Dirty Restaurant Secrets ???

Dirty Restaurant Secrets

Was looking in to buying a bagel joint (many years ago) that also sold fresh salads by the pound.

One of the salads was tortelini in a garlic sauce.  (Mayo, milk and fresh garlic)

One day when I was behind the counter I witnessed the owner take yesterday's tortelini salad and put it in to a collander.  She ran it under the water in the sink to remove all of the dressing and then added new dressing.

I did not buy the place or eat her salads ever again.

In my younger days I worked at a bar and grill where if the steaks didn't sell fast enough, they were ground for burger and added into the normal burger mix.  When the burger mix got "on edge"  it was browned heavily and became chili.

Even with my 50% employee discount, I just really didn't want to eat there after working the kitchen.

When I cooked in the dorm as a student job at Michigan State, if there was leftover spaghetti from dinner, we baked it and served it for lunch the next day as"Johnny Marzetti".