[Sca-cooks] Working for Adamantius....

[Olwen the Odd]

There were plenty of folks sitting in our kitchen Stefan.  We had more
walking wounded in there...  Yes.  Lots of prepwork can be safely done
sitting down and I agree, sitting in front of the stove is not a good idea,
although I sat on a stool next to the stove and made the venison meatballs
up for the cook as we were working as a team.
Olwen, walking wounded.

> > > And I want to be sitting at a stool,
> > > as my back was complaining after stooping over the table so long.
> > > I finally had to quit for awhile and let someone else take over for
> > > awhile. :-(
> >
> > There's a certain angle many cooks tend to lean forward at, which is
> > very hard on the back. Standign straight up I can do, and bending down I
> > can do, but leaning forward at about ten degrees from vertical, say,
> > when cutting onions, I have a problem with... certainly under the
> > circumstances, taking a break was a good idea.
>
>Is there a particular reason not to sit in the kitchen? I can see
>why you wouldn't want to while at the stove. I tell folks not to
>cast pewter while sitting for instance. If that pewter spills or
>the pot gets knocked over, it is much better to be able to quickly
>move out of the way, rather than having it flow into your lap. But
>a fair amount of time in the kitchen seems to be done in a single
>spot prepping the food. Is it the kitchen congestion? This kitchen
>was fairly well equiped but it was rather small with some rather
>tight areas.
>
>I might also have expected that doing this leaning over the table
>bit would build up the necessary muscles after a while. But if
>Adamantius is saying he has trouble with this, then I guess that
>doesn't happen. I suspect I was probably leaning over closer to
>twenty degrees from vertical, perhaps due to my eyesight
>restrictions.
>
>--
>THLord Stefan li Rous    Barony of Bryn Gwlad    Kingdom of Ansteorra


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