Care To Super-Size That Mess?

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    I've always, always made a big mess...even before I was diagnosed with Cerebellar Ataxia. Messes were just part of the cooking experience, especially when it came to being in the kitchen. In nineteen-eighty-six, I attended a Culinary Institute in Portland, OR. and could spill, slop, and/or drop food that I was preparing with the best of them. But post-diagnosis? That puts me in a whole another class my friends,(think Swedish Chef from the Muppets). To me, good tasting food has become synonymous with the need to do some serious clean-up. I have just accepted that things are going to get, um....interesting. Anyway, it seems like the harder I try to keep things tidy and the counters clean the worse it gets. So why fight it? I think I'll just go with it, and so......

    I am seriously thinking of opening up a restaurant that I would name Che'SpaZtic's. The theme would be, Where friends are always welcome, and the food is always flying. Everything would be made and cooked in a big glass-encased room that would be in a central location and surrounded by the dining room so that everyone would have, and enjoy, a view of the kitchen. This would serve a dual purpose. Watching food being prepared, and thrown around, by the cook staff would be an educational experience, but would also provide the night's entertainment. So, Che'SpaZtic's would sort of be like going to a dinner theater, and there would, of course, be a cover charge as such. All drinks would be personally shaken simply by default, not stirred, and the water glasses would be double the size of the standard water glass that you would get at a regular sit down restaurant. That way, by the time the waitperson arrives at your table, and half the water has sloshed out while they walked, you will still receive a nice amount of ice water. There will not be a dress code, however since I will be there, the use of rubber clothing or bibs would be strongly encouraged and available for rent from a kiosk in the front foyer. And, of course, there would be a theme night. The most popular of which I predict would be food-fight night, although I can't figure out how to make that night any more distinguishable than most regular nights at Che'SpaZtics.

    The only question I have is.....Now that you know the hazards and potential perils of being around me.....would you spend an evening at that restaurant? Leave me a comment; I'd like to hear your thoughts.