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Subject: Re: Cleaning glassware/sinks...sugar in recipes
From: Anthony Caporale
Posted: Thu Dec 28. 2006, 04:06 UTC
Followup to: "Re: Cleaning glassware/sinks...sugar in recipes"  by Nimar  (Thu Dec 28. 2006, 03:44 UTC)
Another great question.  Blenders are easy: clean the blender bowl after each 
use -- just run about a cup of hot water into the bowl and hit "blend" for a 
few seconds, dump it and you're good to go.  At each shift change, run the 
blender bowl through the triple sink, and at closing wipe down the blender 
base.  (Nothing will weed you faster than fozen drinks, and coming up on a 
dirty blender when you have ten drinks in your head is only gonna make things 
worse.)

Here's what I do for the rest of my tools -- I set up three shaker sets (tin, 
glass, and strainer) at my well, and always keep them upside down to drain.  
One I only use for clear martinis (no juice or other mixers), and as long as 
you set it upside down the alcohol will run off/evaporate pretty cleanly so 
you can go a few drinks without cleaning it (although I won't go from a 
Manhattan to a vodka martini without a quick rinse).  The second set I use for 
juice drinks, and that one I run some water from the gun into after each use 
and give it a quick shake before resetting, remembering to rinse the strainer 
as well.  The third set I use only for viscous drinks (half-and-half, Baileys, 
anything with chocolate syrup, like that) and I run it through the triple sink 
after each use.  OK, that's a lie -- my barback runs it through the triple 
sink, but he knows my setup and how I work and it's seemless (when I leave the 
third set rightside up he knows it needs to be cleaned).

Whenever I teach a class, I always cover well setup and workflow (including 
cleaning practices) in depth, because little things like the above will make 
the difference between being able to knock out a 12-drink ticket in three 
minutes and moving on or having it take your well (or the service bar) down.  
Plus, it's really bad form to put up an otherwise-perfect martini with orange 
pulp floating in it from the last drink you made.

Hope this was helpful!


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