The Sunday that turned me around on prepping ahead

I always thought mise en place was overrated BS until last month. Had a 200 cover brunch service and got slammed with 4 ticket strips all at once. Couldn't find my shallots, butter wasn't portioned, I was basically running in circles. That shift made me a believer, now I prep like crazy every Saturday night before a busy Sunday.

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the_robert1mo ago

Come on, it's just cooking, not rocket science.

jade2711mo ago

I get what you're saying @the_robert, but I've noticed this attitude pops up everywhere, not just in cooking. People brush off things like budgeting or learning guitar the same way, like if it's not super hard, it doesn't count as a real skill. At the end of the day, a lot of stuff is just practice and patience, not some secret code.