On Tue, 9 Jun 2009 10:02:09 -0500, "Shawn Martin"
> shouted from the highest rooftop:

>
>"David Harmon" > wrote in message
om...
>> On Tue, 9 Jun 2009 03:06:49 -0700 (PDT) in rec.food.cooking, guardian
>> Snow > wrote,
>>>A lot of people attack Chef Ramsey because he does have a foul mouth
>>>at times
>>
>> No, but because he has a foul mouth at ALL times. It's habitual; he
>> exhibits no control over what his mouth puts out. There is a place for
>> profanity, but Ramsey knows no place.
>
>Have you ever worked in a commercial kitchen? I mean a real one, where a 2
>hour lunch run might bring in $2000.00?

Well maybe not quite *that* expensive, but yes.

And the only thing that made the volatile chef's foul language more
bearable (and sometimes laughable - although none of us would crack a
smile in his presence unless he thought he was telling a joke) was
that he was French.

Not that he swore in French that I know of, but his accent somehow
made the English swear words sound more posh.

>I have worked on more polite construction sites.

Now that you mention I have never worked on a construction site where
the atmosphere was anywhere near as intense as a few hours a
sweltering commercial kitchen. And I'm thankful I haven't.

And there might have been some disagreements and a couple of fist
fights on Class A construction sites when someone "borrowed" someone
else's tools or did something stupid and dangerous. But no knife
fights like the one between chef and a Filipino dishwasher.

At least human blood is easy to wash off stainless steel ...

It was all hushed up and the dishwasher quietly paid off by the hotel
BTW.


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una cerveza mas por favor ...

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