/ck/ - Food & Cooking

when did you give up on life and why?

share any horror stories, those are always good

>>4482523

I didn't give up on life. It's fun cooking easy food and getting paid cash. They work around my schedule as a full time college student.

Plus my coworkers are actually pretty nice.

Tell us your favorite waffle toppings, please.

DO you smoke METH OP? EVERY waffle house cook I've EVER SEEN looks high as all FUCK.

>>4482531

Landwhales trying to sit at a booth by themselves.

It's fun because during a rush we have to ask single customers to sit at the bar area, so quite often the do one or both of these things
>Bitch and moan and head to the bar area
>Struggle to get on the stools and leave
I'll tell more but I've got to type it out. We just had a lotto winner in our store recently.

>>4482537
Personally, I love a 5 minute waffle with 2 over easy eggs and bacon.
No sweet stuff for me, really.
although I'm a sucker for the raisin toast with the icing occasionally.

Captcha : Scattered Docile

>>4482544
>capitalizing WORDS for no REASON AT all

>>4482544

No, we are one of the largest operations in the state and constantly have to be on our game due to surprise drug tests.

Although during a quiet day I might smoke a joint since it runs through my system super fast with the diet i'm on.

in 2010 when I was hired for the 3rd shift 3 people were let go due to an apparent drug situation.

>>4482548
>No sweet stuff for me, really.
Really? Not even a little butter?

>>4482531

So about that lotto winner.

Let's call him Mr. W.
He's a Vietnam vet, very kind, and tips EVERY employee in the store whenever he comes in.
He makes his living off lotto tickets. Scratch offs and shit. Dude pulls like $2000 a week from that shit.

Anyway, he's chillin' eating his 5 minute waffle, coffee, OJ and his normal egg white omelette and gets up and runs out of the store.

Dude cries and shit.

Guy found out he won a cool million from some ticket of his.

still comes in EVERY MORNING.

Sweet guy.

>>4482568
With the Raisin toast I like to have the apple butter, or the icing they put on waffles, but I don't really like the strawberry/blueberry pellets they use to make the flavored waffles.

I think it'd be fun to own a diner and be my own boss. I find cooking that kind of food to be extremely enjoyable even if it would be hectic at times.

The only reason I've never actually considered working at a place like this is because of the customers I'd have to deal with.

So that's my question. How has working with the public changed your political beliefs, if at all?

I don't know a single person who has worked in a hospital, law enforcement or retail that hasn't made an about face with their political beliefs. Do you see that changing for you anytime soon?

>>4482570
whoa holy crap
That's not a horror story, that's uplifting as heck.

>I don't really like the strawberry/blueberry pellets
Because those are absolutely disgusting.
Put fresh strawberry/blueberry/your favorite fresh fruit on top of a waffle and I guarantee your tastebuds will scream out my name in ecstasy.

Also, apple butter is fantastic and I'm sad that it seems to be mostly an East Coast thing. Whereabouts is your House of Waffles?

>>4482585

It has completely destroyed my faith in the younger generation.

>HUE HUE THERE'S A HAIR IN MY FOOD
I shave my head, bro. That's your blonde hair.

At the same time it really made me love old people. I'm talking 70+. Best customers in the world, with the exception of a select few.

Definitely reinforced the nigger stereotypes though.

I have always been a slightly liberal Constitutionalist.

I support the second amendment and carry concealed on my person at all times while I'm working in the WH.

My political beliefs have not changed, but my perception on racial stereotypes have.

CALL AN OLD WOMAN PRETTY, THANK A VET FOR HIS SERVICE, TAKE A BREAK FROM THE GRILL WHEN THERE'S NO ORDERS AND WALK THE LINE. THE OLDIES TIP SO GOOD.

What percentage of the customers are truckers? How many are hookers?

>>4482609
You sound pretty cool. Have a good day, OP.

>>4482609
that's kinda weird
When I worked in the service industry (cashier, waiter) it was always middle aged people that were the most unpleasant to me.

