Took me 8 months to figure out I was slicing onions the wrong way

I always sliced root to tip and wondered why my eyes watered so bad. Then a line cook at a diner in Omaha showed me to leave the root intact and slice parallel to it, now I barely tear up at all. Has anyone else had a kitchen habit they just never questioned?

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west.richard27d ago

Holy cow, Omaha has a diner with line cooks?

henryp4027d ago

lmao west.richard acting like we're still out here hunting bison with spears. we got line cooks, they just spend most of their shift arguing about who has to clean the flat top. that place on Farnam is legit tho, saw a guy flip an egg one handed while yelling at the expo about burnt toast. real artistry happening between the grease splatters.

the_linda27d ago

Oh man, I almost choked on my coffee reading this. @west.richard, you're making us Omaha folks sound like we cook over campfires in the parking lot. I swear we have real line cooks, they just might be hiding behind the fry station when you walk in. We even have a place that seasons their eggs with something other than despair and old grease. Have you been to that spot on Farnam that actually grills the buns?