Back to Prep After a Day of Rest

Back to the kitchen to prep today. This starts to feel more comfortable.  A very different feeling when there is no service for the day. The restaurant gets a rest - a thorough clean. Everyone is relaxed and getting down to it. Recipes are doubled and quadrupled. Litres of wine, vinegar, soy sauce, fish sauce make their way into sauces, marinades, spice pastes, relishes and more. Hundreds of beans are topped and tailed. Bucketfuls of herbs are washed and picked. Veggies are chopped and fruits are stewed. Everything is boxed and labeled - lots of labels! After 4 hours of peeling dicing and measuring 6 cups of onions, 4 cups of garlic, 2 cups of galangal, 4 cups of lemon grass, 1 cup of turmeric, 6 cups of chilies, 2 cups of coriander root, I was ready to head home. Back to dinner at home - with more stories to tell and school days to catch up with. I was running by the time I was close. A little more understanding of what it is going to take to live this dream. Am I ready? Only time will tell.