How you know a cook doesn't cook ...
So I was out of town on a work trip a few weeks ago, and luckily there was a little cafe that sold hot breakfast in the morning. Awesome, I thought. So I order poached eggs and toast, and the kid says "we don't have poached eggs here."
It took a bit of effort to not tell him that poached eggs was just eggs and water, and that surely they had both (I hadn't had coffee yet, I'm really not that rude to well-intended food service staff!!).
WE DON'T HAVE POACHED EGGS = we don't actually know how to cook!
Yes, there was a very long time when I had no clue how to poach eggs, so I'm not asserting there's something wrong with anyone who doesn't.
Anything specific that tips you off that the folks behind the line are just hired and showed how to make the menu vs. actually able to cook?
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