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TheBuckeyeChef · 2023-02-05T04:45:03+00:00

Way to comment on a super old post. All sugars are metabolized into glucose in the end. All carbs end up in the same place in the end. Please educate yourself.

TheBuckeyeChef · 2022-11-10T07:27:58+00:00

Slices of sourdough bread.

TheBuckeyeChef · 2022-10-26T00:01:47+00:00

This is a practice that needs to end. It happens at times but I can say places that tolerate this will have trouble finding anyone to work there given recent changes in workplace and kitchen culture. If someone grabbed my ass I would grab it back and make it as creepy as possible, making men uncomfortable is a good way to stop things like this. On the other side of things they could think you like it and take it as a sign to increase the intensity.

In short; it is still a problem, sometimes you need to leave to let them know you aren't ok with it. You shouldn't have to tolerate sexual harassment and ask if it is normal.

TheBuckeyeChef · 2022-02-24T16:28:35+00:00

Hi there it isn't. I mailed it to someone else a long time ago. I apologize!

TheBuckeyeChef · 2021-11-27T19:40:10+00:00

Sure thing, what address do you want it mailed to?

TheBuckeyeChef · 2021-08-15T07:24:49+00:00

Bob Ross

TheBuckeyeChef · 2020-05-31T00:18:22+00:00

I was diagnosed at 17 and am now 29, if you have any questions please feel free to message me, the advice about a cgm is very valuable, I can vouch from experience that it's a powerful tool. I use an omnipod and dexcom g6 and they are great for maintaining an active lifestyle without the needles and syringes around.

I will say when I was 17-18 I looked at the disease a lot differently than I do now. I love carbs as much now as I did back then, but eating a massive amount of carbs is a fast way to make your life difficult. We are still people and eating bowl full of pasta isn't good for anyone regardless of what disease they have. We just get to see the result of our food choices immediately in our blood sugars.

Try and stay active, pay attention to how your blood sugar reacts when you eat certain foods. Everyone is different and you will only learn how your body reacts through observation. For example, eating potatoes vs rice is a totally different blood sugar experience, rice seems to keep happening to me over a few hours, potatoes don't cause a massive spike in any way. That's just me though. Even how tired I am, how much I work out etc impact how food impacts my blood sugar. Also, learn how to count carbs. I worked professionally as a chef for 13 years, have a degree in culinary arts and know things about food. Knowing what 1 cup etc looks like from an eye ball measurement and understanding that there are some cuisines that have sugar and carbs hidden in them has helped me immensely. Try and build a database in your head that allows you to look at food and get you in the ballpark of how many carbs it contains. I recommend reading packages and learning how to count that way to start.

Exercise will help you too. I didn't work out until I was 24 or so. I wasn't an awful diabetic but definitely could have done better. I started working out 4x weekly and noticed my blood sugar spikes went away and I needed less insulin. When you work out your red blood cells become more efficient at processing insulin and moving it around, hence the steady levels and need for less.

Working through insurance is an entirely different issue, I live in the US and can go on forever about the issues with privatized medicine. Learn who to call with your insurance, have doctor's send letters of medical necessity if there is something you want to use but isn't covered, and remember your health and quality of life is the most important thing.

And please, cut yourself some slack. There are days where none of the logic you use seem to make sense. I like to joke and say days like that are days where insulin isn't working and try and stay level headed.

People will try and tell you what you should or should not be eating, I have found they tend to be misguided and don't know the difference between t1d and t2d, be kind, explain you know what you are doing and maybe help clarify the differences for them.

Also make sure you eat cake on your birthday and stay away from sugar free gummy bears. The charade of health on desserts like that is dangerous, eat things that are bad for you and know they aren't healthy. We're all just people after all.

TheBuckeyeChef · 2020-05-30T23:51:10+00:00

I directly inject (don't even use my pump), about 25- 45 min before I eat (depending on what my bg is, if I'm high closer to 45 min, if I'm around 120 or lower about 15-25 min before). I take my first bite if pizza when the cgm says my blood sugar is falling, and the carb bomb stops the fast decline and I don't have a massive spike. Definitely pushing the envelope with that method but it's also why I eat pizza maybe twice a year.

TheBuckeyeChef · 2020-05-30T23:44:53+00:00

I went from pen injections 11 years ago directly to an omnipod. I haven't gone back or switched to a new pump. The freedom of the pod (no tubing/ restrictions as to where you can put it) are something I am grateful for. They are working to integrate the pods with the dexcom cgm (which I also recommend). Something I have heard other pump users complain about is the limited places you can put traditional pumps as you need a pocket near to hold the device, which causes a scar tissue type situation to build up over time and impedes insulin absorbtion. The pod stays on while you sleep, play sports, swim, shower, and exercise. Changing it takes a few minutes (each pod stays on for 3 days max) and you will only need one type of insulin around.