>>4482613

Lot Lizards, not hookers

>>4482594

WE IN RALEIGH NIGGA


And yeah, Mr. W is fucking fantastic. I'm not religious, but I'd describe him as a blessed person in luck and his kind heart.

I love my regulars so much, there's an obvious bias.

"What's that? Extra waffle/ham on the prep area that wasn't ordered? That goes to Mr. W."

>>4482613

>.05% hookers
>7-10% Truckers.

Favorite trucker's name is Big man. Carries his Ruger Blackhawk everywhere.

>>4482616

Where were you geographically? Might be southern, might just be this town. Also, If you give them a sincere smile, they'll know and reciprocate. It also helps if you don't fuck up diner food. Not saying you did, just saying.

>>4482615

Thanks Guy, Just got up from a nap after working the 1st shift and needed something to do before shopping.

Stay dreamy, /ck/.

You guys never clean your grills. Everything you cook tastes like old bacon grease.

>>4482630

Nope.

Your waffle house never cleans it's grills. I clean my grills at the middle and end of each shift, as does every other shift's cook here. They're meticulously looked after here.

>>4482633
Why does everything taste the same?

>>4482642
you have shit taste

>>4482642

I'm not going to argue about how tasty WH food is. It's diner food, and nothing good.

The good stuff is what some of these pothead teenagers come up with when it's empty.

Also, even though the Pull Drop Mark system sucks for custom orders, just ask for the cook, and tell him what you want.

If you want a burger with ham and cheese on texas toast put in the waffle iron, I'd fucking do it for you because that shit's fun on a boring shift.

>>4482645
Possibly.

>>4482648
You rebel.

>>4482648
hey man can i have a bacon-egg-cheese sandwich on garlic toast

>>4482655

If you were one of maybe 3 customers only at the time, sure!

>>4482658
nice
i wish you worked near me

>>4482663

As soon as I get my degree and go to OCS, I'm quitting, but hey, come on down to Raleigh And I'll make you pancakes with the waffle batter! So fucking good.

We make the batter with half and half.

Not no pussy ass milk or water.

>>4482669
i live in california unfortunately

a degree in what?

>>4482675

CNC Machining.
After OCS I'm going to use my GI bill to take Gunsmithing classes.

>>4482685
I took a career aptitude test in high school and it told me I should become a gunsmith. Your post is the second time I've ever heard the word.

>>4482693

Probably because it's not a superhot super important career! Lol.

>>4482685
nice man. what branch of the military?
i'm enlisting in the navy cause cash rules everything around me

>>4482709

Coast Guard. My father is a coastie and just being on base with him all the time really made me love the USCG and how many nice guys seem to be in the coast guard versus most other branches.

>>4482707
hey, I think it's cool you know what you want to do and are working towards it. Props

>>4482721
yeah, similar reasons for navy choice, seems like one of the least retard murderous branches. i plan to do engineering/nuke in there if it pans out. grampa did nuke and it worked out well

I hope you come back to this board, because I have been waiting all my life to get the answer to this question.

Why is your chicken melt seriously the best fucking chicken sandwich I've ever eaten? I've never found anything like it that satisfies my craving.

>>4483042

I think it's because the only thing we actually need to pay attention to is the chicken. The rest of the foods can just kinda be eyeballed and be good, we have to pretty much inspect the chicken breasts before we put them on a plate.

That and while they're transported to us in vacuum sealed bags from our suppliers and are already marinading in the bag for up to 5 days before we cook and serve.

Next time you go, instead of getting the sandwich, get the Chicken Bacon Cheese Wrap, and add extra bacon with hashbrowns smothered and covered.
Nom nom

>>4483042
chicken melts anywhere are amazing. have you tried the one from Friendlys?

>>4483077
We don't have a friendly's here :(

WHY DON'T YOU HAVE ANY WH'S IN THE SEATTLE AREA?!?!?!? YOU EVIL EVIL BASTARDS!!!!!

