[HN Gopher] Behind the Scenes: The pots, pans, and people that m...
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Behind the Scenes: The pots, pans, and people that make millions of
meals
Author : prostoalex
Score : 100 points
Date : 2022-06-02 15:21 UTC (7 hours ago)
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| tlholaday wrote:
| Scaling.
| dijonman2 wrote:
| I went to Warsaw to help a Ukranian family, and I went with them
| to check out the WCK tent and other relief efforts.
|
| It was very sad to see, but it was really inspiring to see the
| generosity and humanity from all the people helping.
|
| I donate to WCK, a great organization.
| UncleOxidant wrote:
| Chef Andres and WCK are doing great work. Gives me hope for
| humanity. I donate to WCK regularly.
| andrekandre wrote:
| about wck (world central kitchen) in case anyone is interested
|
| https://wck.org/story
| AlbertCory wrote:
| from the transcript of [1]:
|
| (there are the giant paella pans, and then there's the FIRE!)
|
| ==== I fell in love with making the fire. Until one day I told my
| dad, why don't you let me cook? He said, no, I need you to do the
| fire. Yeah, but I know how to make the fire. Make somebody else
| make the fire. I want to cook. No, I need you to do the fire.
| Paella and fire, hand by hand. If you don't have the right fire,
| it will never be a right paella. One day, he got very upset, very
| upset, a big tantrum. He sent me to the forest, "Go to the
| forest." When we finished, he came and said, "My son, I know you
| were upset because I'm not letting you cook and you think that
| cooking is the most important part. But, actually, I gave you the
| most important task. That was making the fire. If you control the
| fire, then and only then one day, you'll be able to cook." Since
| then, I've been always trying to search what really is my fire,
| what really is what holds everything else. The cooking is the
| obvious. When we are able to achieve success in the non-obvious
| is when things begin moving.
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| [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XD3DNohjBpE
| memish wrote:
| After reading this, I have to say, it's making me rethink my use
| of DoorDash and putting that money toward relief kitchens
| instead. I can eat less and cook more.
| downut wrote:
| If you cooked your own food from fundamentals, it would be
| difficult to eat worse than DoorDash, it would be immensely
| cheaper, and you could send the difference to WFC. Big win win.
|
| But it's too hard! It takes too much time! Well, you need a
| freezer, and a plan, but for HN readers, I think everyone can
| handle it. Also it's fun buying spices from Penzeys and making
| up big batches of Indian food, stews of many different
| cuisines, risottos with many different combinations of yummy
| things, etc. You eat your fill of the big batch and then it's
| quart and gallon labelled freezer bags for the rest. Nuke 'em
| during the week and you're good to go. If you're young, it's a
| great way to entertain friends, and potentially partners.
| bombcar wrote:
| The hardest part I find with self-cooking is keeping the
| greens fresh and in stock. A whole head of lettuce is large
| for just a single hamburger.
| rrauenza wrote:
| > In our central relief kitchen in Przemysl, Poland, we have
| eight paella pans; each one can feed up to 3000 people.
|
| WOW. That's a PAN!
| joezydeco wrote:
| If you like those pictures check out Harmandir Sahib, the Sikh
| shrine that feeds _100,000_ people a day:
|
| https://www.insider.com/worlds-largest-community-kitchen-gol...
| onlyrealcuzzo wrote:
| For context - there's 1655 calories in a pound of uncooked
| rice.
|
| Assuming the average meal is >400 calories - you need about
| 25,000 pounds of rice.
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| That's 500 50-lb bags.
|
| That's a lot of food and work if all you were doing was just
| boiling rice!
| tclancy wrote:
| Bunyan-esque.
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