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Watched a new guy at the shop ruin a whole ribeye primal by slicing against the grain on the first cut

He was going at it from the short side instead of the long side and it turned a perfect roast into a mess of short, chewy steaks, has anyone else had to stop a rookie mid-slice to save the meat?
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sagecooper
sagecooper1mo ago
Trained a new guy once who grabbed the boning knife and tried to joint a chicken by stabbing straight down into the thigh like a caveman. Had to physically take the knife out of his hand before he turned the whole bird into a pile of bone shards. Guess we all start somewhere, but some of us start a lot more expensive than others.
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taraross
taraross1mo ago
Man that hurts. Watched a $200 roast get butchered in seconds once.
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claire_grant34
I swear I read somewhere that like 30% of home cooks mess up their first roast chicken and that's just people at home. Can't imagine the pressure of doing it in a pro kitchen where that $200 bird is basically your whole paycheck for the week. Saw a video once of Gordon Ramsay screaming at someone for the same thing.
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