i have had all i can take and / exploding seems like a definite possibility to me

[themeletor]

fucking AMAZING evening; best I've had in months.

in part, but only part, because I spent a solid twenty minutes talking to our kitchen manager about fucking chicken parm (ASIAN FUSION CHICKEN PARM; YES IT IS EPIC NO SHUT UP) -- and half an hour before that talking about how we are food geeks and how yes I am *exactly* the kind of crazy that wants to spend the rest of my life in this fucked-up, life-destroying, TRULY AMAZING and terrible industry.*

ugh, food.

and then I drove home in a thunderstorm :D

*and now I can't help thrilling at the idea that one of these days, between shifts, he'll take me into the kitchen and we'll raid the cooler and cook, and I'll learn things, because he is a STONE-COLD CLASSICALLY TRAINED TUSCAN CHEF.

LJ/DW crosspost

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[ell]

I EXPECT TO SEE YOU ON the NEXT FOOD NETWORK STAR IN A FEW YEARS

you'd be perfect for it :-)

[themeletor]

IT WOULD BE REALLY COOL IF THAT HAPPENED.

honestly, as long as I'm playing with food, I'm happy. on TV or not. but fame and money are both pretty nifty, I hear.

[sansets]

You get to have all the COOL conversations at your work, OMG. <3

(Also!! I was browsing the porn battle prompts and DUDE - there are a few prompts for Greta/girl!Brendon. *waggles eyebrows temptingly* If you were interested, that could be a PERFECT excuse to finish off that wonderful little snippet that you were writing all those months ago, without actually having to do the boring work of PLOT. *g*)

[themeletor]

only because I choose the cool people to interact with! our kitchen manager is the coolest dude, like fucking EVER.

(aaaaaaaaaaah. I really do need to do the plot though, to feel like I justify the porn. JSYK IT IS THE ONE FIC THAT I HAVE RIGHT NOW THAT I CONSISTENTLY SIT DOWN AND STARE AT, AND THAT I ENTIRELY AND THOROUGHLY PLAN ON COMPLETING IN A TIMELY FASHION.)

[kinetikatrue]

So are we looking at panko breading? Or tempura? With a curried sauce? Or something more teriyaki-ish?

. . . and I just can't quite figure out where to go with the cheese. Yeesh.

[themeletor]

tempura, and he did a (relatively) traditional marinara. no cheese. but he made the marinara just by macerating fresh tomatoes in a wok (plus onions, garlic, basil) -- very cool!