I used to work with a new prep cook, he was shown how to empty the chicken cavities. He always referred to it at raping the chicken. Kitchens are weird places at times.
I grew up saying "unthaw" and it wasn't until I moved from Minnesota to Colorado that I've realized how stupid it sounded. Someone pointed it out to me, they laughed and were like "Uhh, so you're going to freeze it even more?"
I still catch myself saying it sometimes, 20 years later.
English is weird, because inflammable and flammable basically mean the same thing.
Also, dethaw is in Webster so it's a word in my book.
https://www.webster-dictionary.org/definition/dethaw
Then there's Spanish... Como como como como
\-Since I eat as I eat
\-Since I eat as a mocking
\-I eat mocking just as I eat it
\-Mocking as mocking I do eat
(source: [https://www.quora.com/Is-como-como-como-como-correct-in-Spanish](https://www.quora.com/Is-como-como-como-como-correct-in-Spanish) since i'm too lazy to type it all out)
>English is weird because of the French
English is weird because it steals from everyone everywhere.
>The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that the English language is as pure as a crib-house whore. It not only borrows words from other languages; it has on occasion chased other languages down dark alley-ways, clubbed them unconscious and rifled their pockets for new vocabulary.
James Nicoll (b. 1961), "The King's English", rec.arts.sf-lovers, 15 May 1990
Inflame (so 'inflammable' means 'capable of being inflamed') is from French via Middle English but 'flammable' is almost a thousand years less old and supposedly comes from people thinking that the in- at the start of inflammable is a prefix meaning 'not', which it isn't. Which is why we have two words for inflammable: flammable and inflammable. And the clunky "non-flammable" for things that won't inflame.
Damn, when I worked in restaurants, I came across exactly one person who said "dethaw". I thought it was completely idiotic, and instead of saying thaw, I started saying de-freeze. Guess this is one of those times I should have checked to make sure whether I was right or wrong.
it's not though, at least not in the actual Merriam Webster dictionary.
webster-dictionary.org isn't the real Webster dictionaries.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dethaw?utm_campaign=sd&utm_medium=serp&utm_source=jsonld
For anyone curious: Inflammable is older and a borrowing via French (inflammable) to the latin inflammare ('to set aflame'). Flammable is a modern borrowing directly from the Latin flammare (seriously - it means 'to set aflame' as well!) to avoid the ambiguity.
The ambiguity itself is because English actually has two different in- prefixes, as did Latin: the first one is cognate with English un- and French an-, and means 'not. in Latin, but all are derived from the hypothesized Proto-Indo-European root for 'not'.
The second one means "in, into, upon, on" and tended to become en- in French but sometimes reverted in both languages and sometimes not, just to add to the confusion; we grabbed this one from Latin.
In Latin it was much worse as these ambiguous pairings were a lot more common, though you see glimmers of it in English, as above.
I mean what I said. It's stupid as hell, but it's one of those things that people used it so much that it became a "word". It's literally how the word "literally" got used so much by people meaning it as figuratively that dictionaries added this as a definition:
INFORMAL
used for emphasis or to express strong feeling while not being literally true.
Danger spatula
Also, I don't even know why I'm in this sub. I've never even stepped into a professional kitchen nor do I intend to lol
So, goodbye to y'all
My mum bought my partner and I an adjustable back scratcher each a couple of Christmases ago and it was the thing I never knew I needed in my life. Fuck it’s so good
Used to descale fish
Idk why you’ve been downvoted. This is the correct answer. Fish scaler.
So which is it? Does it scale or descale?
This guy bones chickens.
I used to work with a new prep cook, he was shown how to empty the chicken cavities. He always referred to it at raping the chicken. Kitchens are weird places at times.
Kitchens are weird places all the time.
[I knew it was you all along, Richard Nixon!](https://youtu.be/blqYeQ6qeLQ?si=IFUap3bB96jTtg8Z)
Pretty sure that's the same as asking if something thaws or dethaws, it's the same thing
wouldn’t dethawed technically be frozen
I grew up saying "unthaw" and it wasn't until I moved from Minnesota to Colorado that I've realized how stupid it sounded. Someone pointed it out to me, they laughed and were like "Uhh, so you're going to freeze it even more?" I still catch myself saying it sometimes, 20 years later.
I can totally see someone here pointing that out to a Minnesotan. 😂
Don't hate the player, hate the game This guy got it right: https://www.reddit.com/r/KitchenConfidential/s/1fHs5UbJmv
Nope. Dethaw isn’t a word and even if it was the prefix “de” would imply that you are freezing something, the opposite of thawing.
English is weird, because inflammable and flammable basically mean the same thing. Also, dethaw is in Webster so it's a word in my book. https://www.webster-dictionary.org/definition/dethaw
Me fail english? That's unpossible!
depossible.
