The DVD of the first season of Lenny Henry's "Chef!" arrived
today. Moving through it I ran into a detail I hadn't
noticed before. When an order is handed into the kitchen,
the chef (on one occasion, someone else (for which she is
castigated)) shouts something that sounds like "Samash".

An internet search on this word turns up nothing immediately
meaningful. I'm not even sure of the spelling.

What is it all about?

--
Bob

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Opinicus wrote:
> When an
> order is handed into the kitchen, the chef (on one occasion, someone
> else (for which she is castigated)) shouts something that sounds like
> "Samash".
[...]
> What is it all about?

It's french: "ça marche", literally "it goes", meaning that the order is
acknowledged.

Heiner

"Heiner Harder" > wrote

>> When an order is handed into the kitchen, the chef (on
>> one occasion, someone else (for which she is castigated))
>> shouts something that sounds like "Samash".
> [...]
>> What is it all about?

> It's french: "ça marche", literally "it goes", meaning
> that the order is acknowledged.

THANK YOU!

Now what would the equivalent of that be in English, I
wonder? When I (briefly) worked as a short-order cook all I
said to acknowledge orders was "Got it!".

--
Bob

Kanyak's Doghouse
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"Heiner Harder" > wrote

> It's french: "ça marche", literally "it goes", meaning
> that the order is acknowledged.

Sheesh. Now I remember:

http://www.george-orwell.org/Down_an..._London/9.html

--
Bob

Kanyak's Doghouse
http://www.kanyak.com