Culinary Surgeon Gifts

Surgeon carving a chicken/turkey.

'Giles is a surgeon who likes to bring his work home with him.'

"I sympathize. It's weird for me too."

Operating table.

'Dedication to one's profession can be carried to extremes, Stillwell.'

"For keyhole turkey carving we use a 12 mm port in each flank and third in the midline."

Surgeon and Fishmonger

"Curl your fingers to avoid cuts when slicing or chopping...I learned that trick on a TV cooking show!"

'Put an egg in the bowl and beat it with the whisk.'

Counting ribs

On August 14, 2011 at app. 2:00 p, Derek Winslow made scientific history by converting an item of the animal kingdom into an item of the plant kingdom.

"And the cheese in your omelette? Cheddar, Brie, aged Gouda, Morbier, Torta del Casar, Double Gloucester, Époisses, Shropshire blue, or American?"

Soup of the month.

"I have no idea what, hic, went wrong. I did everything, hic, Mario Batali said."

"You're the lid to my pot."

6 Brothers Falafel

'He's trying to put some magic into my recipes.'

"Tonight, perhaps Mrs. Lewis would prefer this quiet little table for two from which to send back her entrée?"

Picking pastries.

Cookbooks

"Rump roast?"

As you like it - 'Waiter, chicken with watercress please' 'I'm sorry sir we haven't any chicken left ... but if you wish I bring you a larger portion of watercress...'

'I started out washing dishes, but when the dishwater tasted better than the soup...'

'Waiter...my entrée fell over.'

Garden.

Peter Pan, the Utensil that Never Grew Up

"I've never heard of it, either, but nothing ventured, nothing gained, I always say!"

"How fresh is the calamari?"

"'TSP' stands for 'teaspoon' not 'two solid pounds'!"

Too much cilantro

"Is the asparagus farm-raised or wild-caught?"

"These things are delicious. Hard and crunchy on the outside, soft and chewy on the inside!"

"And how is last week's tilapia tonight?"

"Our cook is new, so ge's Googling what goes on a bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwich as we speak."

'I have to agree -- the value of pie goes on indefinitely.'