Their were 15 Filet Mignon on the grill at one point tonight.
7 Mid Rare- 2 of those for service.
5 medium
2 Mid Well
1 Well Done,
and then I had to mark off & grill 5 wahoo steaks.
So needless to say there was a lot going on on the grill at once. I haven’t seen a grill this loaded in a long time.
The key to making this happen was resting the steaks as they reached a certain temperature god willing.
I marked the 6 fattest cuts off as mid rares. Cooked them until they were rare and got em off and let em rest.
Then marked the mediums.
The mid wells were the smallest filet cuts and the well done was lasoed with butcher string. As all of this was going down, there weren’t too many tickets for service at all really; maybe 3 or 4. But not much in the way of extra weight as the big party was going out.
I spread 13 plates over the stainless steel table perpindicular to the line. And slammed each plate with mashed potato,
then the filet, then the lobster medallion, ring of Demi, and bernaise on top.
Everything went out well. Midrare, then mediums followed by the midwell and well done steaks.
There is order in chaos in a kitchen that’s well organized.
The waiter who waited on the party told me that for the most part the temps for the steaks were spot on but that a few were off and that they must have gotten mixed up.
The blow torch that Chef Ken just bought flailed. He was having a hell of a time burning the sugar on top of the creme brule.
Ken made it work!
The party tipped the kitchen which is kick Arse!
Back at work at 2 tomorrow!
Spirituality involves any action that brings one bliss.
If I’m doing something that is making me happy while improving wellness in me and others than to me that is spiritual. Playing tennis for example is so enjoyable that it makes me feel like a kid. It also is a great work out which is great in so many ways I just like to use words like wholeness and like above wellness. Whatever that may be for you.
I will say that excersise increases saratonin levels.
So you don’t have to take anti depressants if you excersise regularly- yea if it were only that easy- well
maby it is.
I think diet, excersise, and sex stay inside of the circle of spirituality. Health and healing are spirituality.
Going out and hitting a ball or going for a swim or whatever you may do is really in a way a time to become aware of yourself energetically mentally and physically.
And were not at yoga class are we ?
I just want to make the point that sports, diet, and other actvities don’t have to fall into another category outside of oneness.
Sports for me and the excersise that comes with it isn’t much different than say my meditation practice or what I like to describe as an energy alignment practice I do when laying down before bed. Both of them get me to engage my whole self at once into a focused activity. Which helps me in other ways outside of these practices.
Tennis helps my work perfomance. My agility my thinking quickly and executing physical actions that can be tough.
So much of what we do each day, simple activities allow for us to integrate wellness from our being into our relative daily lives. I’m a cook in a fine dining restaurant.
There was a time when I thought I would never step foot inside of a commercial kitchen ever again in my life.
I do think there is such a thing as transformation. Otherwise I wouldn’t be enjoying myself
as much as I am presently while cooking professionally.
Cooking was never the problem; it was me and my inability to work with others in high stress environments.
Now I settle into the job at hand, I ask my higher self for help with everything I cook, and for there to be the most successful service that is possible for that evening.For that restaurant where I am working.
I’m working on being transparent to any words or actions that may come across as offensive.
Think Matrix…where everything passes through him as he attains his invinciblity. There is power in Akasha or air/space
I constantly am bringing my awareness to my breath and taking deep deep breaths throughout service as many times as I can remember to while hustling on the line.
If I want to be a sorcerer in life than I better be able to kick ass on the line overcomming any obstacle big or small as to not throw a wrench in the machine.
If you’re on a spiritual path there is a reason why taking care of your body and mind through diet, excersise and sex (if your lucky enough) is so crucial.
When the time comes when rest is important;be it a three day weekend campng or just a good afternoon all to youself, hold on and be strong through any detoxing or unstressing that may come out of your system.
I’ve had four days off and yesterday I had a headache that was the worste I could remember. I hadn’t drink anything the night before.
It’s my firm belief that it was backed up tension in my neck and eyes that was shooting out of my head like a level 5 hurricane.
It scared the hell out of me!
I took a long warm shower and meditated asking my higher self - spirit guide - guardian angel whatever you want to call it- for help in healing this headache. I slept after meditating and when I woke up my migraine was gone.
All activity can be spiritual. All activity is spiritual.
These activities aren’t always joyful. when the lessons of life are burning there is a call to be open to learning about oneself.For me that has taken on many different forms. One of which is that dragon called stress.
I proclaim that I will be more aware of how important it is for me to get my ass home from the get together at a reasonable time in which falling into a deep nights sleep will be inevitable.
I proclaim that I will excersise every other day thus season. Swimming jumping jacks tennis sit ups push ups jumping rope.
I proclaim I will cut back and avoid refined sugars and white flour.
I will cut back on how much beer I drink at night after working in a damb hot kitchen .
