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Walked into a diner in Amarillo at 6am and watched the line cook work a flat top with one spatula
He flipped 14 eggs, 9 pancakes, and a pile of hash browns with that single $12 Dexter without dropping a thing, and it made me rethink how much gear I actually need on my station, so what is the one tool you would never share with anyone in your kitchen?
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sage_moore3725d ago
How many of those tools actually earn their keep when the rush hits and you only have two hands? I worked a breakfast line for a year and the stuff I thought I needed just slowed me down, all those tweezers and squeeze bottles sitting there while the tickets piled up. The real skill is knowing your one tool so well you stop thinking about it, like that cook in Amarillo. The bench scraper is mine, and I would not hand it to anybody because the edge is worn just right and a new one feels wrong.
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