Thread 21673942

line cook appreciation thread

forgot how much your hands get beat up in a kitchen

>>21673942 (OP)
uhh thank you for your service?
must be rough in the line of duty

>>21673942 (OP)
Nice to see someone with older looking hands than me. I'm 35 and you?

>>21673948
ty
>>21673949
33 but ive had grandma hands since my 20s

>>21673942 (OP)
AIDS?

>>21673957
grease mixed with cleaning solution for most of them
woops

>>21673957
NOBODY'S GOT AIDS.

>>21673942 (OP)
STDs.

>>21673959
>kitchen cleaning bitch LARPing as a cook
kek

>>21673942 (OP)
Be honest. How often do you fuck with people food? Spit, dropping on the floor, ballscratch and lather, ect.

>>21673970
half of cooking is cleaning
>>21673973
literally never gross

Those are underweight, junkie, alcoholic hands. OP is dying.

>>21673942 (OP)
Nigger why u so moist?

>>21673976
i'm pretty chubby desu just have mom hands
>>21673977
used some burts bees hand salve after work

>>21673981
Does working as a line cook make you better at cooking overall or just good at cooking what is on the menu faster?

>>21673984
sort of depends what type of restaurant youre working for
cooking professionally can help you build technical skills a lot but often as a line cook youre just building other peoples recipes as quickly as you can so theres not a lot of tasting or altering the food
i enjoy cooking at home a lot too which a lot of line cooks dont do
its a pretty unique line of work to work with so much food and have a lot of people who do it who cant really cook at home or make their own food

>>21673942 (OP)
stop stabbing urself dummy

>>21673942 (OP)
Nice feminine hand. That's monkeypox by the way, you dick-loving fucking faggot

>>21674014
it was from grease cleaning the flats
>>21674017
im a woman dumb dumb

>>21674022
YWNBAW

use plantain balm to soothe those burns a bit. maybe consider wearing gloves, if only for your protection?

>>21674037
i usually wear gloves when im cleaning the flat but of course the night i didn't i splattered grease/detergent mix all over
the burts bees hand salve is helping with them ty

>>21674022
>line cooking woman
What life choices led you to take such a masculine job?

>>21673942 (OP)
Why? what have you done for me that warrants my appreciation?

>>21673942 (OP)
>line cook appreciation
Pfft. What's next, you want me to appreciate janitors or nurses? Get a real job if you want some respect.

>>21673942 (OP)
Thank you for your service anon. I worked in a kitchen for 6 years. It was hell on earth. Much respect.

>>21673957
Nein. Ein roter.

>>21673942 (OP)
>>21673957
>>21674017
>forgot how much your hands get beat up in a kitchen
More like hands beating off dudes under a bridge. At least use some Purell in between clients, you homo junkie.

>>21673942 (OP)
femboy hand

>>21673942 (OP)
Geesh.
Lube up those hands while you sleep to help the healing process. Anything open like that should be covered with band aids w/neosporin.
>>21673967
Visible Karposi sarcoma is the armchair diagnosis and one of the visible signs someone has fullblown AIDS.

>>21673976
>junkie, alcoholic hands
ah, so he IS a line cook

>>21673942 (OP)
You look like you have the plague, dude

>>21673967
Sucks we can't have sound on this board

>>21673942 (OP)
>>21673956
MAWMAW PAWS

>>21673942 (OP)
This board is for food and cooking, not for asking people to kiss your ass because you work for a living.

>>21673942 (OP)
I have a friend who is a line cook. Haven't seen him in six months.

>>21673942 (OP)
what's on the menu at work for you to have exposed your hands to such danger? is the foodstuffs not prepped beforehand?

>>21674043
I've always gotten along better with men and I enjoy the pace and intensity of a kitchen, very few jobs are similar or provide the same type of rush
plus I'm a felon and you can be a felon in a kitchen
>>21674902
Probably working nights and weekends he still loves you
>>21674924
we do burgers and other sandwiches, pretty upscale, I typically close the flat top after working it nights

>>21674964
Fucking criminal trash

>>21674964
>you can be a felon in a kitchen
understatement of the century.
can they even hire you if you've never seen the inside of a cell?

>>21674964
please for the thread explain what flat tops and in order to further elucidate why you abuse your hands respond with the main thing that requires cutting during opening hours. the high end place i worked at, about $16 average per dish, always had foodstuffs, including burger and sandwich foodstuffs, prepared beforehand.

>>21674970
That's a bit harsh. There are people who need a do-over in their lives.

>>21674977
I just zoomed in on his pic. I think one cut or scrape from something sharp, and the rest looks like burn sores, probably splatter. Bacon? Fryer splash?

OP, you need to do some basic first aid during the day, and again at bedtime. These are not looking good.

>>21673996
i remember not ever cooking while working at the kitchen, aside from making eggs, baking cookies and cornbread, because the general manager allowed us to eat within reason whatever we wanted. moreover, working with all the food, in hindsight, was indeed rare—large slabs of meat that had to be cut appropriately and grinded if need be, preparing sauces, vegetables, cheese for queso, etc. prep could at times feel monotonous thoughbeit.

