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Why Are Pepper Grinders A Thing In Restaurants? (lemm.ee)
submitted 1 year ago by ScrollinMyDayAway@lemm.ee to c/food@beehaw.org
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Let's say I decide to go to a nice restaurant for a meal. The dish comes out, and I ask for a salt shaker before I even taste it (I never have, btw). That is normally considered an insult to the chef or you are pegged as a neanderthal diner.

Why, then, is it normal for a waiter to offer you grinds of pepper all over your plate before you have even had your first bite?

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[โ€“] ComradeBunnie@aussie.zone 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Doesn't matter what level of culinary experience you are partaking in, the kitchen is probably partaking in something.

To the point where it's actually a huge issue and there are organisations to deal with the drug abuse and depression experienced by chefs and other hospitality workers.

My employment is in tandem to the hospitality industry and we sponsor some of these charities, among others.

[โ€“] liv@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I guess that's not surprising, based on the people I used to know in hospitality. One person who was a chef changed field and retrained after one too many hostile workplaces.

That charity sounds good.