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An old line cook taught me about salt in 30 seconds flat
Back in 2012 at a cramped diner off Route 66 in Flagstaff, this guy named Dale watched me ruin a pan of onions. He didn't yell. He just grabbed a pinch of kosher salt, dropped it from higher up, and said "season from the clouds, not the dirt." I've done that ever since. Anyone else have a trick that stuck because of how simple the person made it sound?
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elizabeth_king8d ago
That story hits different because it's not really about the salt at all, it's about how he corrected you without making you feel small. My grandma did the same thing to me with pie crust, she just took the dough out of my hands and showed me the right way without one word about how I'd messed it up. I still hear her voice when I roll dough out too thin. Those quick lessons stick because the person mattered more than the technique. Dale sounds like he was one of the good ones.
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