Alternately, how do I go about opening a franchise?

recaptcha: workiin strained

I love this thread

do you think Denny's is better?

>>4483846
aww. They have a chicken bbq melt that's good to the point where I don't want to get anything else when I go because I'll be missing out on the melt.

>>4484607

I do. They're both just massive amounts of grease, but at least Denny's pancakes and eggs aren't quite as stomped on.

What's the weirdest order you've ever received?

>>4484382

I have no idea. For both questions, you can contact the WH through their site!

>>4484548

It loves you.

>>4484607
I think that Denny's is shit, but not because I work here. I think it's shit because it tries to pass off mediocre food as sit-down-and-take-your-time food. Denny's is a diner on steroids. Not a sit down restaurant.

>>4484803
Friendly's fucking rocks.

>>4484825
What waffle house have you been to that makes their eggs worse than Denny's? They must have had a shit cook, because eggs are really hard to fuck up the way we cook them.
That being said, Come on down to papa, and I'll make you somma dem nice fluffy eggs. <3

>>4484836
Weirdest order had to have been the guy that wanted 10 orders of tomato slices on the side.

Or the pothead kids that came in requesting a chicken bacon ham cheese wrap that was wrapped in a waffle instead of a tortilla. That was a pain, but ended up being an open faced wrap because reasons. Fun to cook though!

>>4483846
i feel sorry for you, friend. moving away from an area that had a friendly's was a sad, sad day for me.

when i was a kid and still fucking loved ice cream, their selection of sundaes blew my fucking mind.

and the food was always tasty, too.

OP, you're a cool guy. I'm currently in the army, aviation branch, so if you want any questions answered ask away. Nice to see people give a shit about their jobs/people no matter what they're doing.

>>4485777

Awesome! My Great Grandfather was one of the first enlisted in the Army Air Force!

Well, I'd really love to be an armorer but I'm thinking I'm also going to go for Loadmaster on the C-130's/J-Model C-130's like my dad.

>>4485786
Loadmaster is good stuff, we deal with them a bit, mostly for offload/onload (port ops) with our aircraft. You'll work with a lot of branches and meet some interesting people, but won't really fly as much as crew chiefs.

I'd reccomend EOD, to be honest. The one thing I really kick myself for was not signing up for EOD, they get paid a lot while in and get enormous bonuses, basically make their own rules, get promoted quickly and get attached to all sort of stuff.

Armorer isn't bad, but it doesn't guarantee you'll be servicing big guns or even for an infantry unit. Aviation has an armament MOS for apaches and Kiowa warriors, if you'd want to do that, but I have a feeling you'd rather do the ground side/small arms side of things.

>>4482559
>inb4 every stoner on 4chan bugs you about what diet you're on

No questions. Just wanna say I love the hash browns all the way.

>>4485800
Gotta love that wait staff that calls hashbrowns all the way, then bitches when he insists he said all the way hold onions. THAT'S NOT HOW YOU CALL IT NIGGA.

>>4485799
Fruits, vegetables, and water. No soda. No lemonade. Just water. Limit the artificial sugars as much as possible. I don't get the ketosis craze that's been going on. I eat as much as I want of what I eat and work out 4 times a week and keep rather fit.

>>4485793
>Tricking me in to defusing bombs with my waffle irons
>I shiggidy diggity
But seriously, I was hoping to go army and be their gunsmith for their traveling shooting team, but that's a little far fetched. I met a group of SEALs that were getting some boats in the C-130s and were doing some training. Real humble guys. Not an asshole among them.

Tell me about your city ham. Last time I had it it tasted a little...off?

>>4485819

Our country ham is easy to fuck up because a lot of the inexperienced cooks think it's raw. All it needs is a good golden brown, but these guys make it leather.

Also, depending on what shift you ordered it on, it was cooked in different areas of our grills, so you may be tasting bacon, or even hashbrowns.

The worst is when we have 2 or 3 fiesta omelettes in a row. Burned tomato is one of the worst tasting things I've ever had. I mean like. Really really burned tomato.

