When line cooks, or other
kitchen employees, are chafing, they often resort to applying corn starch between their legs in the hot, humid kitchen environment to absorb some ball sweat.
Slurry refers to a soup or
liquid thickening agent, where corn starch and
water are combined and used to thicken.
Chef: Man you have to thicken that soup up a bit, it's real watery.
Line
Cook: It's so hot in this damn kitchen I have some line
cook slurry ready to
go!