On 5/1/2013 6:42 AM, George Leppla wrote:
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> Back in the day when I worked in a restaurant, the "flattop" was called
> a grill... and the guy cooking on it was often called the Grillman.

That's the way it is around here. If you're at a steakhouse, it's safe
to assume that it's an fire grill. It's a context thing.

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> My favorite name for a piece of equipment in the kitchen was the
> "salamander". Wonder how a broiler got that name.

Salamanders used to be mythical creatures that lived in fire. Probably
it was inspired by Europeans bringing back tales of these amphibians
that they saw while exploring. That's what I remember anyway.

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> George L