Chopped Challenge

[Jester]

There was an episode of Iron Chef where someone made trout ice cream ....

One of the most notorious episodes ever, and one of the most infamous kitchen failures on that show. The judges will still refer to it, years later, and I've seen references to it on other cooking shows as well.

The judges are often surprised by things they think could not possibly work, that actually do. Trout ice cream....wasn't one of those dishes. It was quite famously awful.

I also remember an episode of Hell's Kitchen where they had to do a challenge where the contestants had to roll a die and call out an ingredient that started with the letter that came up on their die (so for instance "H"=Haricot verts).

I very much remember that episode as well. One team kept getting the letter L. Three times, if I remember correctly. And one of the teammates who got that letter selected lemons, after a previous teammate had already selected limes. I forget what the third L ingredient was, but their dish, if memory serves me correctly, didn't go too well.

[CorneliaMarieRocks]

Heh, I was wondering when someone was going to bring that Trout Ice Cream up, Battle of The Masters which was the 'pilot' if you will to ICA. Iron Chef Sakai was the one who attempted that one & like Jester said, failed utterly

bit OT here but has ICA been cancelled or something? I've not seen any new episodes (pretty much all of season 12 was 'special IC vs. IC type battles which I enjoy depending on which IC is battling) & I've not heard of a new season of The Next Iron Chef...Jester, you seen/heard anything?

[mathnerd]

Are we ready for the first basket? There's a number of ingredient suggestions already, but I think it's time to start playing!

[Jester]

Cornelia, I haven't really followed ICA for quire some time, so I have no idea what its status is.

Mathnerd, I'd give it a few more days. We have plenty of ingredients suggested, but not that many claimed participants.....

[munchkinmama]

I'll give it a try.

[dalesys]

Platinum Hors d'oeuvre de Merite for any chef whose kids ask for seconds... without large calibre encouragement.

[klhanson]

i just saw this and i want in!

[Kittish]

Time yet for announcing the first basket? A week or 10 days seems a good lead so people can challenge the items if they need to.

[mathnerd]

I think we'll do a final call, and I'll announce the basket in the morning. That gives everybody a little bit more time to see the thread and put their hat in.

Plus, while we've already got a good list of ingredients, if anybody wants to suggest anything else, post them now.

[dalesys]

This is reminding me of a game played in an Alcott or Wilder book called poison... fill a teaspoon with something and feed it to the next player... one I remember was sugar and kerosene.

[AccountingDrone]

I will kick in - I just need to not have mushrooms, coconut/palm/tropical products or bivalves unless I can come up with an agreeable substitute. [can I make seitan clams?]

[mathnerd]

Please forgive me for not having the basket ready today. I sat down to do it last night, and a kid of mine came home with a busted up foot and we spent most of the night and half the morning in the ER (verdict: probably broken, complicated, see the Ortho Wednesday to decide if he needs surgery). Then, after just a few hours of sleep, another kid calls me and OH NO! He left his bike on the bike rack of the bus he takes to get to school (my county doesn't provide school buses, so the kids take public transportation to school.) So I got to drag my sleepy ass out of bed and track down the damned bus and retrieve the bike (I was successful). Also, we're gearing up for major surgery for my youngest (not the one who forgot the bike) on Friday, and I've still got to somehow keep the household running.

So, all of that to say: Ooooops. Sorry. I'm getting to it tonight (I hope).

[Victory Sabre]

I would say that those are good reasons, and I hope all the kids are going to be ok.

[mathnerd]

Food basket:

Feta Cheese
Edible Flowers
Dates
Polish Sausage

[NecessaryCatharsis]

I have been unable to find edible flowers. There is nothing like it available from grocery, there is still a foot of snow on the lawn, so even if it warms up enough to start melting again a month isn't enough time for something to get grown, and I'm hesitant to buy flowers from a florist, even if they start out edible I worry about all the pesticides and crap that are put on.

Unless anyone has any suggestions, I either have to ask for a new ingredient or bow out of this time.