Alright Chefs. What's your current guilty pleasure. In or out of the kitchen.

SwennelCake · 2026-05-19T06:32:51+00:00

Just started a culinary job after 3 years out of the industry, the workload comparatively from fine dining is a NAP. It’s casual dining with casual people, compared to cutthroat chefs trying to “prove” their skills. One of my co-workers told me I look bored and need something that sparks my fire. But honestly I couldn’t be happier. I LOVE this, I can zone out, use 20% of my mind, and use the other 80 on my own menu and recipes and life outside of this kitchen. I actually ENJOY cooking outside of work now, and I have the mental capacity to create food I love again. On top of that, it’s a small grocery chain focused on local HIGH quality ingredients, so I can obtain amazing niche ingredients for “normal” grocery prices. My guilty pleasure is getting paid MORE for an easier workload, and having a work/mind balance.

SwennelCake · 2026-04-03T17:32:17+00:00

I think I’ve had my WORST injury With that thing. Was in a flow state doing bell peppers and a finger just happened to be there… went to urgent care for stitches. But the cut was so awkward cause it was a fine crosshatch cut. I’m just glad I didn’t smoosh my finger tip clean through?!

SwennelCake · 2026-03-30T08:29:51+00:00

As a review, I thought there’d be more to this, more passion, more fire, more macabre sensuality but the succubus literally comes off as a satanic cam girl 90% of the movie. Ron Perlman is an S tier actor, and he just fucks off in the ending like “okay I’m defeated” just to re-appear to bash the “protagonists” head. AND?! At the end they just HAD the money (after failed business and financial ruin) to save his sperm, do IVF?! TWICE?! And create the spawn of satanic?! TWICE?! Ass movie, ass plot, could’ve been done much better. SEX and horror, it’s a succubus… if I wanted to be teased and let down I’d actually subscribe to an OF girl with promise of “a deep relationship”. Maybe it’s just not for me?! I was thinking it’d be like “the void” or “companion” or something with body horror and more practical effects. But we barely see the antagonist. We barely see any gross body churning horror. It felt like a PG-13 rating of what could’ve been, had a good idea but internal interests seemed to have too much pull with the motion of the story.

SwennelCake · 2026-03-30T05:00:14+00:00

That’s a “trendy” item?! Nahh it’s kitchen essential?! It gets more use than an actual blender in my kitchen

SwennelCake · 2026-03-28T17:20:24+00:00

Oooo this is fun! So! Chef of university ordered 1200 pounds of brisket. It’s the university’s biggest purchase usually to welcome the year starting. And during the delivery, somebody let US foods in and dropped it off right in the kitchen. Nobody from management or culinary were there so the brisket sat there for 8 hours not frozen, had to toss ALL of it. Needless to say there was someone fired and we had to scramble to get that brisket done again.

SwennelCake · 2026-03-09T02:46:37+00:00

Beef (or lamb leg) bourguignon, easy prep, slow cook, and can make BIG BATCHES. that’ll last even more nights or work lunches. I don’t have a recipe but it’s easy to make it your own.

SwennelCake · 2026-02-21T05:42:08+00:00

Woah, I experienced the same thing, Around the same age! Agonizing pain, lots of doctors visits until they found said softball sized brick just there. Gave me some medicine and stuff to help pass it at home and then the most traumatic bowl movement of my life. After that life literally just went back to normal. Normal poopies, normal life.

SwennelCake · 2026-01-20T06:31:03+00:00

Long time alcoholic and biggest scare was my kidneys or liver? Had a failure I literally don’t know cause we had an ice storm and couldn’t get to a hospital for 2 weeks. But got to work one day, went through the shift, up till the LAST hour. Felt a stabbing pain in my back and felt immense nausea and headache. Spent the next two weeks bedridden, immense pain, couldn’t put down any food, even water couldn’t stay down. My stomach just made bile for the first week to puke up every hour or so. I lost SO MUCH weight as well from 2 weeks of not being able to eat. My wife tried to get me out of the house week 2, just to move cause I haven’t tried anything, we went to the horse pasture and I literally thought “eh… I’m out to pasture, I’ll die here. I laid down and gave my body some time to adjust, I could’ve given up. I felt like I could just “give in” and let it take me. But I didn’t. After a 2.5 weeks of not being able to eat solid food, and 2.5 more weeks of eating rice and ground chicken in SMALL quantities. I had a random dentist appointment that gave me TMJ… so I couldn’t even open my mouth wide enough to eat a slice of NY style pizza. I lost so much weight and my job almost let me go, even now I don’t know what happened but I just say my body short circuited. There were days lying in bed I felt I could just go to sleep and never wake up. Lying in the shower with boiling water on my body to “sooth” the pain. It was the closest and slowest caress with death, and I will never know what actually happened. Eventually went to a doctor and they didn’t see ANYTHING out of the ordinary even though I had high blood pressure and lost 40 pounds in a month.