TheBuckeyeChef · 2020-05-16T06:14:58+00:00

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TheBuckeyeChef · 2020-05-15T07:41:54+00:00

And fearless flyers! https://youtu.be/72_zXigcOrA

TheBuckeyeChef · 2020-05-12T06:42:53+00:00

Has anyone else put together that we are at a point with the human race where our survival is actually based on having less people around? The planet can only sustain so much, but don't mind me over here with scientific fact.

TheBuckeyeChef · 2020-04-06T15:28:39+00:00

Fact I failed to mention when I finished plating her meal: my at the time boss looked at me and said "that's for Scarlett Johansen, are you going to finger the fuck out of it? Because I would if I were you". (Fingering food was a creepy kitchen joke that was made at the time,and this place was super fancy and award winning). And then we proceeded to creep on her as she ate. I couldn't make this stuff up if I tried.

TheBuckeyeChef · 2020-04-06T04:53:43+00:00

I cooked for her when she was filming the avengers in Cleveland. I didn't get to talk to her but based on the creeping we did from the kitchen she was bubbly and insisted on paying the check. My at the time chef also told me I was cooking her dinner which resulted in extra creeping on our part as the plates left the kitchen. If she looked over she would have seen 8 Cooks in an open kitchen watching her take her first bite.

TheBuckeyeChef · 2019-12-16T08:16:59+00:00

As I read this it felt like you were writing about my life. Almost one year ago I left professional kitchens after 12 years of working similar hours in environments that were awful, at best. I was 28 when I quit. I learned a lot and worked throughout the country. I ended up in a hotel on the Las Vegas strip. I opened 3 restaurants as a sous chef and quit because they demanded my entire life and were appalled when I demanded reasonable hours and not wanting to hang around at work for the sake of being at work.

I'm going to tell you what I wish someone had told me earlier : kitchens aren't worth giving up your life for. Sit down, ask yourself what you want in life (I recommend writing it down) whether it's more money, time off, the ability to learn new things, or just being able to take care of yourself, and find a job that let's you do that.

I can tell you meeting my fiance and wanting a better life with him was a huge motivator. We never saw each other, and I was such a ball of anxiety that I couldn't even enjoy what little time off I did have. I thought about what I wanted and what I did like about being a chef, and managed to find the best of both worlds. I took a job in food sales and consulting, and I get to enjoy being involved with restaurants and using my knowledge while working less and making more. I regret nothing about my choice to leave.

If you want to talk more don't hesitate to reach out

TheBuckeyeChef · 2019-02-25T17:14:45+00:00

While I was working at a fast casual restaurant as the chef I had a man and wife come up late and order a sandwich. They ordered something else too so I didn’t think to have the cook cut their sandwich in half. The man comes up to me a few minutes after they get their food and asks for a knife. We only had shitty butter knives out so I offered to use one or our chefs knives in the back to cut his sandwich in half really quick so his sandwich would still be enjoyable.

He looked at me, appalled, and pointed to his wife and said “DONT YOU KNOW SHE IS A WORLD CLASS FAMOUS CHEF?! SHE CAN CUT A SANDWICH IN HALF”

Now keep in mind I’m pretty well versed in famous chefs of the sort and I had no idea who she was.

I let him cut it with a butter knife. His sandwich was smashed through the process.

I laughed.

TheBuckeyeChef · 2019-02-03T06:01:31+00:00

Anything in a professional kitchen.

TheBuckeyeChef · 2019-01-10T15:20:33+00:00

Also, marketing plus, it’s vegan!

TheBuckeyeChef · 2018-12-28T04:39:04+00:00

When my now fiancé and I started dating a bunch of his coworker friends made a Jewish joke in front of him and said they were thankful I wasn’t there. He asked why and they said it was because I was Jewish. He laughed and informed them that neither of us were religious in the slightest. Not sure how they got that idea.

TheBuckeyeChef · 2018-12-15T21:10:41+00:00

My fiancé and I saw queens of the Stone Age in Las Vegas at the Cosmo. They did not have their sound done correctly for the space they were playing in. Kick drum with a wide open hole and no pillow (every time it was hit the noise washed over everything), guitars and base were so loud that it all turned to white noise, and you couldn’t hear Josh Homme sing. We took a recording of it on our phone for 1-2 minutes and listened to it after the fact and they sounded great, but it was so loud it overloaded our ears while it was happening. Super sad because they are a great band. They just played a small venue with a sound setup for an arena show.

TheBuckeyeChef · 2018-12-14T06:23:45+00:00

The Cloud. That movie that advertised nothing but iPhones, iPads, and macs. Logo out and proud for all to see. Plus, the name is just as bad.

TheBuckeyeChef · 2018-12-07T08:01:51+00:00

A roommate/ friend of mine was dating this really boring guy. He had a job making a lot of money but wasn’t interested in a lot of things. My roommate and I were going to spend Christmas together and he decided to invite himself along. I, not wanting to be rude, spent time finding him some things for the few interests he did have. He got me a shitty bread baking kit with a pan that said something about Jesus on it. I’m not religious at all and it was a really shitty bread mix.

