carry just cuz they say so. Awful House sucks/ 

[Chris]

Why the Waffel Haus hate?

Have you ever been in a Waffle House? Those cooks are amazing!! Nothing is written down for them to look at...the servers actually shout the orders to them. I've never had to send anything back.

I worked with a GM that liked to do the no-ticket thing.  It actually worked out pretty well.  As soon as an order was called out, the plate was set up at the same time the food was prepared.  x dish had x sauces or garnish, and you worked from there.... I've seen WH cooks do the same thing.  It works if you have the room for all those plates.

20 tickets?  When you run out of room on the ticket rail and have to start stacking them on top of each other, we'll talk.

One thing I never did learn was grilling.  I'm fine with a sautee range, frying, pretty much everything else.  I worked at a Logan's steakhouse after high school with my brother (again).  They had three full-sized grills running on a weekend.  I tried it once... nope, I'll stick with my pans and plates.

[Thor]

The Awful House near me completely lives up to its name. I tried it 3 or 4 times and just couldn't stomach it. Nasty is being kind.
Plus the corporation thinks they can overrule state laws and ban concealed carry just cuz they say so. Awful House sucks/ 

Lots of places do that. It's an insurance thing. I hate it and I usually won't do business with a place that bans legal carry. I don't know whether or not the Waffle House nearest me does that or not.  If they do, they won't have my business. I don't respect any place that makes victims out of their customers.

[Chris]

Grits? WTF are grits????

Boiled ground hominy corn.  I've lived in the south 90% of my life and I've only had them once... I didn't care for them.  Granted, they probably weren't done right, but they were tasteless and had the consistency of paste.  I've been told they're supposed to be smooth and creamy and they're good with cheese, bacon, and lots of butter.

[The Village Idiot]

Boiled ground hominy corn.  I've lived in the south 90% of my life and I've only had them once... I didn't care for them.  Granted, they probably weren't done right, but they were tasteless and had the consistency of paste.  I've been told they're supposed to be smooth and creamy and they're good with cheese, bacon, and lots of butter.

I tried them at the New Orleans bus stop. With sausage and other breakfast stuff. Not my kind of thing.

[Thor]

Y'all Southerners just ain't right..........

[Randy]

My earliest exposure to grits was in school. They laid on the plate in a solid rubbery mass that you could lift up and the bottom was shiny smooth with a slight burned tinge to them.

Who knew they were supposed to be soupy??

[The Village Idiot]

My earliest exposure to grits was in school. They laid on the plate in a solid rubbery mass that you could lift up and the bottom was shiny smooth with a slight burned tinge to them.

Who knew they were supposed to be soupy??

blech

[Eupher]

Why the Waffel Haus hate?

I worked with a GM that liked to do the no-ticket thing.  It actually worked out pretty well.  As soon as an order was called out, the plate was set up at the same time the food was prepared.  x dish had x sauces or garnish, and you worked from there.... I've seen WH cooks do the same thing.  It works if you have the room for all those plates.

20 tickets?  When you run out of room on the ticket rail and have to start stacking them on top of each other, we'll talk.

One thing I never did learn was grilling.  I'm fine with a sautee range, frying, pretty much everything else.  I worked at a Logan's steakhouse after high school with my brother (again).  They had three full-sized grills running on a weekend.  I tried it once... nope, I'll stick with my pans and plates.

I'm tellin' ya, Chris, you got the Cal touch. 

I've had both worlds, with the grill thing (assuming we're talking flattops). My first gig after high school was in an Elias Bros. "Big Boy" restaurant. That place wasn't much for creativity, but there was a decent-sized flat top on which to do some nice things when Arnold (da Boss) wasn't looking. The Army taught me some things I'd rather not talk about, then that stint in that Denny's got me closer to omelette making than I'd been before. The pans are a pain in the ass, but they make better product.

I think we'd need an 8-burner saute station. Thinking about that makes me think what the gas bill would be. 

Those illegals are lookin' better and mo betta than ever before.

There's gotta be some room down there along I-65 we can look at......

[Chris_]

Lots of places do that. It's an insurance thing. I hate it and I usually won't do business with a place that bans legal carry. I don't know whether or not the Waffle House nearest me does that or not.  If they do, they won't have my business. I don't respect any place that makes victims out of their customers.

Must be a local thing.....concealed carry is fine with the Waffle Houses here in MO.....

doc

[Chris_]

Grits? WTF are grits????

Never mind, I don't wanna know.......


Sigh. Grits are one of those southern things that are ubiquitous, cannot be understood by northerners, but simply are.

Geez.....y'all haven't lived unless you've had country ham, grits, and red-eye gravy.........(with hush puppies of course). 

doc

[NHSparky]

Meh--biscuits and gravy, with bacon, eggs, and O'Brien potatoes.

I'm kind of simple that way.  Although my heart and blood pressure might argue that point.  However, one thing I've learned since I've been up here is to appreciate Eggs Benedict (in various style, even as far as "Surf and Turf" Benedict) and GRILLED (yes, grilled) English Muffins.

In fact, if I'm hired as a cook, I'll insist on grilled English Muffins.

[Eupher]

Meh--biscuits and gravy, with bacon, eggs, and O'Brien potatoes.

I'm kind of simple that way.  Although my heart and blood pressure might argue that point.  However, one thing I've learned since I've been up here is to appreciate Eggs Benedict (in various style, even as far as "Surf and Turf" Benedict) and GRILLED (yes, grilled) English Muffins.

In fact, if I'm hired as a cook, I'll insist on grilled English Muffins.

Yep, I'm with you on the grilled English muffins. All that butter leakin' down into the nooks 'n crannies....