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Daydreamer
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05-30-2008

Tuesday, October 27, 2009 - 7:16 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Daydreamer a private message Print Post    
Tamarind is also the "other" main ingedient in the peanut sauce that accompanies satay (skewered meat), in Thai cooking.

Vsmart
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02-10-2003

Tuesday, October 27, 2009 - 10:03 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Vsmart a private message Print Post    
Tamarind is one of the ingredients of worcestershire sauce.
There is also a Mexican soft drink called Tamarindo.

Tntitanfan
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08-03-2001

Tuesday, October 27, 2009 - 3:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tntitanfan a private message Print Post    
And some people say TV isn't educational!!

Tishala
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08-01-2000

Tuesday, October 27, 2009 - 4:13 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tishala a private message Print Post    
tamarindo is now I encountered tamarind initially. I love the soda and I've had homemade tamarindo drinks at Mexican places, so I found a recipe and tried to make it. Massive fail. I'll stick with the soda every now and then.

tamarind

And then America's Test Kitchen had a recipe for pad thai, so I decided to make it. It's much more economical for me to get it as take out....so much work. Just dealing with the tamarind alone drove me crazy and overall the ATK recipe was really bland.

Tntitanfan
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08-03-2001

Tuesday, October 27, 2009 - 5:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tntitanfan a private message Print Post    
I will have to check out tamarindo at one of the Latinos mercados! I am becoming intrigued! And besides it will give me a chance to practice my Spanish!

Although I adore all the ethnic cuisines available to me in Nashville - we are 19% first generation immigrant here if you can believe it! - the only one I make at home is Indian. All of the spices that they use are ones that I have on hand for other preparations, and these make excellent chicken or fish or other seafood dishes! I also cook a lot of lentils and chickpeas to boost my protein intake.

Weinermr
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08-18-2001

Thursday, October 29, 2009 - 2:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Weinermr a private message Print Post    
Tishala,

I work not too far from Grand Central Market (on Grand Ave. - Bunker Hill) and love to go there every once in a while to kill a lunch hour (on the rare occasions when I don't eat at my desk).

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Monday, November 02, 2009 - 7:47 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
Wow. No comments from last night's show? Double elimination, and personally I was glad to see Chef Appleman get eliminated (I thought he was way too cocky).

Should be interesting to see the remaining four in Tokyo.

Vacanick
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07-12-2004

Monday, November 02, 2009 - 7:53 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Vacanick a private message Print Post    
I'm sure cooking Indian food was a really difficult challenge. I agree and am glad Chef Appleman and his 'momma's mashed potatoes' stories is gone. lol!

I think I'm gonna have to go for Chef Freitag or Chef Metha for the win!!

Ladytex
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09-27-2001

Monday, November 02, 2009 - 8:39 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ladytex a private message Print Post    
Crapola, I forgot it was on (I didn't have possession of the remote last night)

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Monday, November 02, 2009 - 9:40 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
I hope Freitag doesn't win!

Yeah, Appleman's "stories" were getting kinda old. I wonder how the judge's felt when/if they watched the show and saw how much they'd been played.

I'd love to see Chef Mehta win. He's kinda been the underdog.

Reader234
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08-13-2000

Monday, November 02, 2009 - 10:46 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Reader234 a private message Print Post    
Chef Freitag has a strong personality from watching her judge other shows/chefs...

and since Iron Chef only has Cat Cora - I'm wondering if they are hoping Chef Freitag does well enough for a win...

It was an interesting show - 2 hours. But I know from reading a reporter from Chicago that followed a chef on the Iron Chef show - that the show gives the chefs advance warning of the secret ingredient - it used to be a list of ingredients, and one of them would be used - to now apparantly the list has been narrowed significantly...

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Monday, November 02, 2009 - 12:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
Reader, the chefs on THIS show (The Next Iron Chef) get a head's up? Or the chefs on Iron Chef get a head's up?

Tntitanfan
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08-03-2001

Monday, November 02, 2009 - 7:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tntitanfan a private message Print Post    
I've always wondered about that - as well as how much time the chef gets to plan the menu/station assignments with his/her crew. Has anyone heard an answer to that?