Protip, if it tastes off, and not like hamsteak you'd buy at walmart, ask for another one. Don't be shy. We'll be happy to help you out. AT LEAST I WILL.

>>4485828
>ask about city ham
>tell me about country ham
?

>>4485815

being diabetic, i can tell you that the ketosis craze is bad for you, and most people get it wrong

bad bad advice

What's with the callout system they use? Is a POS not good enough?

>>4482745
a...are you from texas? I might know you...

>>4485846

Sorry, I skimmed and misread.
Same advice though.

>>4485887
This exactly.

>>4485893
The Pull Drop Mark system we use is faster. That's about it.

It allows us to get the meats pulled and cooking first, drop the number of hashbrowns we need, and then mark the plate. Our grill ops can then go back to the plate and look at the markers made of condiment packets and see what goes where, how it's cooked, and in what order the orders need to be out.

The PDM system is the hardest part of the job. If someone gets it within the week, they will make it, if not, we usually let them go.

>>4485903

THE STARS AT NIGHT

ARE BIG AND BRIGHT

>>4485815
They're good people, (SEALs) if I can speak for the green beret guys the same way. But if it's adventure and different places you want, I'd seriously consider navy. Just a thought.

>>4485919
CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP

DEEP IN THE HEART OF TEXAS

not the guy you replied to btw

do you ever put seaman in the waffles?

>>4485952

No, that'd be cannibalism.

Sometimes we cum in them though.

>>4485910
So you mark the plates...with condiment packets?

>>4485965
Yup.

i still have my old marker reference somewhere around here.

So during my cross country trip with my buddy, one of the only places we ate at was Waffle House.
Every new state, we went to a Waffle House.
Breakfast and dinner was Waffle House.

So my question to you is this: What do you use to get those omelettes so damn fluffy? Is that just a milkshake machine?

Why in your opinion does waffle house have such a bad reputation?

>>4486029

It doesn't, to my knowledge.
It depends on who runs and works at that particular WaHou, and how they train their staff.

>>4486016
It's three things. The milkshake machine, the oil temperature, and never letting the omelette rest. As soon as the omelette goes in to the pan you just start shaking the fuck out of it in a circular pattern. This curls the cooked sides inward and keeps it from kinda... deflating. If you shake it too hard, you can make it really small and dense. So many trainees fail when they flip the omelette to hard and that bitch slaps the vent hood.

how often does this shit happen:
> drop food then serve it anyways
> get prank called
> been told to cover something up
> been asked for battletoads
and whats ur favorite genre of music?

>>4486054
>drop food then serve it anyways
Dude...have you ever BEEN to a WH?!

>>4486057
lol fuck that sheeit
>perkin's master race reporting

>>4486054
None of those things has ever happened where I work. We are as sanitary as possible, and there is a lack of internet savvy kids in the area.

Also, if we dropped food, you'd know it. The grill is about 10 feet away from pretty much all patrons at any given time.

>>4486066
I'm sorry, what was that?

>>4486070
>suckitfatty.jpg
my sides are now sentient beings

>>4486070
>suckitfatty.jpg
>I'm sorry, what was that?

>>4485924
>anyone in the American military
>good people
lol

So...one of my friends who worked for Waffle House got a $0.07 raise for his two years there. Any idea if that's not uncommon?

>>4482534
eeeeeeveryones a college student

>>4486158

b-b-but I graduate next semester.

>>4486154
It's not based off of time. More performance. If you are good, with time, the manager will okay a raise. If your performance is sub par, he can withhold it.

I went from $7.25 to $8.60 my first year because of my performance and getting certain certifications.

>>4486163
Hmm maybe he wasn't telling the whole story then. Also, how the hell do you guys get the hashbrowns so good?

>>4486166
The oil. You always put the oil down first or else you won't get the crust, you'll have soggy hashbrowns. They're just re-hydrated hashbrowns, so the oil and some bacon residue. Haha

Also it's likely he was telling you the whole story that he knew. The managers don't usually let you know you aren't getting a pay raise. lol

>dat chili
God tier, OP.

