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**The grillman was grilling the fish, the pantry chef was plating the salad, the tempura was coming along nicely, and those poachers had just dropped 100 quail eggs into the poacher. Crunch time in the kitchen.
The boss, usually a picture of composure and correctness, said something they had never heard him say before.
Don't fuck it up.
"It must be someone really important!" cried the pantry chef, who was on his first shift without his trainer by his side.
The tempura sizzled, starting to turn that perfect golden color.
The eggs were nearly done. The poachers stood at attention with their slotted spoons hovering over the simmering pans.
Everything was ready. It was time to plate the fish.
The grill person lifted the fish carefully from the grill. It was perfectly striped and perfectly cooked. Everything was going along smoothly, a beautiful thing in the kitchen.
Until the pantry chef cried out "I quit!"
And the fish landed on the floor.**
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A collective gasp escaped the assembled crew as everything came to an abrupt halt, all eyes turning first to the pantry chef and then to the fish staring up at them from the floor
One second passed, then two. Nobody moved, then…
“3-second rule’” squeaked the pantry chef breaking the silence, his resignation already forgotten so tense was the scene before him.
“Genius” cried the kitchen porter, a man with a Michelin star for hygiene and the logistical brain of a mathematician, the gleaming surfaces and glistening kitchenware around them a testament to his fastidiousness. ”Sure you could eat your dinner off that floor,” he said and with the grace of a ballerina, he swooped down plucked the fish from its resting place, and giving it a quick rinse under the hot tap, and a few dabs with the t-towel he returned it to the grill.
The grill man expertly grilled the fish, the pantry chef deftly plated the salad, the tempura was cooked to perfection and the poachers lowered their slotted spoons to scoop up the eggs. Then, with a dash of chef’s CYA sauce, the dish was complete just as the server pushed through the swing doors.
“Main course for VIP table, chef,” she sang out loudly “And let’s hope it stops him pontificating” she added but with considerably less volume. “Some ugly old git called Gore he is, never heard of him, had the cheek to tell me I could call him Al." and grabbing the fish special she breezed back from whence she came
"Well done everyone," said the boss with a nod to the porter and the pantry chef, "I think we might just have pulled it off."
Twenty minutes later word came from the restaurant floor.
Mr. Gore’s compliments to the chef and a special mention for the slightly grainy texture to the fish which, he said, rendered the entire dish quite extraordinary.
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This is a continuation of @owasco's WeWrite
The first part is hers, and the second is my conclusion to her story.
OMG - THE SLIGHTLY GRAINY TEXTURE OF THE FISH….
Brilliant. Stunning piece. 🤩 WoW
Thank you kindly. The slightly grainy texture was the CYA sauce of course ,and nothing at all to do with any debris that may or may not have been on the floor;)
You two cranked out a marvelous tale. I sure was surprised when Al showed up in it!
The bugger gets everywhere!:)
By "...slightly grainy texture to the fish", you mean bits of sand from the floor. 😆 The things that happen in the kitchen are best left to the imagination!
Nah, you could eat your dinner off the floor...it was definitely the sauce;)
Happs all the time, and we never know it. That sequence of events is a true testament to the concept of "eating out". Makes one think twice.
Thanks for sharing.
Take care.
!ALIVE
It sure does! I never eat out unless threatened with terrible and immediate death:)
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Al Gore!!! hahahaha! He probably ordered something forbidden to eat in the first place, like a pondicherry shark the hypocrite. Serves him right!!!
Great story thank you so much for writing it!
@bennettitalia, you don't wanna miss this one.
Thanks @owasco! You were right, I didn't 🤣
Thanks so much for the excellent prompt. I really enjoyed completing it. It was great fun.
You definitely rose to the challenge in your own inimitable style. Thank YOU!
@owasco was right @deirdyweirdy, you've outdone yourself. This was hilarious 🤣🤣🤣
I wish I could vote it more than 100% 🌟
So do I!;)
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Haha! Love that sauce. It's saved my own 💓😉
!ALIVE
My vote needs recharging before I can make a difference.
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Haha, it sure does work wonders!
Makes me hungry in a weird way....
And they call me deirdy weirdy?!
As in: Irish Legend. the wife of Naoise, who killed herself after her husband had been murdered by his uncle, King Conchobar...a female given name.
What ever do you mean....?
Oh god this has Old school written all over it. Haha
Oh my goodness, how very revolting. That's why I never, ever complain in a restaurant:)
This was just what I needed to brighten my day.
I loved the creativity of this piece!👏
Thank you very kindly! With all these wonderful endorsements I think the next stop is 'Ireland's got talent':)
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What a wonderfully fun story. Such a clever end! Highly ingenious!
Thank you for those kind words. @owasco set everything up so beautifully in her prompt, that the story almost wrote itself.
Yeah Deirdyweirdy can sure spin stories of substance and wit!
Yay! 🤗
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