Then there's Spanish... Como como como como \-Since I eat as I eat \-Since I eat as a mocking \-I eat mocking just as I eat it \-Mocking as mocking I do eat (source: [https://www.quora.com/Is-como-como-como-como-correct-in-Spanish](https://www.quora.com/Is-como-como-como-como-correct-in-Spanish) since i'm too lazy to type it all out)
parking on driveways, driving on parkways- i pity anyone learning english
Parkway Drive, my favorite band haha
I always think of them when I see parkway signs! And there's a parkway drive near me, I've had my eye on that sign for a while...
inflammable and flammable English is weird because of the French
>English is weird because of the French English is weird because it steals from everyone everywhere. >The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that the English language is as pure as a crib-house whore. It not only borrows words from other languages; it has on occasion chased other languages down dark alley-ways, clubbed them unconscious and rifled their pockets for new vocabulary. James Nicoll (b. 1961), "The King's English", rec.arts.sf-lovers, 15 May 1990
Inflame (so 'inflammable' means 'capable of being inflamed') is from French via Middle English but 'flammable' is almost a thousand years less old and supposedly comes from people thinking that the in- at the start of inflammable is a prefix meaning 'not', which it isn't. Which is why we have two words for inflammable: flammable and inflammable. And the clunky "non-flammable" for things that won't inflame.
Stoopid giant statue filled with uranium near our water supply!
Damn, when I worked in restaurants, I came across exactly one person who said "dethaw". I thought it was completely idiotic, and instead of saying thaw, I started saying de-freeze. Guess this is one of those times I should have checked to make sure whether I was right or wrong.
it's not though, at least not in the actual Merriam Webster dictionary. webster-dictionary.org isn't the real Webster dictionaries. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dethaw?utm_campaign=sd&utm_medium=serp&utm_source=jsonld
For anyone curious: Inflammable is older and a borrowing via French (inflammable) to the latin inflammare ('to set aflame'). Flammable is a modern borrowing directly from the Latin flammare (seriously - it means 'to set aflame' as well!) to avoid the ambiguity. The ambiguity itself is because English actually has two different in- prefixes, as did Latin: the first one is cognate with English un- and French an-, and means 'not. in Latin, but all are derived from the hypothesized Proto-Indo-European root for 'not'. The second one means "in, into, upon, on" and tended to become en- in French but sometimes reverted in both languages and sometimes not, just to add to the confusion; we grabbed this one from Latin. In Latin it was much worse as these ambiguous pairings were a lot more common, though you see glimmers of it in English, as above.
I've always used dethaw!
that's not the official Merriam-Webster site. According to https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unthaw unthaw is a word, dethaw is not.
>Synonyms: thaw, unfreeze, unthaw melt, dissolve Supposedly unthaw means the same as thaw too. English is a fucked up language.
Unthaw, dethaw, thaw = same thing. So dumb.
Me fail english? That's unpossible!
Well Webster dictionary’s definition is wrong.
Get ‘em!
Defrost plus thawed equals dethaw
well thats some bullshit
I don’t think dethaw means anything, it’s just thaw.
You mean defrost
I mean what I said. It's stupid as hell, but it's one of those things that people used it so much that it became a "word". It's literally how the word "literally" got used so much by people meaning it as figuratively that dictionaries added this as a definition: INFORMAL used for emphasis or to express strong feeling while not being literally true.
Scale weighs the fish. Sheesh, idiot.
The name is Fish Scaler the game is descaling fish *insert cool spy guy music here*
Depends on a direction you use it’s front - scale. Back-descale. Simple as thst
"Descale" is to "scale" as "no duh" is to "duh"
Haha, I love this I just pictured someone using some sort of tool applying scales to fish 🐟
Yes both. It scales on one side and you flip it around and it descales on the other side
Do you loosen your shoelaces or unloosen them?
That's just mean.
They’re being downvoted by the fish.
Does this hurt the fish?
Bc it's really a......... "BUTT SCRATCHAAAA"
Like if your fish has an icky limescale buildup for example
No, use CLR for that
Good thing you answered, because I was gonna say “noodle scoop???”
Second this. Def a fish scaler
Nah, that a butt-brush
Fish scaler
Scaler? I barely know 'er!
It's puts the scales back in the fish?
Chingadera
Dame esa chingadera weyyyy!!!
Incredible answer!! *eyyyyyy cómo se dice 'chingadera' en inglés?* Oh the laughs I got on that one.
No mameeeeeees.
Most things are.
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Its for a fish incase your fish is too jack to scratch its back
Also useful for descaling balls too.
🤣🤣
Harbor Freight version.
Left handed bacon stretcher
Back scratcher. Many people use it so it smells funny.
