Someone added a case of chocolate chunks to the chocolate chips….
Most of the time being a pastry chef is fun! Sometimes it’s this…
by TraditionalRemove913
23 Comments
MrWrym
Yay, more chocolate! But now the worst twist!
littleweirdooooo
Oof this might be worse than my similar experience.
When I was just a prep cook one of our chefs prepped a 12qt cambro of 1″ cubes of sweet potato. The thing is that he was supposed to peel them. My exec chef asked me to go through each cube and remove the skin and he looked like he felt terrible to even ask. My hands were cramping so bad by the end of it, but they put me on the line shortly after that ordeal.
Big_Spicy_Tuna69
The humanity
JoMac29
Not nearly as bad as someone dumping my cake flour into the AP flour bin…
MaggieMakesMuffins
I accidentally mixed our dry cherries and dry cranberries a while back, spent a while separating then gave up. I told everyone that they should use it for our fruit scones, since it uses equal parts of both, and it was a pretty close mix anyway. You can bet your sweet ass those delis of crerries just sat there until I chucked them at someone when I finally caught them mising the scones.
PlanetOftheGrapes__
Arrestable offense tbh
rowenstraker
On what planet is that worth the money vs just using the mix up
scottawhit
You’re gonna…sort all that out? Melt that shit down into something else.
AuxNimbus
This is an equivalent to going to get the new guy to doing something unrealistic but they have to do it because a senior is telling you to do it.
Only thing is this is happening irl..
whiskeytown79
*adds carob chips*
TJNel
I mix both when making chocolate chip cookies all the time. Sounds like it’s time to make cookies or melt to make something else and just get a new box of chips.
eagleeyehg
Could someone ELI5 why these can’t be used interchangeably?
stonehare1
Melt it all, make something dipped in chocolate. Cost in time and labor, you’d be better off just ordering more of both than sorting
PM_ME_KITTEN_TOESIES
Forgive me for asking. I am an outsider who has never worked in a kitchen.
In what scenario would chocolate chunks and chocolate chips have significantly different applications that would necessitate mutual exclusivity?
Is it because one of the two is semi-sweet and the other is sweetened? Is it just a shape and consistency thing?
Please help
everlasting_addendum
I’ve only worked FOH, but this would be my dream job.
Normal-Ad-9852
have done that ✅ did have to pick them out myself 😵💫
Enough_Ad_9338
Ok , so non baker here. But just curious, why does this matter?
JoMac29
Oh…I have a good one. I made a third pan of pastry cream for a sheet cake that I had to make the following day. When I came in the next morning to fill the cake, I couldn’t find the pastry cream. I looked everywhere and then I looked at the steam table on the line. There was my pastry cream. The chef working lunch that day, thought it was whipped potatoes…
It was a lot of fun trying to cool it down and fill that cake, scheduled to be served at that afternoon’s party.
DungeonDaddy1
what’s so bad about mixing them up?
juliuspepperwoodchi
Honestly, just melt it all down, make a fresh bar, cut it into chunks and buy more chips.
Also, wipe your camera lens
malariapounder
chocolate chumps
BadAngler
Bastards!!!
kiitkatz
Story at a place I worked at…
Wedding of 300 is going fine, service is on track, they start burning creme brulee and dessert goes out. They get all the way through dinner service before someone realizes they had put salt on them instead of sugar.. that was the last day the salt and sugar were stored anywhere near each other
23 Comments
Yay, more chocolate! But now the worst twist!
Oof this might be worse than my similar experience.
When I was just a prep cook one of our chefs prepped a 12qt cambro of 1″ cubes of sweet potato. The thing is that he was supposed to peel them. My exec chef asked me to go through each cube and remove the skin and he looked like he felt terrible to even ask. My hands were cramping so bad by the end of it, but they put me on the line shortly after that ordeal.
The humanity
Not nearly as bad as someone dumping my cake flour into the AP flour bin…
I accidentally mixed our dry cherries and dry cranberries a while back, spent a while separating then gave up. I told everyone that they should use it for our fruit scones, since it uses equal parts of both, and it was a pretty close mix anyway. You can bet your sweet ass those delis of crerries just sat there until I chucked them at someone when I finally caught them mising the scones.
Arrestable offense tbh
On what planet is that worth the money vs just using the mix up
You’re gonna…sort all that out? Melt that shit down into something else.
This is an equivalent to going to get the new guy to doing something unrealistic but they have to do it because a senior is telling you to do it.
Only thing is this is happening irl..
*adds carob chips*
I mix both when making chocolate chip cookies all the time. Sounds like it’s time to make cookies or melt to make something else and just get a new box of chips.
Could someone ELI5 why these can’t be used interchangeably?
Melt it all, make something dipped in chocolate. Cost in time and labor, you’d be better off just ordering more of both than sorting
Forgive me for asking. I am an outsider who has never worked in a kitchen.
In what scenario would chocolate chunks and chocolate chips have significantly different applications that would necessitate mutual exclusivity?
Is it because one of the two is semi-sweet and the other is sweetened? Is it just a shape and consistency thing?
Please help
I’ve only worked FOH, but this would be my dream job.
have done that ✅ did have to pick them out myself 😵💫
Ok , so non baker here. But just curious, why does this matter?
Oh…I have a good one. I made a third pan of pastry cream for a sheet cake that I had to make the following day. When I came in the next morning to fill the cake, I couldn’t find the pastry cream. I looked everywhere and then I looked at the steam table on the line. There was my pastry cream. The chef working lunch that day, thought it was whipped potatoes…
It was a lot of fun trying to cool it down and fill that cake, scheduled to be served at that afternoon’s party.
what’s so bad about mixing them up?
Honestly, just melt it all down, make a fresh bar, cut it into chunks and buy more chips.
Also, wipe your camera lens
chocolate chumps
Bastards!!!
Story at a place I worked at…
Wedding of 300 is going fine, service is on track, they start burning creme brulee and dessert goes out. They get all the way through dinner service before someone realizes they had put salt on them instead of sugar.. that was the last day the salt and sugar were stored anywhere near each other