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“I hated cooking bacon. It’s not that it’s difficult — it’s just such a popular food item that it was all I would end up cooking. First thing in the morning, even before mise en place, start cooking bacon. Try and get three batches done before the buffet opens to give ourselves some cushion. Once service started, it was nothing but bacon, bacon, bacon. Lay out dozens of pieces of bacon on several sheet pans. Stick in the oven and bake for 18 minutes. Send out to the buffet. Immediately start another batch because the bacon would be emptied out in minutes. Repeat ad nauseam for four hours.”
“Literally, one person would just handle bacon while the rest would be able to replenish all the other food items. Go home covered in bacon grease. Take a shower, and the bacon smell gets aerosolized. It’s been almost three years since I worked there, and I still can’t stand the sight, smell, or taste of bacon.”
—u/randamuspdx
Dining and Cooking