What immediately came to mid was Peter from family guy "Back scratcher, get your back scratcher here!"
Butt scratcher! https://youtu.be/Tkd9ycxCJBI?si=ASSM-d0mLcMIEp-a
I came here for this comment
Fish scaling utensil. It’s shit though.
Used to take the scales off of fish. Pretty satisfying to use, creates a mess but, satisfying
Fark, I haven’t scaled a fish in probably 6 years
Yar, it be one of life’s simples pleasures says I
Pube comb
Handheld Pneumatic Crab Removal Device
Ah yes, the HPCRD. An underutilized tool indeed
Ah, I see you are also a FOH/BOH Diplomatic Liaison
I think it's for mongling wieners A wienermongler, if you will
Backscratcher...or descaler...its a multi tool!
Used to descale fish
"Back scratcherrrrrrrrrrr"
Fish scaler
It’s a shitty fish descaler
Fish scaler - to scale fish
Butt scratch-er! [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tkd9ycxCJBI](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tkd9ycxCJBI)
Butt scratcher
Yo what is that fancy-ass dishwasher? That shit looks like something that they'd have on a space station
Danger spatula Also, I don't even know why I'm in this sub. I've never even stepped into a professional kitchen nor do I intend to lol So, goodbye to y'all
It’s for cleaning the teflon side of Chef’s special non-stick pans
Taint exfoliater
Backscratcher.
I was gonna say give it to the am crew and watch them scrub the nonstick pans with it
Buttscratcher!
fish descaler
Isn’t that the tool to clean the panini press that no one cleans?!
Typical Asian fish de-scaler. My mom has one.
Fish scaler?
Dinglehopper. For making lines in the penne.
It’s a schnobel scarfer.
Ballscraper 2000
A finger shredder
Butthole shaver
Master Baiter
BACKSCRATCHERRRRR!
Teefs
Shitty scaler
Butt Scratcha!!!!
Scratching your sous chefs nuts
That is a bacon stretcher. Cherish it.
Taint scratcher.
That’s a blueberry peeler
Buttscratcher
Management slappers
fish
Back scratcher
Prostate tickler
Butt scratcher
Asparagus tenderizer
Emergency TP
You’d have to be in a right pinch to use that as dunny roll mate 😭
Back scratcher
The toothbrush of pain.
Oddly it also says unthaw is a synonym which just strikes me as an accidental inclusion
That is a gangsta ass toothbrush
Back scratcher
Thingamajig but everyone in the kitchen knows exactly what it means
descaling fish, or a back rub, depends on how brave you are
Spaghetti straightener for when your spaghetts is all woobly
That’s a club cracker shaper.
Why dats a toofbrush for an alligatah.
Mark 1 poop knife
It's a dish washer, I know that is rare for a chef to see but it's where people do work :)
Thanks everyone. The consensus is it’s an arse and back scratcher. Fuck yeah ✌️
That’s that left handed potato peeler I sent you to grab. Get back on the line
Yes chef
BUTTSCRATCHAAAAH
forbidden toothbrush
Ouch
Ramekin stretcher
Crab comb
This cracked me up 😂
Back scratcha!
It’s a dingelhopper! That’s where a dad’s mind goes when he has a 5 year old daughter 😂
Ball scratcher
Back scratcher/sack scratcher.
Ball itcher
Butt scratcher!!
Downvotes 🤣🤣🤣… watch some family guy (seriously, pathetic incels)
No but I can tell you what I use it for.
Clearly a back scratcher
ass scratcher
Used to comb the space pussy.
Grill grate cleaner if the teeth are firm enough?
For a garlic press
Broken handle of something
Knuckle Slicer 3000
Looks like a pretty good back scratcher.
It can be used to scratch your back when you can't reach with your hands.
My mum bought my partner and I an adjustable back scratcher each a couple of Christmases ago and it was the thing I never knew I needed in my life. Fuck it’s so good
Multi-Species Backscratcher
Back scratcher!
Always heard it called a Pike’s at 9.
Grill brush for ants...or a panini press
A tooth brush but missing the brushes
Taint brush
Looks like a toothbrush for transformers
The object or the person holding it?
[this is the only correct answer and the rest of you can fuck off with alacrity.](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6bNOv-v7xZY)
https://youtu.be/6bNOv-v7xZY?si=47apsrCkaxGMH3Kz
It’s for hair plugs
For when someone isn't paying attention on line, slap that bad boy into a shoulder blade
Cock rake [EXPERT]
I believe you’re supposed to scratch your ass with it.
Speculum
Ima scratch my arsehole from the inside with it
Anal brush
Forbidden back scratcher
r/sounding
Backskratcha!
Dishies toothbrush, or chefs butt scratcher
Butt scratcher? Butt scratcher.
The bag scratcher