An Iron Chef Fans Diary, May, 2002

 Thursday, May 2nd, 2002, Big Change in Wooden Chef !

 There are many battles that I only get one or two dishes

 out and some that I don't get any. I still have my notes and sketches of the dishes,

 but I've been waiting to post these until I can finish cooking the other dishes.

 I decided to start uploading these files anyway, so you may have the advantage

 of using my notes if you decide to cook along.

 I loaded Stingray, Tofu, Yogurt, Sushi, and Salmon.

 Friday, May 3rd, 2002

 No matter how I figure it, I was shorted on my check from Jack Corporate during the 

 week of shift leader classes, at least 4.25 hours, probably more like 12 hours, and I

 don't  get any  compensation for driving 3 other people. I'm supposed to get a 50 cent 

 raise, we'll see.

 Friday, May 3rd, 2002  
 Main Ingredient:  Bell Pepper 
 Cooking Style: Maverick Japanese vs. German? Hungarian?
 Iron Chef:  Rokusaburo Michiba   Challenger: Artur J. Rutter 

 We cooked along with this one and got four of the eight dishes, two from each chef.

Artur J. Rutter's Beef Medallion Steak          The Wooden Chef's answer: 

         from Battle Bell Pepper, May 3rd, 2002                   Stir Fried Stew Meat Cubes

                                                                                       with Five Kinds of Sauce !

 Saturday, May 4th, 2002 repeat 
 Main Ingredient: Truffles

 Cooking Style: Szechwan Chinese vs. Traditional Japanese   
 Iron Chef:  Chen Kenichi    Challenger:   Dr. Hattori

 Sunday, May 5th, 2002
 Main Ingredient:  Sardine

 Cooking Style:  Neo Japanese vs. Traditional Japanese

 Iron Chef:  Chen Kenichi  Challenger: Hideki Maruyama

 Thursday, May 9th, I found that the first Carrots page pointed off to lobster,

 so I fixed that and then started trying to stick the Bell Pepper recipes together.

Friday, May 10th, 2002 NEW
Main Ingredient:  Pacific Saury
Cooking Style: Maverick Japanese vs. Nouvelle French  
Iron Chef:  Rokusaburo Michiba  Challenger: Tsutomu Hiroi

Each chef only got in three dishes, but they were all interesting.

Saturday, May 11th, 2002 repeat from April 19th.        
Main Ingredient: Cabbage   
Cooking Style: Szechwan Chinese vs. Japanese   
Iron Chef:  Chen Kenichi     Challenger:   Hiromi Yamada

Sunday, May 12th, 2002, Mother's Day, repeat of Chen and Sakai Spotlight

I updated the website. New ingredients were:

1. Bell Pepper, 2. Salmon, 3. Sushi, 4. Tofu, and 5. Yogurt.

Friday, May 17th, 2002 NEW
Main Ingredient:  Yams
Cooking Style: French vs. Zen Buddhist vegetarian  
Iron Chef:  Hiroyuki Sakai  Challenger: Buddhist monk Sotetsu Fujii

We had a great cook along, getting versions of all eight dishes.

Saturday, May 18th, 2002           
Main Ingredient: Mushroom    
Cooking Style: Szechwan Chinese vs. Japanese   
Iron Chef:  Chen Kenichi     Challenger:   Hideki Ohsaka

Kinoko means mushroom in Japanese

Sunday, May 19th, 2002,

Main Ingredient: Bamboo Shoots   
Cooking Style: Szechwan Chinese vs. Japanese   
Iron Chef:  Chen Kenichi     Challenger:                     

Friday, May 3rd, 2002

My time was changed for the 19th, a break was added in when I didn't get one.

Friday, May 24th, 2002 
Main Ingredient:  Tomato
Cooking Style: Italian vs. Italian  
Iron Chef:  Masahiko Kobe  Challenger: Franco Canzoniere

Saturday, May 25th, 2002           
Main Ingredient: Bell Pepper   
Cooking Style: Japanese vs. Hungarian   
Iron Chef:  Rokusaburo Michiba     Challenger:  Artur J. Rutter

Sunday, May 26th, 2002,

Main Ingredient: Bamboo Shoots   
Cooking Style: Szechwan Chinese vs. Japanese   
Iron Chef:  Chen Kenichi     Challenger: Mario Nakagawa

Thursday, May 30th, 2002

I was called in to work 7.5 hours.

Friday, May 31st, 2002

I was originally scheduled to work from 7:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., but Steve changed the schedule

without any notification. This is illegal, by the way, more of that labor cost savings.

Friday, May 31st, 2002 New

Main Ingredient: Cod Roe

Cooking Style: Japanese

Iron Chef: Masaharu Morimoto   Challenger: Yuusuke Yamashita                     

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