>>21674980
No there are not. Rehabilitation simply does not work on any level, full fucking stop.

>>21674974
Good question, most people in kitchens have indeed been to jail
>>21674970
guilty
>>21674977
we are a primarily burger place so things get cooked to order
flat top is a large griddle surface heated by several burners
>>21674980
I was one of them, was in jail/prison for about 2 years and knew I'd be able to go back to cooking when I got out
>>21674986
I think they're all burns from splatter of the grease/flat top cleaning solution
they look fine don't be a pansy

>>21673942 (OP)
Stop injecting into your hands dumbass

>>21673942 (OP)
>meth sores
thank you for your service

>>21675014
Are you fucking retarded?

>>21674017
Prefer meaty masculine hands do you? Way to out yourself

>>21676612
he's right. people aren't rehabilitated and thereby reintegrated into society, they are instead, retrained as though a monkey to a circus show or a wrench to a bolt. what do you think about that?

>>21674037
I use gloves but they also fuck up your skin, my knuckles are so fucking bad right now
t. Different anon

>>21674039
>burts bees hand salve
That's good stuff. It fixes my dry cuticles.

>>21673942 (OP)
i cooked for like eight years and dont have a single scar

>>21673949
I'm 31 and his hands look like a toddlers compared to mine after having dermatitis for 20 years

>>21675636
>was in jail/prison for about 2 years
Seems like a heavy sentence for not removing bay leaves but I guess I can understand it

>>21677291
Have you thought about getting a tattoo over that or is it not possible?

>>21676804
yeah I couldn't survive without it, it's a miracle product
>>21677938
I got 6 months for the bay leaves

Civvies can't understand

>>21674891
I don't want that sound. You recorded your TV. Get a proper rip or don't share the clip.
I made it rhyme so you can remember.

customer told my GM the burger i made him tonight was the best one he's ever had at the restaurant no big deal
glad he told the boss lol
give me a raise

>>21673942 (OP)
>taking a break on a sunday
Are you suicidal son? Rip a smoke and get back on line.

>>21677938
i wasnt being cheeky, there is no scar. burns just dont stick on me at all

>>21673942 (OP)
Breadknife mishap. Thankfully, it just peeled off afterwards.

>>21676612
Scum.

>>21673942 (OP)
I started getting big time hand cramps at work recently, but stretching seems to help.
33 year old eternal line cook with twelve years on the job, only one of those years was in any level of management.

>>21680069
I legit do it for that. I didn't get enough attention from mommy and daddy and now when strangers tell me that i did a good job warming up their Sysco slop, it makes me feel good and justifies to me my terrible choices I've made in life.

>>21681416
oh man i got carpal tunnel for the first time when i was maybe 23, i fuckin panicked, i thought i would never work again, id never be able to afford surgery. i couldnt fucking hold a pan, i couldnt even pick up a spoon. i googled some stretches and started sleeping with a brace, i didnt even miss a day of work and never had problems again. its scary when your body shits out on you, especially when youre still young

cant you guys get some kind of protective gloves

>>21681467
Anyone who wears gloves in the kitchen is dirty, doesn't wash their hands, spreads contamination
There are two use cases for gloves
Heat-resistant gloves
A glove to cover a bandage

>>21681446
I suppose when I'm too old to do this, I can be the guy who stands at the self checkout and stares vacantly into the distance for forty hours a week.

Also here's my most recent injury. I don't hurt myself too often these days. I didn't even feel this though, both times because I burned the same spot twice in two days.

>>21681477
And for handling ready to eat foods, as is required by the health department for most US restaurants. The only time in my career that I ever see people try to work with dirty gloves, they're green as shit and someone immediately tells them to change their gloves. I go through countless pairs of gloves all day, and I also wash my hands a ton.

>>21681477
Oh and also for cleaning, you should be wearing gloves when you're cleaning, specifically to avoid the injuries you received. Remove them when you're done and wash your hands. Really basic stuff

>>21681494
>>21681494
man dont do that. im your same age and work construction with guys mostly in their 40s and 50s, a couple in their 60s and 70s. stay sharp and take care man, if were lucky we can work until we die

dont care about scars show me your kitchens

>>21677291
>t-rex fucking a goat

>>21681519
>>21681524
Those are both good noteworthy exceptions. Though the requirement for handling ready to eat stuff isn't a thing here (not that I know of, anyway)
But yeah 99 percent of the time when I see gloves I just think "I know you picked your nose or scratched your buttcrack and you think your hands are clean and I know they're not"
It's the illusion of cleanliness that's worse than not washing your hands, even if it's just a quick rinse and a wipe with a hand towel
I actually keep specific hand towels for wiping my hands that are fuzzy and white, because white = wet so I don't accidentally use them on pans or things in the ovens
iykyk

>>21680949
Callsign “0scar”

>>21681310
>>21681513
Ouch, appreciate your fortitude

>>21679340
Good luck finding or making the clip otherwise. This is the four channel dot organization website. All organic material is welcome. Kill yourself, you uppity little faggot AND DEFINITELY GO BACK

>>21673942 (OP)
Maybe if you didn't have such soft manlet hands, you'd be able to hack the pressure.

