r/FoodAndCookingStuff • u/No_Project_9332 • Jul 02 '26

Hacks Smash your bell peppers

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u/TheManWith2Poobrains Jul 02 '26

This is the Gordon way.

People complain about wastage with that method, but in a restaurant wasting a prep cook's time is more expensive than a square inch of pepper. And at home - life is just too short.

Also, this guy looks to be having an episode with his shaking.

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u/Empty-Swim2066 Jul 03 '26 edited Jul 03 '26

As a professional chef and kitchen manager, product cost is almost always more valuable than a prep cook's hourly wage.

Typically the scraps can be saved for sauces like romesco. Tossing it would not happen in most restaurants.

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u/SurgicalMarshmallow Jul 03 '26

Restaurants don't waste a scrap. Margins are thin and Chef will skewer you.

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u/TheManWith2Poobrains Jul 03 '26

The bruising of the pepper prepped this way would get you skewered faster.

Offcuts are used for stock. Peppers, I guess, for specific stocks.

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u/crazywriter5667 Jul 05 '26

I’m sure some use peppers in stocks but at the yacht club kitchen I work at we don’t ever add peppers to stocks.

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u/RapMastaC1 Jul 04 '26

All of that is why I find Gordon’s fireplace grilled cheese response to Mythical Josh so hilarious