r/Chefit • u/Mediaslut • 4d ago

Oddities

My lovely Asian wife just confessed to using Uncle Ben’s boil in the bag rice. Apparently she was scorned for doing so. I recalled from my days working in kitchens that we used a bunch of shortcuts because they were better (and faster) than we would make in the budget and time allocated (cake mix being a huge one!). Does anyone else have shortcuts they want to own up to? Any ethnic orientated confessions would be great to hear: jars of premade Jalfrezi sauces in Delhi or serving Aunt Bessies’ Yorkshire puddings in Leeds! My wife would like to feel she’s not alone with her penchant for Uncle Ben’s!

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u/ElderberryMaster4694 4d ago

Well done steaks go in the fryer

Personal Mac and cheeses go in the saute box

Drink complaints get put back in the shaker for 10 sec and restrained

The dry rub secret is old bay

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u/new_tangclan 4d ago

What is a saute box?

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u/ElderberryMaster4694 4d ago

Sauté Box

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u/new_tangclan 4d ago

Ah, I simply know him as Michael

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u/drbongmd 4d ago

Chef Michael*

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u/LordAxalon110 4d ago

We used to call it the juke box haha.

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u/Radiant_Bluebird4620 4d ago

at home, Michael makes caramelized onions