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[crookcook]

I am still fairly new to cheftalk so I thought I should just say HI!!and thanks for the fun and ispiration. My life of cooking is pretty boring..I am a chef who works at a correctional facility. needless to say it isn't very challenging.

 

[papa]

Dear CrookCook:

Welcome to the Chef Talk Cafe!

Your position sounds extremely challenging! Do you work at a large facility? How many meals daily?

I am looking forward to your posts.

Best regards,

 

[cape chef]

Hi Crookcook,

Nice to have you with us
cc

 

[isa]

Welcome to Chef Talk Crookcook!


Nice to meet you.

 

[linda smith]

Hello Crookcook

Great Handle.

Your job is very important....you are feeding some of my clients!!

We would love to hear about your job. Fill us in.

Cheers

Linda

 

[wildcat chef]

Just a note to welcome you. We are practically neighbors! Where in Iowa are you from? What type of a facility do you work in?

Rick

 

[marzoli]

Hi Crookcook! I'll bet some of my students would be interested in hearing about your job.

 

[kimmie]

Just a warm welcome, Crookcook!

Au contraire, your job seems pretty challenging to me. Please fill us in. I would like to know more about menus for inmates...



:chef:

 

[daveb]

Welcome Crookcook. I spent most of 1991 through 1995 working on the programming and installation of a commissary and cashier system for the NYC Jails, so I have a feel for your environment. From a foodie standpoint, my stongest memory is the Bronx House of Correction where the cook seemed to make curry for lunch EVERY DAY! The whole place reeked of curry!

 

[relic]

Hello and welcome!!!!
I have some great recipes for cakes with files that I'd be happy to share.

enjoy!

relic

 

[momoreg]

Welcome, crookcook.

I hope to read more about what you do.

 

[isa]

Reminds me of Lucky Luke & the Daltons.

 

[pollyg]

Hi there crookcook, tell us about jail food. It's not something you hear about often. Do you do all the coking or do inmates help?

 

[olive branch]

Please please please don't make curry every day - some of us cannot abide turmeric, it smells like my grandmother's attic, and I'm sure it would drive me to violence!! This would never be a good thing in a correctional facility! I blend my own spices for curry, but I bet you can't afford that. How much does it cost to feed a prisoner per day?

Love~ Debbie

 

[jim berman]

CrookCook,

Welcome aboard. The "Corporate Chef Inc" forum might be of interest to you, given your area of expertise.

Welcome!

 

[panini]

Hi Crookcook,
I spent most of 1991 through 1995... oh never mind.
Hey, is it true that they cook most of the food with Salt P.?

 

[crookcook]

I work in a halfway house type setting and we do all the cooking, as opposed to the prisons where the inmates do it all. It averages 4.08 a day to feed a resident. They eat typical caferteria food. Like today they had fish sanwiches for lunch and pizza for dinner. It is easy work and the pay and benefits are excellent. I do miss restaurant and hotel work though.

 

[glutz]

Good to have you on board CROOKCOOK,

any tales that entertain the mind as
good food entertains the palate and belly ?