if you've worked in a kitchen I'm sure you've heard some slang specific to the industry of cooking for motherfuckers that are either too dumb or too lazy to do it themselves

so... what "industry terms" do you know?

86 - out of an item; to nix something
all day - the number of items or tickets on the board
Canadians - patrons that are unlikely to tip well

6/20/2008 6:44:20 PM

in the weeds

i thought canadians was for black people

that's what people up here say

6/20/2008 6:45:04 PM

yeah it is for black people

6/20/2008 6:46:53 PM

oic

6/20/2008 6:47:51 PM

all I know about kitchen speak comes from Hells Kitchen

so I'd surmise they swear and smoke a lot

6/20/2008 6:50:08 PM

bake off - extra pizza you take home at the end of the night
shift beer - the free booze a server or manager pours you at the end of a long night

there's also all sorts of abbreviation and short-hand

bevnap - beverage napkin
LTO - lettuce, tomato, onion
GBD - golden, brown, delicious


^ TRUE! kitchen staff are foul-mouthed as fuck and frequently are functional alcoholics... though almost always dysfunctional people


[Edited on June 20, 2008 at 6:54 PM. Reason : but most of the kitchen staff at my new job hablo espanol so I need to learn that]

6/20/2008 6:52:38 PM

canadians= BLACK PEOPLE

i've also heard

swamped = busy

prebuss


fuck resturaunts, im so glad im out of the industry

6/20/2008 7:04:24 PM

a clever one I read recently:

out-sauced - the use of a pre-made, purchased sauce

6/20/2008 7:10:31 PM

ahh i still dont understand how 86 originated lol

6/20/2008 7:15:10 PM

# top = # of ppl at a table

6/20/2008 7:24:30 PM

I don't think 86 is kitchen slang, I think it's more general purpose slang.

6/20/2008 7:27:34 PM

pot = bread
rabbit food = house salad
baker = baked potato
bloody = rare
burner (burn) = well done
house = house special for that day
# oz. = that oz. steak
foul = chicken breast
soak (soak something) = fry
drop (drop something) = put whatever that something is on to cook

6/20/2008 7:30:39 PM

At Charlies On Hillsborough:

Steak and Fry, make it cry = add onions.

6/20/2008 7:42:44 PM

on the fly

to the window

I'm so glad I dont work in the kitchen anymore

6/20/2008 8:16:44 PM

I am the manager for drivers at a large catering company in NYC now

so I don't have to cook and we don't have customers in house so fuck 'em

the kitchen also speaks spanish so they're always on time
its my Canadian drivers that are slow

6/20/2008 8:27:30 PM

Quote :

"SCATTERED SMOTHERED COVERED"

Waffle house hash browns FTW!

6/21/2008 12:41:03 AM

Quote :

"86 - out of an item; to nix something"

That and swamped I'd heard LOOOOOOOOONG before I worked at a restaurant. Did they originate in the service industry? I'm guessing no.

6/21/2008 12:54:53 AM

Quote :

