Just realized how much our mise en place has changed since my first kitchen job.

Back then, we used to keep everything in metal hotel pans on a speed rack. Now my station is all deli containers and squeeze bottles. It's cleaner, but I miss the clatter of those pans. Anyone else feel like the kitchen got quieter?

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graydavis21d ago

Man, the switch to plastic killed that classic kitchen racket for sure.

the_lucas21d ago

The old dish pit at The Harbor Inn had this huge, chipped ceramic sink. You could hear a single spoon hit it from across the whole restaurant... a real deep clang. They replaced it with a stainless steel one in 2005 and the whole sound of closing changed.

karen_roberts416d agoTop Commenter

That Harbor Inn sink was a nightmare for my ears, but @graydavis has a point about plastic.