r/KitchenConfidential • u/SockBasket • 2d ago

Discussion I'm going to crash out over ridiculous modifications

"Absolutely no onion I am allergic"

"The beef is braised with onions in the stock"

"Oh yeah that's fine I just don't want to see them"

IM GOING TO FUCKING BLOW MY OWN HEAD OFF

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u/AloshaChosen 2d ago

The fucking servers have been letting the most ridiculous modifications to pizza come in. WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU MEAN YOU WANT A PIZZA WITH NO BREAD AND ADD SOME RANDOM SHIT YOU SEE ON THE MENU

If another person “allergic to garlic and onions” comes to the ITALIAN FUCKING PLACE I WORK AT, they might just simply die because WHY ARE YOU EATING HERE IF ITS A REAL ALLERGY?!!????!!????

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u/Own-Practice-9027 2d ago

lol. At a local pizzeria they’re training their customers that it’s ok to order a pizza that’s, “one third this specialty, one third this other specialty, and one third this other specialty.” The pies are 10 inches. They also allow, “this salad, but split onto three plates, and modify each one.” JFC, learn to say, “no.”

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u/AloshaChosen 2d ago

Oh I’d fucking kill someone.

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u/Sonikku_a 1d ago

Yeah my place we end at half and half on pizzas, that shit can be annoying as is already. And you still get jokers that won’t take “no” for an answer wanting a sheet pizza split 6 ways.

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u/HeadyBrewer77 1d ago

I had a table recently that asked for a cheeseburger split with each half cooked to a different temperature. No, you can’t order one burger with half medium rare and half medium well.

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u/Zorboz 1d ago

lol I had someone come into our pizza place saying they were allergic to garlic and tomatoes. You shouldn’t even be in here!!

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u/AloshaChosen 1d ago

I’m aware that allergies exist, I’m allergic to a few things myself. But like, it’s always the fucking weirdos who come to a seafood restaurant with shellfish allergies and the idiots “allergic” to alliums going to Italian places. IF YOURE ALLERGIC TO GARLIC GET THE FUCK OUT

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u/Zorboz 1d ago

lol exactly! It’s dangerous get out!!

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u/Reasonable_Slice8561 1d ago

Not all painful food sensitivities can be triggered just by contact or airborne though. Especially the digestive ones. If you don't actually eat the things, they aren't dangerous to be around for someone whose sensitivity is not a true anaphylaxis type allergy.

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u/AloshaChosen 1d ago

That’s fair but Italian food is famous for having garlic in everything. Like, it’s cooked down into almost all the sauces. Onions too.

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u/Reasonable_Slice8561 1d ago

Italian can be tough for me. Fortunately if onion is cooked to mush, no intact pieces, it's fine. And garlic is ok in any form. Seems weird but I've run into other folks with the same parameters, more often than not, if they have an allium sensitivity.

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u/AloshaChosen 1d ago

Okay but having a ticket come through with garlic allergy makes the entire kitchen panic - many things are cooked over long periods of time and are difficult or impossible to replicate with other ingredients. I’m not saying that it can’t be done and maybe some people know to just ask for no extra of those things. But when we see an allergy written on the ticket, we tend to panic and check every single ingredient that goes into the dish. It just seems strange to me to say it’s an allergy if it’s fine when cooked down.

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u/Reasonable_Slice8561 1d ago

It's not a true anaphylaxis type allergy. It's a sensitivity that causes painful and visible symptoms but isn't a case of 'eat peanuts, stop breathing'. It's unfortunate that it can be hard to explain the specifics. Also unfair to expect BOH to be able to substitute ingredients in long cooked dishes, so all I expect is for FOH to tell me what I shouldn't order.

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u/Sonikku_a 1d ago

Had someone who said they had severe gluten allergies and while we do have gluten free crust I had to tell them flour is everywhere in our kitchen, there’s no way I can guarantee particulates can’t get in threes.

Hell, I was covered in flour, my lungs are half flour. No way I was gonna do that. Did t even feel comfortable talking to them as covered in flour as I was.

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u/Supwichyoface 1d ago

Yeah I used to have chucklefucks come into my bakery claiming to be celiac and get yelled at in no uncertain terms to get out immediately. I used to get enough flour out of my nose by blowing it at the end of the shift to form a couple loaves.

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u/AndyB476 1d ago

I served for a number of years and any worth their salt learn to shut people down with that stupid shit. I've even told celebrities no when they wanted some custom dish on new years eve with a 2 hour line out the door. Get out of here with that, haha.