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Showerthought: a line cook in Nashville said 'your mise is a habit, not a prep list' and it flipped how I set up my station
He meant I was prepping for the ticket I expected instead of the one that showed up, so now I salt and oil my pans before service even starts and my timing on Friday nights has never been tighter. What's the one station habit that took you way too long to build?
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evan1511d ago
Ten years in and I still catch myself stacking six tickets worth of garnish bowls at 4:45 like the dinner rush is gonna politely follow my plan. That mise line hits hard because it's really about ego, you prep for the night you want, not the night you get. My worst habit was wiping down my board after every single ticket, sounds harmless but on a packed Saturday it put me two tickets behind all night. Switched to a quick scrape and a full wipe only when I actually switch proteins, and my times dropped. Sarcasm aside, the salt and oil thing is stupid simple and somehow nobody teaches it.
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