I grabbed the olive oil instead of the clarified butter... to make hollandais. Not checked to see if the drip pan on the stove has been cleaned during my week off. The whole unit went up in flames during a rush. I Finished the rush from a flat top an oven and a salamander. Thank god the ansul system didn't go off. Add just a touch of safron for flavor... and end up with a screamming yellow sauce. Empty the pot of pasta water, which had been replaced by veal stock. (poured half only before I noticed) Dump the days first order of calamari into a stone cold fryer. The old "dump the filtered oil into the fryer with the valve open" is a classic. Messier, but not as classic as the "imaginary coffee pot trick". You may have been lucky enough to see the variation of this performed with an ice tea maker. The shear volume makes this a treat. Often this is followed with the "let me set this tray of my crap down on your station while I clean up my mess". If you are really lucky you might even see this followed by the " fire that ticket I forgot to enter". On very rare occasions, depending on the mental stability of the participants, you may see the "mascara running down the face, I don't remember what they ordered on the ticket I forgot to fire that I need in the window right now". Trust a hostess Others have: Made sausage gravy with powdered sugar. Cooked live lobsters... in the oven. Cleaned king crab legs... and thrown away the claws. Sous, Left the water running to fill the 50 gal steam kettle after we cleaned up, then came out front to have a beer with the crew. Three beers later The entire kitchen is covered in water. Eaten a chunk of raw ginger on a dare. Then later eat chipoltles on a dare...they were a really tar like batch....they stuck to his gums. Watched a sous dump 5 gal of cream of asparagrass soup into an icebath while blending it ....10 minutes before lunch.
