Nothing Tastes as Good as Not Being Cut Open Feels

“I was using a hand blender for an aioli and there was a bunch in the blade compartment. So I unplugged the machine and used my finger to remove the excess aioli. Right as I did it another cook set down a robo coup and he plugged in the handblender cord. Sooooo it turned on while my finger was in the blade compartment….”
 — LA Weekly asked some chefs about their worst kitchen injuries, which is all the excuse I need to tell you that one time my mom was working in a bakery and tried to pull some dough away from the wall of an industrial stand mixer WHILE IT WAS ON and, no duh, got her hand caught and broken by the spinning hook attachment. I really love her.