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The Sporkful

The Firehouse Chef Who Still Burns His Toast

The Sporkful

SiriusXM Podcasts

Arts

4.63.8K Ratings

🗓️ 21 November 2022

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Firefighters face plenty of high-pressure situations — including cooking a lunch for their crewmates that’s hot, filling, and on time. The pressure is even greater for A.J. Fusco, a firefighter in Harrison, New York, who moonlights as a chef in New York City. His firehouse lunches sometimes include ingredients the other firefighters aren’t used to.

Transcript

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0:00.0

I'm standing in the middle of a supermarket parking lot in Harrison, New York, about 25 miles

0:11.4

north of New York City.

0:13.0

And the guy who's supposed to meet here is Lake.

0:15.6

But when he does show up, he's easy to find.

0:17.8

Because he's driving a big red fire truck.

0:21.5

Usually, I'd like to get here a little earlier.

0:24.6

And like, just start prepping everything out, you know.

0:27.2

This is AJ Fusco.

0:28.6

He's a firefighter in town.

0:30.1

He's cooking lunch at the firehouse today.

0:32.2

And he's behind schedule.

0:34.0

He was late to meet me because he was on a call, which, of course, I understand.

0:37.9

But he has to answer the guys at the firehouse who are already getting hungry.

0:42.1

Fortunately, AJ's got a strategy.

0:44.4

We'll have Donnie make the guac first.

0:47.1

So that way, when they start getting antsy, like, oh, when's lunch, when's lunch ready,

0:51.0

whatever.

0:52.0

You have something for them to pick on and keep him quiet.

0:56.0

At what point, they really start getting restless at their time, you're like, one o'clock

1:00.2

is like, you're pushing lunch at one o'clock.

1:02.9

We used to work with a guy.

1:03.9

He just retired 12 o'clock on the dot every day.

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