"n English, the number 86 used as a verb, to "eighty-six," means to "ignore" or "get rid of". The first recorded usage of this term occurs in the mid-1930s. There are many theories of the origin of this usage, most pertain either to death or to prohibition. One of the explanations pertaining to death is the distance of eighty miles out and six feet under meaning when a person who is to be killed by the mafia is forced to dig his own grave many miles away from civilization; or the possibility of a simple variation of the slang term deep six, which has identical meaning, and is simply meant to describe the approximate depth of water (6 fathoms, 11 meters) needed for a burial at sea. The term came into popular use among soldiers and veterans to describe missing soldiers as 86'd. Rather than describe buddies missing in action, it was slang to describe the MIA as being AWOL, therefore violating UCMJ Sub Chapter X Article 86. The public outdoor observatory of the Empire State Building was on the 86th floor; the site of more than 30 suicides. Another origin related to the Empire State Building is the fact that all the elevators stop at the 86th floor. Hence, everyone had to leave. The building opened in 1931, apparently a few years before the term became popular. Of the explanations pertaining to prohibition, one is a reference to Article 86 of the New York state liquor code which defines the circumstances in which a bar patron should be refused service or "86ed". Others have suggested that this usage originated from the famous Delmonico's Restaurant in New York City, as item number 86 on their menu, their house steak, often ran out during the 19th century. However, there is no recorded usage of this term in the nineteenth century. Yet another explanation is that Chumley's, which was a famous 1900s New York speakeasy, is located at 86 Bedford St. During Prohibition, an entrance through an interior adjoining courtyard was used, as it provided privacy and discretion for customers. As was a New York tradition, the cops were on the payroll of the bar and would give a ring to the bar that they were coming for a raid. The bartender would then give the command "86 everybody!", which meant that everyone should hightail it out the 86 Bedford entrance because the cops were coming in through the courtyard door. Another theory has it that this is rhyming slang for "nix." However, if so, it would be a wholly American origin, and thus would be unusual for rhyming slang.[1] For many baseball fans, the most popular if misplaced reference was born of the 1986 playoff debacle for the Boston Red Sox. Game 6 and (eventually) the World Series slipped through the glove of first baseman Bill Buckner in the bottom of the 9th inning. The Sox didn't recover from the letdown in time for Game 7 and the New York Mets took the '86 crown. With Red Sox fans long considering the team to be cursed from trading Babe Ruth for cash and the 1986 World Series representing the closest shot the team had at winning the World Series in decades, the term '86 took on the meaning of "not happening." For football fans, "to 86" still means "to get rid off," for example, in the Cincinnati Bengals, Chad Johnson wears jersey #85, which, coupled with his desire to leave the team, has led to fans urging the Bengals to '86 85'."

From wikipedia

6/21/2008 12:56:44 AM

is i got to pee one?

[Edited on June 21, 2008 at 12:59 AM. Reason : ROFLKONG?]

6/21/2008 12:58:47 AM

i've orked in kitchens since i was 16, so i never really gave it much thought, but we do have some fucked-up slang. even normal words mean something weird to the food service types, like "on the floor" just means in the dining area. i guess an outsider would find it odd to hear someone say "we need to put this food on the floor before the expo flips her shit."

6/21/2008 12:59:27 AM

walking in = order just getting sent to the kitchen

new day = same as above

Mister = longest item to prepare on a ticket

with wings = on the fly = as quickly as is possible

the term "86" has become most common in the service industry, but the origin is still pretty much unknown.

6/21/2008 3:39:39 AM

a lot of this stuff is not specific at all the food industry

6/21/2008 4:22:34 AM

The last time that I ate at Chili's I said "add guac" when I ordered my food.

The waitress was convinced that "add guac" was only used by Chili's waitstaff and hounded me about which franchise I used to work for during my meal.

When I worked at 42nd St. the cooks would always yell out "dead man walking!" when carrying a lobster from the tank to the pot.

6/21/2008 4:48:05 AM

it's so funny to see yuppies order their first meal at waffle house... "um, hash browns with tomatoes, cheese, onions..." then betty's yelling the shit out in wahospeak, and the yuppies are all scared that their hash browns are going to be fucked up so they confirm their order like 5 times.

6/21/2008 8:39:51 AM

ANSI Device 86 - Lockout Relay

"Shit! The breaker didn't trip! The generator is running backwards! 86 it! 86 it, quick!"

6/21/2008 8:52:39 AM

^lol

6/21/2008 9:06:21 AM

drop - make wings, a reference to dropping the basket into the fryer.

180 - make a drink extra hot, or 180 degrees (this is from the coffee shop)

whip - whipped cream

6/21/2008 9:23:03 AM

lol @ canadian black people

6/21/2008 9:38:10 AM

on the fly - I need that shit now

6/21/2008 9:47:01 AM

canadians is for black people hahaha at least that is how it was used where i worked. so PC.

and you took mine ^

although i don't think on the fly meant anything to our kitchen folk really

6/21/2008 4:30:51 PM