An Iron Chef Fans Diary - April, 2001
April 3rd Elaine bought me a rolling pin so I could make pasta.
Sunday,
April 6th, I found Stephanie Masumura's www.ironchef.com
with descriptions
of the battles. Thanks to her comments I was able to
be well prepared.
Her email is ironsteph@excite.com.
I guessed
at what the shrimp filled pork roll would be like and baked
it ahead
of time.
Sunday,
April 6th, 2001
Main Ingredient:
Jinhua
Pork
Cooking Style:
French vs. Japanese
Iron Chef:
Hiroyuki Sakai Challenger: Shuzo Shimokawa
This came
out the best one so far. My pork roll matched Sakai's.
He
wrapped the ends of his rolls in foil to avoid browning them.
I
spent much of the next week trying to draw some good pictures of the dishes.
This turned
out to be a waste of time. The bigger pictures weren't that much
better than
the quick sketches that I did during the battle and colored in later.
Elaine
suggested that I stay with the quick sketches, just color them in.
Saturday,
April 7th, 2001, Battle Ray
Main Ingredient:
Stingray
Cooking Style:
French
Iron Chef:
Hiroyuki Sakai Challenger: Yoshihide Koga
After tormenting
my family with squid, I skipped this battle.
Friday,
April 13th, 2001, Yogurt Battle
Main Ingredient:
Yogurt, 30 kg. made especially for the show
Cooking Style:
French-Italian
Iron Chef:
Chen Kenichi Challenger: Itoh Genichi
The best I could do was Tofu Rice with Hot Sauce and a Buttery Soup with Tofu and Shrimp.
Saturday, April 14th, 2001, Eggplant Battle
Main Ingredient:
Kamo Eggplant
Cooking Style:
Italian
Iron Chef:
Chen Kenichi Challenger: Kawaguchi Sousei
I made Eggplant
Soup with Ginger and Fried Eggplant with Hot Sauce.
Sunday,
April 15th, 2001 Udon Battle
Main Ingredient:
Udon Noodles
Cooking Style:
French vs. Edo (traditional Japanese)
Iron Chef:
Hiroyuki Sakai Challenger: Tooru Komori
This was
one of those times that the challenger won !
I made Canned
Tuna Fettacini Noodle Soup with Carrots and Green Onion
and Canned
Medium Shrimp Stir Fried with Fettacini Noodles.
Friday,
April 20th, 2001, Abalone Battle
Main Ingredient:
Abalone (shellfish)
Cooking Style:
Neo Japanese vs. Seaweed expert
Iron Chef:
Masaharu Morimoto Challenger: Takeshi Kajimoto
Another time
that the challenger won !
I had never
seen abalone before, I had bought albacore tuna.
Saturday,
April 21st, 2001, Tofu Battle
Main Ingredient:
Tofu, 30 pounds especially made for the show
Cooking Style:
Japanese
Iron Chef:
Masaharu Morimoto Challenger: Takaji Yoshida
A rerun of
the March 30th program.
Sunday,
April 22nd, 2001, Tomato Battle
Main Ingredient:
Tomatoes, various types and sizes
Cooking Style:
Italian
Iron Chef:
Masahiko Kobe Challenger: Franco Canzoniere
All the dishes
were definitely Italian.
I
made seven dishes with this battle, including my original cherry tomato
raviolis.
Elaine
suggested that I start taking pictures of my finished dishes. The first
pictures
were
crudely posed and were edited later.
Friday,
April 27th, 2001, Crab Battle
Main Ingredient:
Blue Crab (IC) / Watari Crab (SM)
Cooking Style:
Thai vs. Italian
Iron Chef:
Masahiko Kobe Challenger: Miyoko Sakai
I
didn't do too well here, both chefs were very artistic. The best I could
do was crab
sauce
on noodles. When I tried again later, this battle led to my first Fake
Crab.
Saturday,
April 28th, 2001, Kinka Pork Battle,
Wooden Chef's 54th Birthday
Main Ingredient:
Jinhua Pork
Cooking Style:
French vs. Japanese
Iron Chef:
Hiroyuki Sakai Challenger: Shuzo Shimokawa
This was
a rerun of the April 6th program.
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