An Iron Chef Fans Diary, December, 2002

 Sunday, December 1st, 2002    

 Main Ingredient:  Matsutake Mushroom
 Cooking Style: French vs. Japanese   
  Iron Chef:  Hiroyuki Sakai  Challenger: Masamitsu Takahashi

 Sunday, December 1st, 2002 NEW special dessert battle    

 Main Ingredient:  Strawberry
 Cooking Style: French vs. French   
  Iron Chef:  Hiroyuki Sakai  Challenger: Masayo Waki

 I missed most of this because I thought it was 9:00 Central.

 That's OK, it's on again next Sunday.

 Friday, December 6th, 2002 repeat

 Main Ingredient:  Bonito
 Cooking Style: French vs. Japanese  
 Iron Chef:  Hiroyuki Sakai  Challenger: Hiromi Funatsu

 Saturday, December 7th, 2002   
 Main Ingredient: Ashura Oyster

 Cooking Style: French vs.  Japanese   
 Iron Chef:  Hiroyuki Sakai   Challenger: Toshinari Senba

 Sunday, December 8th, 2002    

 Main Ingredient:  Strawberry
 Cooking Style: French vs. Japanese   
  Iron Chef:  Hiroyuki Sakai  Challenger: Masayo Waki

Whoops, I missed it again, but it's on again Friday the 20th!

 Friday, December 13th, 2002 rerun?  
 Main Ingredient:  Turkey
 Cooking Style: Neo Japanese vs. Japanese    
 Iron Chef:  Masaharu Morimoto  Challenger: Jiro Kokue

Oops, maybe this was a new one and I missed it.

Saturday, December 14th, 2002          
Main Ingredient: Sturgeon   
Cooking Style: Szechwan Chinese vs. Japanese   
Iron Chef:  Chen Kenichi    Challenger:  Ryozo Asou

This battle didn't look familiar, so I taped it. Watching them wrestle with the live fish was fun.

Sunday, December 15th, 2002  
Main Ingredient: Turkey  
Cooking Style:  Neo Japanese vs. Japanese   
Iron Chef: Masaharu Morimoto   Challenger: Jiro Kokue

 I updated the website (finally).

Friday, December 20th, 2002 rerun

Main Ingredient: Strawberry 
Cooking Style: French  vs. Japanese        
Iron Chef:  Hiroyuki Sakai  Challenger: Masayo Waki

Oh oh, I missed it again. Well, I saw enough of it the first time to know that you

put strawberries in the blender with some sugar, then use cake decorators to

draw a pattern on the plates, and fill the pattern up with strawberry puree.

Saturday, December 21st, 2002           
Main Ingredient: Oxtail    
Cooking Style: French vs. Italian   
Iron Chef: Hiroyuki Sakai   Challenger:  Takahashi Hosogai

I taped this one because I couldn't believe they had such an awful ingredient.

I think oxtail must just be a little bit above Charlotte's suggestion of skunk tail. 

Sunday, December 22nd, 2002 

Main Ingredient: Shark's Fin     
Cooking Style: Maverick Japanese vs. Japanese   
Iron Chef:  Rokusaboro Michiba   Challenger: Sei Hoi

Shark's fin looks like clear noodles, remember?

I fixed the Quail pages. I've added a main menu page for each theme ingredient, listing each battle

and each dish offered. Now you can look at any individual dish from any battle. I'll be reworking the

recipe pages so they each have a main menu list. 

 I updated the website for Christmas. Hey, another weekly update!

Wednesday, December 25th, 2002

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas from the Wooden Chef Family;

           Elaine,     Doug,                 Katie,          Christie, and Charlotte

                                          
Friday, December 27th, 2002 repeat
Main Ingredient: Duck  

Cooking Style: French vs. Japanese   
Iron Chef:  Hiroyuki Sakai  Challenger: Masatoshi Kimura

Another big chance for Iron Chef fans to impress their friends by cooking all of these dishes before the show!

Yo Ho Ho, the third update this month !  The new recipe is Pacific Saury.

Related Sites and the Quote of the Month have also been updated.

Saturday, December 28th, 2002                                 
Main Ingredient: Angler Fish    
Cooking Style:  Neo Japanese vs. Traditional Japanese    
Iron Chef:  Masaharu Morimoto   Challenger: Seiya Masahara

If memory serves me well, most of this fish is inedible, except for the organs.

Wow ! another update ! This time the new recipe is Sauerkraut, for New Year's Eve.

News and December Diary have also been updated in preparation for New Years.  

Sunday, December 29th, 2002               

Main Ingredient: Pumpkin  

Cooking Style: Szechwan Chinese vs. Japanese   
Iron Chef:  Chen Kenichi  Challenger: Koji Kobayashi 

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