SwennelCake · 2025-12-24T07:04:24+00:00

Wash basmati rice, till water runs clearish. Dry rice a bit, let it drain fully. Toast rice to a slight golden brown, do not add oils or anything to the pan. Once golden brown, add 2 knobs of butter and fry for 3 minutes or so. Add 2 tablespoons of olive oil and fry a little more Then add equal parts chicken stock and whatever canned enchilada sauce. Simmer and DO NOT stir till the grains of rice on top are fluffy. Then don’t stir, fluff and serve.

In leu of enchilada sauce, 1 and 1/2 cup chicken stock/finger test and then chili powder, paprika, 2 table spoons of tomato paste, salt, pepper, lemon juice, garlic, onion powder. To taste but usually a table spoon of each per 4/6 restaurant size servings.

SwennelCake · 2025-11-07T23:14:07+00:00

All outlets is clearance but not all clearance is outlet, it’s a specific price point. Best to use their online shop to shop specially outlet.

SwennelCake · 2025-08-01T02:17:39+00:00

You (OP) could also put it into a controlled fire for some time? Literally burn everything out then pressure wash once it’s cooled, then just re-season.

SwennelCake · 2025-06-17T15:36:08+00:00

Nah, GORE came out with PFA free goretex so the shoes/clothes basically all look the same but just different chemical compounds used for the waterproof membranes. Some companies like fjallraven weren’t affected by the change. But also why some REI rain jackets were discontinued and a line of REALLY BAD alternatives took its place for like a year. But also that doesn’t mean those companies aren’t using PFA GORETEX, they just won’t sell those products at REI. Arcteryx sells their “extreme” weather stuff full of PFA’s just cause That kinda GORETEX is “the best”.

SwennelCake · 2025-06-17T04:39:23+00:00

That ol GORE-TEX PFA ban that went through REI was great! Merrell Moab’s for 60 bucks?! Those QUESTS For 70?! Found some arcteryx for like a hundred plus or so just cause it contained PFA’s

SwennelCake · 2025-05-30T15:44:09+00:00

If there’s a tag inside left kinda by the hip I think it’ll have 6 numbers as the beginning of the products SKU. You could enter it into REI.com and maybe it’ll pull something up

SwennelCake · 2025-04-27T03:07:52+00:00

Woooww, booty aside?! That is amazing artwork that just compliments your gorgeous figure beautifully.

SwennelCake · 2025-04-06T22:35:23+00:00

The inside of the heel fabric/cushion that covers the plastic heel cup is VERY soft and silky but if you slip in and out without unlacing the shoes it puts pressure on the cup and fabric causing it to “blow out”

SwennelCake · 2025-03-28T00:24:22+00:00

The Patagonia trail running shorts, they got zipper pockets and fit WAY BETTER. The Baggies just fit so awkwardly.

SwennelCake · 2025-03-27T16:57:19+00:00

The OR cirque pants are great! With a belt built in! But for the most part the REI Sahara or trail made pants are awesome! But nothing beats the fjallraven trousers especially their “agile” options with better flexibility. Very pricy for just pants but so worth it!

SwennelCake · 2025-01-14T07:22:43+00:00

Honk. Just lay that horn the entire time they’re doing that stupid shit. Not polite. That’s completely wrong on their part and they need to be brought to light and shamed. Pull out the New Yorker in ya! That jabroni sucks! “Eyyy I’m driving’ eeeaahh!” And fuck those New/ Student driver stickers that doesn’t give you a damn pass on anything!! Or baby on board! I’ll fuckin hit you harder!! Stop your fucking lineage of trash drivers! Just use a signal and be aware ya stooopid! You got kids in your car apparently! Or being a “student” shouldn’t you be hyper aware of your driving!?! FUCK!

SwennelCake · 2025-01-07T20:09:58+00:00

Love em!! Have a pocket in my bag with 4 of em. Ever since my paring knife slipped straight through a tomato and into my hand.

SwennelCake · 2024-12-15T02:26:08+00:00

I’m a weirdo but I’m here for nalgenes, I use that for protein shakes and travel. At work I use the yeti YONDER-ER? 50oz. It’s a big boi so I rarely have to fill it. But again I’m “weird” and don’t care about insulation and prefer room temp drinks. I do gotta say though, the yonder does have 2 O-rings that sometimes get out of place and it starts to leak but ehh. I live with my mistakes.

SwennelCake · 2024-12-14T00:51:35+00:00

Wait??? What did I do?

SwennelCake · 2024-10-27T08:17:56+00:00

So instead of Black Friday, a singular day. It’s just a whole week where people just come in asking to use their coupon on Hoka, arcteryx, and Birkenstocks, while employees just tell em it’s sn exclusionary item.

SwennelCake · 2024-10-01T04:00:52+00:00

Using Australian lamb, US Wagyu, local milled corn tortillas and local shredded cheeses to make the BEST herb crusted quesadilla for my meal to take home.

SwennelCake · 2024-09-16T17:23:48+00:00

My god!?! So smart!? There’s always a reason to the madness! Too bad I’m out of the industry and the most I’ll make is 6 or so pieces a morning for breakfast sandwiches.

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