Marriott 11-25-08

Today I worked in the kitchen with Misty on prep. Learned the "proper" way to cut pineapples and melons. You cut off each butt-end, peel the skin (or eyes if your working with a pineapple) off, cut the whole fruit in half, then carve out either the hard center piece of the pineapple or the seeds of the melon. Cut the fruit in half again, and then cut into small cubes. After we were done cutting fruit, Misty and I talked about how empty the kitchen was. She was the only one in there. I was so shocked. I'm so used to there being about 50 people running around plates in hand, but not today. Misty explained that because it was so close to thanksgiving that most people don't stay at a hotel they stay with their family. So there were little to no customers. We then organized some dessert trays and scrubbed down the table. All in all it was a slow, but fun day.