First Day of School
Did you ever feel as though the universe built something exactly to your specifications? Well, I guess it wasn't really the universe so much as the four fantastic worker-owners at Three Stone Hearth.
The day started with a tea break - fantastic! Then we all sat down to introduce ourselves and get oriented. For anyone who has ever worked in food service you know that it is hard on the body, cooks are infamous for their rotten attitudes and most large scale kitchens are incredibly wasteful and cut corners on quality whenever they can get away with it. Three Stone Hearth has set out to change ALL of it! Everyone is positive, principled, funny, and enjoys working together.
Then we had a tour. The place is so organized and user friendly its incredible. There is plenty of hard work being done, but every effort has been made to be kind to the worker.
After the tour we pulled pork and scooped out roasted sweet potatoes that would later be layered into a casserole. It smelled soooo good. The biggest surprise of the day came when Seth, the kitchen manager, needing help getting a vat of broth out of the fridge looked at us all and said "ok so John is the tall one, who's the strong one? I think its Erin." I said that must be the first time that thought had been had and there was some testing of biceps, but the funniest part is that he may be right!
We all sat down to lunch together which featured a preview of the pork casserole, several tasty and interesting salads, krauts, and lacto-fermented beverages. The conversation was lively and light-hearted.
After lunch I washed potatoes until it was time to go home...3 hours later. Everyone was very apologetic saying the produce usually came to them in better shape, but having harvested potatoes, I know somebody had to do some scrubbing, might as well be me (although my wrist is hurting rather a lot).
I am so excited to be part of this that I don't even mind all that much that my bed is actually a couch that may or may not have a bug problem!
The day started with a tea break - fantastic! Then we all sat down to introduce ourselves and get oriented. For anyone who has ever worked in food service you know that it is hard on the body, cooks are infamous for their rotten attitudes and most large scale kitchens are incredibly wasteful and cut corners on quality whenever they can get away with it. Three Stone Hearth has set out to change ALL of it! Everyone is positive, principled, funny, and enjoys working together.
Then we had a tour. The place is so organized and user friendly its incredible. There is plenty of hard work being done, but every effort has been made to be kind to the worker.
After the tour we pulled pork and scooped out roasted sweet potatoes that would later be layered into a casserole. It smelled soooo good. The biggest surprise of the day came when Seth, the kitchen manager, needing help getting a vat of broth out of the fridge looked at us all and said "ok so John is the tall one, who's the strong one? I think its Erin." I said that must be the first time that thought had been had and there was some testing of biceps, but the funniest part is that he may be right!
We all sat down to lunch together which featured a preview of the pork casserole, several tasty and interesting salads, krauts, and lacto-fermented beverages. The conversation was lively and light-hearted.
After lunch I washed potatoes until it was time to go home...3 hours later. Everyone was very apologetic saying the produce usually came to them in better shape, but having harvested potatoes, I know somebody had to do some scrubbing, might as well be me (although my wrist is hurting rather a lot).
I am so excited to be part of this that I don't even mind all that much that my bed is actually a couch that may or may not have a bug problem!
posted by Eiren at 7:12 PM
3 Comments:
what an amazing first day!! It sounds almost too good to be true! And I'm totally not surprised that you are the strong one, you're Wonder Woman!!!
So good to get your first report from your new adventure, Erin! Other than the couch (and possible bugs), all sounds interesting and new. Glad you like your new colleagues.
Love,
Auntie
It is so wonderful to have you blogging again! And the experience sounds just fantastic, and right up your alley. Good for you for finding it, and thank you for writing about it.
If it's okay, I am going to send the link to a childhood South Dakota friend in Berkeley. He's wonderful, an amazingly successful artist, and it might be fun to meet up. Let me know.
Love, Your (not Fairy, not very in-touch) godmother Mary
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