>>4486182

We make it out of sausage and burger patties. :)

>>4486199
It's still good. I like getting it on scrambled soft, the textures are orgasmic. Now you've got me thinking about WH after my procedure tomorrow...

>>4486206
>Now you've got me thinking about WH after my procedure tomorrow...

I'm assuming it's a gastric bypass surgery

How many of your fellow employees are on illegal drugs.

>>4486212

Illegal drugs that aren't pot? None.

Pot? About half, but no one is allowed to smoke during their shift, and if someone complains because it is too obvious or their service lacks because of it they are reprimanded/terminated.

Is it true that you'll get fired and blacklisted from the entire company if corporate finds out that you've been making pancakes instead of waffles.

>>4486219

No. We do it all the time for stoners on 3rd shift.

Pancakes made out of that wafflebatter is certainly something to behold.

You WILL be fired and blacklisted if you have been caught stealing their waffle batter mix.

>>4482619

Have you been to the one in fuquay?

Why does wafflehouse feel like some got raped and killed there? The food is good though.

>>4486223

Nope.


>>4486242
How do you think we make our cheese steak?
Bates Motel up in this nigga.

>>4486210
>anyone who eats at Waffle House MUST be a fat fuck hurr durr

Today, surprisingly, OP was not...a faggot...

Well done OP, although im not in the states your place sounds awesome, would tip well.

OP, what are the warning signs I should look for that would indicate that the Waffle House I am about to go to is less than superb.

There are two that I know of near me (one of them is up the street) but the name "Waffle House" has become synonymous with "Drug Den That Sells Waffles."

>>4486320

The bad ones have a bit yellow sign out front that says "WAFFLE HOUSE"

>>4486340
Thanks. I'll be on the lookout for those 8-bit waffle house signs.

Would you browse /ck/ while at work if you could?

>>4486041
Yeah, I've only been to one bad WH. Tuscaloosa Alabama, around 2001. Every single table was filthy and piled high with un-bussed dishes, flies were buzzing around, and the people behind the counter were just standing there staring into space, like, "What, us do our jobs?"

Everywhere else has been awesome. Pecan waffles FTMFW.

So, does anyone ever actually use that jukebox?

>>4484803
>I don't want to get anything else when I go because I'll be missing out on the melt.


This is like a curse for me. So many places I go to, I'm too worried about trying something new because I already got a sure bet on a good meal.


I am one of thosespaghetti ordering fagsI feel so much shame

Did OP abandon us?

>>4486386
probably not, I actually enjoy working. /ck/ is just me wanting to be back there.

>>4482609
I wanted to like you. Too bad.

>>4482609
>THANK A VET FOR HIS SERVICE
ugh you disgust me

>>4487784

It's good for business. It doesn't have to be true, it's simply what you say to make people happy. It's no different than telling your your relatives that yes their baby is the prettiest you've ever seen and that your aunt's green bean and cream-of-mushroom casserole really is delicious even though it's awful.

>>4487790
I suppose so. Glad I don't work in retail/with the public.

Sometimes I'm good at it and can even have some fun, but being obsequious all day would kill me.

>>4485676
What is the trick in making the omlettes *fluffy*?

>>4487812
Hire a fluffer.

>>4487784
this makes me sad.

>>4487812

buttermilk, or anything else acidic in the batter.

QUARTER CHEESE PLATE, SCATTERED, SMOTHERED, COVERED!

>>4482517
OP I'm just saying thank you since every Waffle House grill op i've ever known has heated my pecan pie on the grill top for me. Not to mention food service industry bros gotta stick together. Waffle House is like being in a little bit of home when I'm traveling out of the southern states.

>>4486386

I do quite often. Usually second shift since it's mainly prep.

>>4486320
If the city is bad, all the waffle houses are bad.

>>4486340
HUEHUEHUE

>>4486466
>Aballama.
Nope.