Carlpsmom
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01-03-2004

Monday, November 02, 2009 - 8:54 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Carlpsmom a private message Print Post    
There was a behind the scenes show about Iron Chef once. It claimed they did not know until that day. It was an interesting program; I just wish I could remember it better! lol

Reader234
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08-13-2000

Tuesday, November 03, 2009 - 8:44 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Reader234 a private message Print Post    
The chefs on the night time Iron Chef America get a list of "probable" ingredients - when the writer for Chicago Tribune talked to the Chicago Chef, he made it sounds as if they knew which ingredients were possible from the list and which were probably not so much...

I cant remember how much in advance they got that list - but it enabled them to bring some of their "own" ingredients...
Google is my friend!!

Quote:Ingredients: The network has acknowledged that challengers receive a list of five potential secret ingredients, though by some accounts that list may be shorter, with perhaps three possibilities. Chefs are given the list of potential ingredients between a week and a month in advance, according to Bruce Seidel, vice president of program planning for the Food Network and the executive in charge of the show. Every effort is taken to prevent challengers from discovering the ingredient, Seidel says, though clues have occasionally been uncovered, as when a food distributor revealed to a challenger it had received inquiries about a certain ingredient. [end Quote]
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11500312/


Carlpsmom - I remember that too, didnt Alton Brown host it?

I tried to make the point Costacat that the chefs on THIS show (Next iron chef) might perform better if they had some time to prepare, or mentally think about it (like the designers in the Runway shows - even 15 min) but then again, that's the point of the show, they are all on the same playing field (not knowing the ingredient or the challenge)

but it seemed that some of the challenges were more geared for some of the chefs Indian Food, Mexican... so I was thinking that the show could've at least given 15 min to think before they threw them into the fire!!

Hermione69
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07-24-2002

Tuesday, November 03, 2009 - 6:03 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hermione69 a private message Print Post    
I'm looking for Costacat! She posted a chili recipe and I can't find it. Yoo hoo! Costacat!

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Tuesday, November 03, 2009 - 6:05 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
I did? I thought I mentioned I made chili, but I didn't post the recipe! :-)

(Where did I say that? In the Top Chef thread maybe?)

Hermione69
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07-24-2002

Tuesday, November 03, 2009 - 6:10 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hermione69 a private message Print Post    
I thought you talked about what you put in it. Let me check Top Chef.

Tntitanfan
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08-03-2001

Wednesday, November 04, 2009 - 5:51 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tntitanfan a private message Print Post    
Costa - I thought you just said you made white chili and used canned beans because you didn't have time for soaking - may have missed the "real" recipe though!

Was anyone else shocked at the "chopped for the entree" chef's behavior? Because of his accent I couldn't understand all that he said, but he CERTAINLY said that the judges' decision was "bogus!"

Carlpsmom
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01-03-2004

Wednesday, November 04, 2009 - 10:38 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Carlpsmom a private message Print Post    
I thought Malik used a different phrase. lol Yes, his ego was a little much.

Roxip
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01-29-2004

Wednesday, November 04, 2009 - 11:23 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Roxip a private message Print Post    
Is anyone else disappointed that Mark isn't really related to "his uncle the Chairman" but is instead an actor (and sometimes dancer) playing a role?

Lexie_girl
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07-30-2004

Wednesday, November 04, 2009 - 12:47 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lexie_girl a private message Print Post    
Roxip, I loved the original Iron Chef and Chairman Kaga. I cannot get into ICA. I will watch it every now and then if nothing is on the weekends, but other than that I don't exactly go out of my way to watch the show.

Chairman Kaga and English subtitles totally rocked!!!

Roxip
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01-29-2004

Wednesday, November 04, 2009 - 1:48 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Roxip a private message Print Post    
I loved watching the guest judges eat...they could really pack it in! And they would get so enthusiastic...LOL!

Reader234
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08-13-2000

Wednesday, November 04, 2009 - 3:57 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Reader234 a private message Print Post    
and the ingredients and food was always so over the top -

I'm learning to like Mark tho - it must be a really good gig for him!! I cant believe that Alton and Kevin dont get to taste the food they describe and "the chairman" does!!

Lexie_girl
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07-30-2004

Wednesday, November 04, 2009 - 5:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lexie_girl a private message Print Post    
And the translations from Japanese to English when they were judging the food used to crack me up, i.e. "I feel like my mouth is floating on clouds. This reminds me of <insert> Thank you. This is very delicious. <<giggle giggle>>"

FLN used to show rerun the original Iron Chef. Lately, I have hard time staying up until 10:00 p.m. so I don't know if they still rerun IC.