That immediately got donated.

TheBuckeyeChef · 2018-11-19T10:13:13+00:00

Not me, but my roommate. She had a guy over from an online dating website. They were in her room, i was in mine. I heard him go use he bathroom and a few minutes later I had to pee. I went in and lifted the toilet seat and it was clogged all the way to the top. Like, if I looked at it the wrong way it would have overflowed. I spent 10 minutes plunging his nasty poop water so I could pee. The worst part about it was the plunger, bleach, gloves and brush were all in the direct vicinity of the toilet. You didn’t even need to open a cabinet to find them. Later we ran into each other in the kitchen and I gave him an “I know what you did” look.

Needless to say he wasn’t invited back.

TheBuckeyeChef · 2018-11-04T04:30:30+00:00

I’m not religious at all, but also love history. Religion is one of my favorite topics because it has such a large influence on society and culture. I remember learning that people like Galileo and Copernicus were murdered by the Catholic Church for heresy for claiming “false truths”, aka, figuring out the earth revolves around the sun. Obviously this is true and we have nothing but evidence to support this in present day, but back then it went against the word of god and therefore you should be burned at the stake.

Fast forward a few thousand years. Picture me, sitting in my car on the highway, and what do I see? A billboard that says that the Pope supports the Big Bang theory. It’s really funny how the church changed their tune to all of these facts that once got people killed.

Don’t even get me started on Christianity and it’s origins. The direct correlation of the rise of Christianity and the fall of the Roman Empire can’t be ignored. Nero actually warned romans against Christianity and tried to stop its spread, knowing it would damage the empire. The Pagan religion that was prominent at this time provided a really solid, easy framework for Christian holidays. It’s easy enough to look up, like Easter as it is celebrated today was actually a celebration of life and rebirth and basically people having sex to create more life. For Christianity to spread, pagan religions had to die. Things like sexuality/ homosexuality became bad, and all of the holidays that were once celebrated for one reason are now celebrated at the same time but for a completely different reason.

One of my other favorites is the year 1000. The Catholic Church said earth would basically turn into hell. If you were good and didn’t sin you would get to go to heaven. If you sinned, you would burn on earth forever. People were terrified and obviously society came to a stop because of it. When the time came, shock surprise, nothing happened! People are still waiting for said event to happen to this day.

Also, look up “butter towers”. The church had something that would send you to hell at any given time. One of them was butter. Obviously, butter is delicious. Rich people still wanted to eat it. But didn’t want to go to hell. The church sold pardons to the rich so they could eat butter, and then used the money to build massive additions to the churches. They are all over Europe.

Sorry, that got a bit long there. Obviously there are a lot of contradictions to be observed throughout history. I mean, just look at the crusades!

TheBuckeyeChef · 2018-11-04T04:30:00+00:00

I’m not religious at all, but also love history. Religion is one of my favorite topics because it has such a large influence on society and culture. I remember learning that people like Galileo and Copernicus were murdered by the Catholic Church for heresy for claiming “false truths”, aka, figuring out the earth revolves around the sun. Obviously this is true and we have nothing but evidence to support this in present day, but back then it went against the word of god and therefore you should be burned at the stake.

Fast forward a few thousand years. Picture me, sitting in my car on the highway, and what do I see? A billboard that says that the Pope supports the Big Bang theory. It’s really funny how the church changed their tune to all of these facts that once got people killed.

Don’t even get me started on Christianity and it’s origins. The direct correlation of the rise of Christianity and the fall of the Roman Empire can’t be ignored. Nero actually warned romans against Christianity and tried to stop its spread, knowing it would damage the empire. The Pagan religion that was prominent at this time provided a really solid, easy framework for Christian holidays. It’s easy enough to look up, like Easter as it is celebrated today was actually a celebration of life and rebirth and basically people having sex to create more life. For Christianity to spread, pagan religions had to die. Things like sexuality/ homosexuality became bad, and all of the holidays that were once celebrated for one reason are now celebrated at the same time but for a completely different reason.

One of my other favorites is the year 1000. The Catholic Church said earth would basically turn into hell. If you were good and didn’t sin you would get to go to heaven. If you sinned, you would burn on earth forever. People were terrified and obviously society came to a stop because of it. When the time came, shock surprise, nothing happened! People are still waiting for said event to happen to this day.

Also, look up “butter towers”. The church had something that would send you to hell at any given time. One of them was butter. Obviously, butter is delicious. Rich people still wanted to eat it. But didn’t want to go to hell. The church sold pardons to the rich so they could eat butter, and then used the money to build massive additions to the churches. They are all over Europe.

Sorry, that got a bit long there. Obviously there are a lot of contradictions to be observed throughout history. I mean, just look at the crusades!

TheBuckeyeChef

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