I added alot of my pictures to my page. They are from NY and the Bahamas. Check'em out! I hope you like!

Not too many people I have met, say they love their job. It is work, and that's what you do, WORK. I have a passion for cooking. I also have the great desire to please people. I had THE BEST job EVER. But, it's gone. Literally, gone.

I worked for SunCruz Casino boat. I was a cook. I loved to come in, in the morning, prep food for lunch, send it out, prep food for dinner, etc. Two weeks ago, we all, lost our jobs. It was on the news, I beleive, the day they told us the boat was not to return to the Port of Palm Beach.

"The money wasn't coming in as planned. We spent too much to get this operation going, to see it failing. We are sorry to tell you all, but the boat will not be returning to this port." That is what they told us all on Friday the 28th, in a cramped office. There were dealers, pit bosses, cooks, bartenders, cocktail waitresses, managers, EVERYONE. We all got the bad news together. Thats how we worked, together. I don't think I have seen a place run so smoothly, because all the employee's worked TOGETHER. We were all very upset to get the news.

I really can't imagine other people working in that kitchen, and running it the way we did. I understand the casino was not making much money, but it is off-season now. How could they cut us before season actually started? The snowbirds haven't even started flying down yet. They would have probably made the SunCruz so busy, and making so much profit, the owners would have said they'd stay. But they didn't wait. We are all so sad.

I hope to find a job that I like as much as I loved this one. I think it will be nearly impossible, but I am up for the challenge.  If anyone knows of a place, that needs a SOUS CHEF, LEAD LINE COOK, or EXECUTIVE CHEF, please let me know. I am looking for a good quality job, with benefits, prefferably in Palm Beach County. If there is something elsewhere, let me know, I will consider it.

 

This message is basically an update for the conversation I was having one day this week with a few ladies on Wildspace Chat. We were chatting about Things that are wrong with food that come from factories, etc. I found this artical on AOL. I am not claiming any responsibility for this artical at all, I simply copied and pasted it.  Please read:

Botulism Cases Force Huge Meat Recall
AP
Posted: 2007-07-22 07:37:55
Filed Under: Health, Nation
WASHINGTON (July 22) - A Georgia meat processor on Saturday expanded its recall of canned meat products that may be connected to a botulism outbreak.

Castleberry's Food Co. of Augusta recalled more than 80 types of canned chili, beef stew, corned beef hash and other meat products in addition to the 10 brands it had recalled Thursday.

Cans of chili sauce made at the Castleberry's plant were found in the homes of an Indiana couple and two children in Texas who had been hospitalized with botulism. All four are expected to survive.

Botulism is a muscle-paralyzing disease caused by a toxin made by a bacterium, Clostridium botulinum. Such bacteria are commonly found in soil.

The Agriculture Department's Food Safety and Inspection Service said Thursday that an equipment malfunction may have been responsible for the contamination.

On Saturday, FSIS said the malfunctions at the Augusta processing plant may have existed longer than initially estimated.

Castleberry's, which is owned by Bumble Bee Seafoods LLC and based in San Diego, voluntarily expanded the recall.

Castleberry's senior vice president Steve Mavity said: "We believe we have isolated the issue to a situation of under-processing on one line of our production facility. As an extra precaution to the recall we announced on Wednesday, we have shut down this line altogether and are recalling all products produced on it."

Brand names of the recalled products include Austex, Best Yet, Big Y, Black Rock, Bloom, Bryan, Bunker Hill, Castleberry's, Cattle Drive, Firefighters, Food Club, Food Lion, Goldstar, Great Value, Kroger, Lowes, Meijer, Morton House, Paramount, Piggly Wiggly, Prudence, Southern Home, Steak N Shake, Thrifty Maid, Triple Bar and Value Time. The recall also includes four varieties of Natural Balance dog food.

Consumers with questions about the recall may contact Castleberry's at 1-888-203-8446.

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