The French have a way of cooking that just adds flavor into every bite. Precision in preparation and using the right tools for the job. This copper pot was perfect for the long hours needed in simmering Goats Head Soup. It was also the perfect pot for catching heads at the guillotine; thus, young Phillip always made sure it was perfectly clean. He loved Goats Head Soup.
Clear the tables, scrape the dishes and dump the pots before scrubbing. So much waste. But the wine! I dump the wine, oh yes, into an empty bottle to keep me company while I scrub. Hmm, not sure I should have dumped the reds and whites into the same bottle, Oh well, a few more chugs and it won’t really matter.
Flo, wanting to prove she could drink and work at the same time, finished off the bottle of rum and cleaned the pot, of course, it took all day for the one pot.
“Master says the only way to get big brass balls is to soak them in a big brass pot. He’d find another way if he was the one who had to keep the pot shiny…”
A closer inspection showed/ what we all right away should have knowed/ the floor of the vat/ had never known cat !/ it had hosted the “mole a la mode” !
(best viewed using Google Chrome, which can automatically translate most webpages as necessary) has info and links that point to more info about this painting.
all have info, or links that point to more info, about this artist, perhaps in addition to what’s pointed to by the title URL, which indirectly points to his French Wikipedia page
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Bail
(again, askart.com can be read in full for free on Fridays, and Chrome can automatically translate most webpages as necessary). First work by him used here.
Again, a larger strip image is shown by (⌘- or Ctrl-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #2676 (March 31, 2021) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment.
BE THIS GUY almost 4 years ago
The same day the Emperor hires a new tailor to make his “new clothes,” he hired a new chef to make his “new food.”
Say What Now‽ Premium Member almost 4 years ago
Marie made that vat of Bouillabaisse for both her husband and herself. She got none of it.
rmremail almost 4 years ago
Inspection time. The pot boy proudly shows off his days labor – 8 hours to scour that bad boy so that it shines.
rmremail almost 4 years ago
What do you mean ‘How do you eat an elephant’ is just an idiom? I spent all week getting the pot ready!
rmremail almost 4 years ago
Is that scullion a man or a woman? They look remarkably androgynous. And overlooked, but that goes without saying.
Strob almost 4 years ago
Hoping soon to be promoted from chamber pot duties.
ronaldspence almost 4 years ago
Gordon Ramsey ‘s first job, pot scrubber at the toffee factory!
Bilan almost 4 years ago
At the first modern Olympics, they tried to make it authentic by having a spitting-for-distance contest.
Papared25 almost 4 years ago
That was the soup du jour? Oops. It looked like dishwater to me.
Kind&Kinder almost 4 years ago
Did Mr. Hitchcock say what sides he wanted with his shrimp cocktails, large ragout , coqs au vin and cherries jubilee? Double the order?!!!
gopher gofer almost 4 years ago
i’m only doing this gig until my acting career takes off…
Call me Ishmael almost 4 years ago
“I vunder vot critter is dat/ vot lies on da floor of da vat../ is it maybe da feces/ of some unknown species/ or leftover pieces of cat…”
orinoco womble almost 4 years ago
Reminds me of the kitchen scene in Titus Groan.
Qiset almost 4 years ago
A pot to p_ss in.
cdward almost 4 years ago
Yes Mother, I ate my dinner. See?
Egrayjames almost 4 years ago
The French have a way of cooking that just adds flavor into every bite. Precision in preparation and using the right tools for the job. This copper pot was perfect for the long hours needed in simmering Goats Head Soup. It was also the perfect pot for catching heads at the guillotine; thus, young Phillip always made sure it was perfectly clean. He loved Goats Head Soup.
Ubintold almost 4 years ago
Aziz! Light !!
Ubintold almost 4 years ago
Aziz ! Light !! Thank you Aziz.
P51Strega almost 4 years ago
Clear the tables, scrape the dishes and dump the pots before scrubbing. So much waste. But the wine! I dump the wine, oh yes, into an empty bottle to keep me company while I scrub. Hmm, not sure I should have dumped the reds and whites into the same bottle, Oh well, a few more chugs and it won’t really matter.
Buzzworld almost 4 years ago
Bobby Flay’s first day of his career.
katzenbooks45 almost 4 years ago
Jacques looked forward to the day he would be promoted from spittoon scrubber.
Reader almost 4 years ago
This must be his profile picture for Linkedin.
MS72 almost 4 years ago
“Gotta bake bread for George Müller“
davanden almost 4 years ago
I like a girl with a big cup size.
wincoach Premium Member almost 4 years ago
Flo, wanting to prove she could drink and work at the same time, finished off the bottle of rum and cleaned the pot, of course, it took all day for the one pot.
rugeirn almost 4 years ago
“Do not not hurl into the pot. Do not hurl into the pot. Do not hurl into the pot….”
PO' DAWG almost 4 years ago
Margret confirmed the winner of the “Pho Challenge.”
Blaidd Drwg Premium Member almost 4 years ago
Terrific job. And with that Chef Boy was promoted to ArDee!
Mother Superior almost 4 years ago
Please Sir, may I have more?
Another Take almost 4 years ago
“Master says the only way to get big brass balls is to soak them in a big brass pot. He’d find another way if he was the one who had to keep the pot shiny…”
Linguist almost 4 years ago
When Jules said he wanted to score some pot, this wasn’t what he meant!
Call me Ishmael almost 4 years ago
“Cordon blew”….
PoodleGroomer almost 4 years ago
Wrong Bowling for Dollars.
well-i-never almost 4 years ago
Does this outfit make my tub look big?
prrdh almost 4 years ago
“I wish those frat boys could make it to the porcelain god.”
Csaw Backnforth almost 4 years ago
And here I thought I was going to be the sous chef – NOT the soup chef.
philwinn almost 4 years ago
Funny
Call me Ishmael almost 4 years ago
A closer inspection showed/ what we all right away should have knowed/ the floor of the vat/ had never known cat !/ it had hosted the “mole a la mode” !
mabrndt Premium Member almost 4 years ago
The Cook:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Joseph_Bail_-_O_Cozinheiro.jpg
(best viewed using Google Chrome, which can automatically translate most webpages as necessary) has info and links that point to more info about this painting.
https://www.askart.com/artist/Joseph_Bail/11013481/Joseph_Bail.aspx
https://www.galeriearyjan.com/pdf-2-570--bail-joseph-.htm#page=2
http://www.artnet.com/artists/joseph-bail/biography
http://www.avictorian.com/Bail_Joseph_Claude.html
https://rehs.com/Joseph_Bail_Bio.html
all have info, or links that point to more info, about this artist, perhaps in addition to what’s pointed to by the title URL, which indirectly points to his French Wikipedia page
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Bail
(again, askart.com can be read in full for free on Fridays, and Chrome can automatically translate most webpages as necessary). First work by him used here.
Again, a larger strip image is shown by (⌘- or Ctrl-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #2676 (March 31, 2021) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment.
anomaly almost 4 years ago
“Okay, I finished cleaning the chamber pot. If you’d cut back on fiber, you could make do with a smaller one, you know.”
d1234dick Premium Member almost 4 years ago
milord, this a cooking vessel not a chamber pot, next time i won’t clean it.
Running Buffalo Premium Member almost 4 years ago
Really? An owl and a pussycat want to borrow this? As a boat?