I started my working life in Butchery/Slaughtering, the standard there was to send newbies, to another Butchers for the long weight, or a long stand. One lad knew the score and went home for the rest of the day, they couldn't do a thing about it.
When I worked in the kitchen we sent someone to the walk-in freezer for a leg of salmon. He was gone for an age, came back blue as anything clutching a couple of packs of smoked salmon saying he couldn't find a leg but would these do. No one currently working there had ever seen salmon on the menu. Still no idea how.
Now you've said that, we housesat once and told the lady (our friend) that the sausage rolls we found in her freezer were a bit tough and she said she'd never bought sausage rolls at all in her life due to allergies...
Ha! Think he might have been enthusiastic about his art then - he's not supposed to take all that off, is he?? But that does explain the calamari.
Hey lads, just came across this video whilst researching food safety of wood finishes, thought it might be of interest. I remember Ian and others discussing this subject back when he first started making cutting boards, I'm now revisiting it because I'm making planter boxes for growing vegetables:
I can verify all of them taste terrible. Certain latex paints are not bad, though. Removing the lead has taken a lot of the sweetness out. -I've tortured myself lately by repairing two bathroom doors. They have been badly beaten since the late '70s. Unfortunately, my donor door for veneer was from another house and apparently a lower grade material. -Also unfortunately, My refinishing came out a lot better than the original finish. It takes 10 days to sand and finish a single small door. I think I'll stop here. Edit: Forgive the junk. This is the laundry room.
While I must admit the end result is quite impressive, I can also say sod that for a laugh. Had similar thoughts after repairing cracks in a sink with enamel repair and then hours of sanding and polishing with various grades. In retrospect would've just sprung for a new sink. Never again!
My options for replacement are Chinese crap that's 99% mdf with a wafer thin layer of veneer, or nothing.
