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Post by mickster on Apr 12, 2006 11:06:54 GMT -5
Fukui: Thanks Ohta! Now it's time to introduce today's guests. Back with us again is the lovely Mayuko Takata. Welcome back, Takata-san! Also, another Iron Chef regular, photographer Tenmei Kanou. A big welcome to both of you! And of course, our commentator, Dr. Yukio Hattori, hellow again Doc! Takata-san (Thanks for inviting me back, this battle will be very exciting). Kanou-san (Pleasure to be back, I'm really looking forward to this battle, two of the best chefs in the world are on stage tonigh).
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Post by missteetheironchef on Apr 12, 2006 11:22:32 GMT -5
Morimoto (Alright...next dish...since Kandagawa has a beef sashimi...Chicken and Shrimp tempura on sticks...White chocolate and white wine sauce...I'm marinating the chicken is a special miso seasonings and cocoa powder...hehehe. Oh my gotta love the tempura. I'm using ponko...which is Japanese bread crumbs with some egg wash...I assistants are making my white chocolate and white wine sauce. I'm adding some grapeseed oil into the heated wok.)
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Post by mickster on Apr 12, 2006 11:47:46 GMT -5
Takata-san (It is really starting to smell wonderful in kitchen stadium. Oh look what the Iron Chef is doing with the wok, looks like he is going to make maybe a stirfry? I may be wrong. I simply love chocolate but, hmmmm?)
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Post by Man Alive! on Apr 12, 2006 14:11:44 GMT -5
10 MINUTES HAVE ELAPSED
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Post by kadaj on Apr 12, 2006 14:29:11 GMT -5
Hattori: Always a pleasure. Oh yes about the theme ingredient chocolate..... The chocolate residue found in an ancient Maya pot suggests that Maya were drinking chocolate 2,600 years ago, the earliest record of cacao use. The Aztecs associated chocolate with Xochiquetzal, the goddess of fertility. In the New World, chocolate was consumed in a bitter and spicy drink called xocoatl, often seasoned with vanilla, chile pepper, and achiote (which we know today as annatto). Xocoatl was believed to fight fatigue, a belief that is probably attributable to the theobromine content. Chocolate was an important luxury good throughout pre-Columbian Mesoamerica, and cocoa beans were often used as currency. Other chocolate drinks combined it with such edibles as maize gruel (which acts as an emulsifier) and honey.
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Post by Man Alive! on Apr 12, 2006 14:59:26 GMT -5
Fukui: Very interesting, Doc. And what about chocolate's aphrodisiac attributes?
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Post by kadaj on Apr 12, 2006 15:06:07 GMT -5
Hattori: Well chocolates aphrodisiac attributes are based on my knowledge... romantic lore commonly identifies chocolate as an aphrodisiac. The reputed aphrodisiac qualities of chocolate are most often associated with the simple sensual pleasure of its consumption. More recently, suggestion has been made that serotonin and other chemicals found in chocolate, most notably phenethylamine, can act as mild sexual stimulants. While there is no firm proof that chocolate is indeed an aphrodisiac, giving a gift of chocolate to one's sweetheart is a familiar courtship ritual.
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Post by mickster on Apr 12, 2006 15:17:05 GMT -5
Kanou-san (That's a very interesting bit of information, Hattori-san. But I wonder how good chocolate is going to taste with, say, beef, fish and/or vegetables. I haven't seen what Kandagawa-san is working with over there.)
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Post by kadaj on Apr 12, 2006 15:26:18 GMT -5
Hattori: Maybe the cameraman can go and get a shot of what Kandagawa-San is doing over there, it smells good anyways. Chocolate and fish go well together, the chocolate accentuates the flavour of the fish, and gives it a nice aroma. Vegetables, it depends on what you are using, you have to sweeten up the veggies first, otherwise the bitterness will drown out the chocolate, chocolate and non-roasted beef go great together.
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Post by mickster on Apr 12, 2006 15:36:25 GMT -5
Takata-san: (we will see, I'm sure. Maybe the chefs will save you something, Dr. Hattori (tee hee))
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Post by kadaj on Apr 12, 2006 15:39:37 GMT -5
Hattori: Chocolate also goes good with truffles, and foie gras put together.
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Post by mickster on Apr 12, 2006 15:56:18 GMT -5
Kanou-san (Well, as I stated earlier, this is going to be a very interesting battle. Chef Kandagawa is out for blood, and IC Morimoto is full of unusual ideas for using food. and Takata-san loves chocolate)
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Post by Man Alive! on Apr 12, 2006 16:00:47 GMT -5
Fukui: Hmmm... What is Kandagawa-san doing over there? Maybe Ohta can find out for us!
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Post by kadaj on Apr 12, 2006 16:03:42 GMT -5
Ohta: Fukui-San!! It appears that kandagawa is taking a raw fish, and making some kobe-beef style sashimi, which he will use wine sauce for later. When I asked Kandagwa his feelings on the match he said to me "I am confident that I will win, and am excited to be here", back to you Fukui-San!!
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Post by Man Alive! on Apr 12, 2006 16:06:54 GMT -5
Fukui: Thanks, big guy! Now Takata-san, we know you love chocolate- how would you use it in a "main" dish?
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