>>4486482
Yes, in some stores we have internet connected ones. Pretty much like Spotify but on the wall.

>>4487176
No qtpie. Momma's right here.

>>4487486
was it the political beliefs or me sucking up to old people? :( I still like you.

>>4487790
So much this.

>>4487812
The milkshake machine.

>>4487824
There is nothing in our eggs except eggs.

>>4487829
That'll be about tree fiddy

>>4487857
Trust me, we love our kind regulars, even if we don't know you're regulars! It shows!

>>4488224
OP, What's your favourite item on the menu?
Is there a secret to making fluffy pancakes?
Would you pour syrup on your bacon/eggs/other savoury stuff besides pancakes or waffles?

>>4488234

>Pancakes aren't a regular menu item, we only serve third shift if specifically asked because they take up so much space on the flat top

A lot of people like to check for done-ness or try to speed up cooking by squashing the ever loving shit out of things on the grill. Don't do that to pancakes and they will be fluffy as is. It's just the waffle batter.

My favorite item is probably the Bacon Chicken Cheese wrap with half cheese, Hashbrowns in the ring smothered covered.

I personally don't use syrup, but follow your heart, anon.

>>4482619
Wait, Raleigh? I live like an hour south of there! Granted, we've got a closer WH in Nashville, but this is still amusing.

Captcha: uportsF finally

>>4485919
>>4485950

I knew a girl who was from Texas when I lived in Seattle. She was completely unable to not shout this out at nearly the top of her lungs when she heard "the stars at night" out of anyone. Like she had some kind of OCD condition about it. I used to whisper the first line to her when at the movie theatre and watch her flip a shit trying not to scream it, then scream it anyway, then get thrown out.

For something related to the thread: Grill OP, you sound like a pretty cool guy. What's the worst part about the other people you have to work with there? The only work I ever did in food service was dishwashing and holy fuck did the cooks hate the washers, even when we managed to get ahead of the work.

>>4482517
Whats the batter recipe? Closest Waffle House to me is a 40 minute one way drive which I still do on occasion. I would love to be able to make similar tasting waffles at home.

Also whats the trick to your cheese eggs? I scramble my eggs then toss broken up cheese slices in while cooking and it turns out with the cheese browning.

>>4490910

The worst part is the interoffice relationships. Manager in training dating Unit Trainer, Manager fucking Servicegirl, cooks arrested for fighting other cooks over waitresses.

So, in short, drama.

>>4490943
While I don't know the dry ingredients, the wet ingredients are eggs and half and half.

My guess is just replace the dairy in a basic waffle batter recipe with half and half and you'll have a close enough match.

As for the cheese eggs, we use small (4") cast iron skillets that we coat lightly with canola oil. We cook our scrambled eggs, then when they're half way done, we put two slices of "cheese" in the heating greased cast iron. By the time the eggs are ready to be mixed in to the cast iron skillet, the cheese is melted and the canola oil stops it from burning.

Sorry If I abandon thread, District manager just fired all third shift workers for one of our stores so I've been pulling 18 hour days having only second shift (2pm-8pm) off.

I'm pretty much dead, although I've got today ff so I'll be happy to answer any more questions.

>>4490984
>While I don't know the dry ingredients, the wet ingredients are eggs and half and half.

The dry ingredients are flour, baking powder, sugar, and salt.

>>4491217

We cracked the recipe!

>>4487784
Holy shit I didn't know an edge could cut so deep

>>4491364
Not worshiping the military =/= edgy.

>>4491378
what's wrong with thanking a guy for being sent to a foreign country to kill people he doesn't have anything against

>>4491388
...and being payed to do so by the taxpayer.

>>4491388
>>4491378
>>4491364
>>4491391

Whoa there fellas, let's get back to shitty diner food.

>>4487812
They might do the same thing that IHOP does - add pancake batter to the omelette mix.

>>4491420

Already answered this. It's literally just 2 eggs in a milkshake blender.