Is there anything in this world that says "bad ass motherfucker" more than being a line cook? Am I right, bros?

mine arent horrible as of late, mostly a few scars on my forearms that havent gone away yet. the cleaning chemicals and constant glove changes cause my cuticles to fall apart and bleed a lot, but theyve been alright for the last week or so.

those never healed for me

>>21681543
go on show us your kitchens

>>21682709
>zero kitchens posted
every line cook on /ck/ is cooking slop from a shit holke

You are not a real cook unless you have a tattoo in your forearm. Like a badass knife or salt & pepper related thing. Tattoo needs to be in black and white outline only.

why are people who work in kitchens unable to restrain themselves from vice?

>>21673942 (OP)
Hopefully you stab yourself in the neck one day

>>21684874
I wish you nothing but good fortune in life, friend. Hope your day gets better.

>>21682709
k

>>21685302
here, have an artistic interpretation of what i think happened, but feel free to share with the class.

>>21674964
>I've always gotten along better with men
KEK raped masculine bitch

>>21676795
latex allergy?
if not, get some jojoba oil. it's a decent approximation of sebum, might help

>>21685330
>gay elf
Redundant concept. Leaf lovers are all queers. No exceptions.

>>21675014
Really? How come I only went to prison once, and then cleaned up my act and worked, paid taxes, bought a house and started a family?

>>21681310
Breadknives give the gnarliest, worst cuts, your picture gave me sympathy pains because I've cut my thumb the exact same way before.
Meanwhile, I've really been fucking up, lately. After I posted about how I rarely get hurt but burned myself twice in the same spot, just today I burned my knuckle. I don't even know how or when it happened.

>>21681537
You jest, but I intend to work until I die. My grandpa worked til he was 82, and in the span of six months after he finally retired, he lost nearly a hundred pounds and just fuckin died. Right up to that point, he was a ripped old diesel mechanic, strongest man I ever knew and then he just gave up and died.
I take better care of myself than I did in my twenties, I have a one and a half year old son and trying for another kid, I'd like to see him grow up, it would even be pretty cool to live long enough to be a grandpa.
I did construction and landscaping a few times, when trying to find something besides kitchen work, but I always go back to the kitchen and I'm just gonna stay where I'm at, it pays the mortgage.

>>21684622
Does a poser misfits tattoo count?
I'm not posting pictures so I can maintain some semblance of plausible deniability, should I get doxxed

>>21685438
>you jest
i do not, brother, some rare types just live for the toil. i'm glad you've managed to make a life for yourself and your family along the way, i hope you have peace with them. i only work, i wont stop for anyone or anything, and i hope i die before my body gives out. maybe i'll find something else one day, but id be happy to just drop dead in a digging a pit with someone i trust. i'm drinking and thinking right now, i was almost crushed today by someone i trust, and i didnt feel anything at all, and i still trust him. fuck i love working, i love work

>>21685561
Being totally honest, the amount of times I almost died or almost killed someone else, when I did construction work or landscaping work, is what made me go "yeah this ain't for me".
I worked for the county, once, mowing the medians and stuff like that, and the mower I was on just suddenly jerked out into the street, right into oncoming traffic, which narrowly missed me before I could cut the machine off and get the fuck out of the way.
So long as I don't have a stroke and fall into a fryer, I think the most dangerous part of my day in a kitchen is driving to and from work. That's also one thing that made me quit trying that sort of thing, too much driving.

>>21685330
fucking epic drawing dude, are you a professional artist?

The sous chef and two chef de parties left at my restaurant and idk what's going to happen

>>21685874
Watch out, if you're even mildly competent and show up mostly on time, don't call out as often as everyone else, they'll try to scam you into a "promotion" where you'll work thrice as hard, get shit on thrice as much, and make fifty cents more per hour.

god i want to be a line cook
dream job atm, to be desu desu honest

>>21685409
Because doing all those things doesn't make you a good or morally sound person and the richest most corrupt people on earth right now have done all those things? How does cumming inside a woman and "paying taxes" prove anything? Are you willing to feel bad about what you've done or do you rush to defend yourself? You need to learn eternal repentance. You wouldn't even be trying to defend yourself right now if you actually felt bad about the wrongs you've done.

>>21673942 (OP)
For me it's my arms, walk in ovens are a motherfucker and a half even with mitts on.

>>21685872
no, i have a real job

>>21686163
Sounds like a whole lot of projection and anger, buddy. I paid my debt to society and moved on with my life, sorry you can't find a woman to cum into.
For the record, no, I don't feel the least bit bad about getting caught selling weed, in a state that legalized it while I was locked up.

>>21673942 (OP)
I don't wanna be you ... keep those dry, iodine helps, some antibiotic powders, God speed!

>>21686172
>walk in ovens
I could never not be afraid around one of those.