On Feb 7, 2:08 pm, "Sheldon" > wrote:
> On Feb 7, 11:40?am, "Mike" > wrote:
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> > This is slightly off topic - I'm thinking about the food served in
> > restaurants. ?Take Chilli's or T.G.I.Friday for example (a chain, but
> > not "fast food"). ?How is the food prepared there? ?Let's say I order
> > a grilled chicken sandwich. ?I assume the cook pulls a portioned
> > chicken breast out of the freezer. ?Maybe its already cooked, or even
> > partially cooked so it just gets heated? ?Was the bun fresh (never
> > frozen)? ?I have to assume the lettuce and tomato that came on it were
> > fresh, right? ?I would guess if you order a plain salad that
> > everything in it is fresh (croutons, bacon bits notwithstanding). ?How
> > many deliveries would a chain restaurant get in a week in order to
> > continually have all the fresh ingredients they need?
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> > Now think about the local Chinese restaurant. ?Surely some of their
> > seafood and meat offerings have to come to them frozen. ?After all, if
> > I order sesame chicken (essentially chicken nuggets fried then covered
> > in a nice sesame sauce), it had to be frozen until I ordered it,
> > right?
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> > Procedurally, does a chain or local restaurant thaw out all the frozen
> > items it thinks it will need in a given day, or just thaw them as
> > needed?
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> > Thanks for any info....
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> You're making an all or nothing mountain out of a mole hill. Between
> fresh and frozen there's refrigeration. THINK!
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I never said that I preferred fresh to frozen. Having never worked in
a restaurant, I'm just curious about what it takes to get the food on
the plate.

Mike