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Tntitanfan
Member
08-03-2001
| Sunday, October 11, 2009 - 11:21 am
This looks like it may be one of the most cut-throat competitions on any food show I have seen. Did anyone but me notice that the chef who gave positive feedback about the other chefs' dishes was the one that FIVE of them voted for in the opening contest? What goes around comes around!
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Tntitanfan
Member
08-03-2001
| Sunday, October 11, 2009 - 6:54 pm
I opened this thread with the question of whether the new Iron Chef would be a replacement (of whom?) or an addition. Does anyone have an answer to that yet? I have little to no hope of remaining awake through the show tonight, so I will be back here tomorrow morning to find out what happened. From the previews this looks like a down and dirty fight!
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Tishala
Member
08-01-2000
| Sunday, October 11, 2009 - 7:09 pm
Tnt, my understanding is that Food Network has severed ties with Mario Batali, who was probably its best chef. So the new IC will probably be replacing him.
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Wowprincess
Member
09-04-2006
| Sunday, October 11, 2009 - 7:30 pm
I don't watch IC consistently but have watched it lately again and noticed that Mario Batali is NOT in the IC line up anymore. Even earlier this year he was still in the line up, so I'm assuming they are going back up to 5 IC's with this new one.
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Tntitanfan
Member
08-03-2001
| Monday, October 12, 2009 - 5:26 am
Thanks for the responses! Mario was probably my fav of all time!
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Vsmart
Member
02-10-2003
| Monday, October 12, 2009 - 9:15 am
After reading "Heat" by Bill Buford, I can't stand Mario Batali.
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Tntitanfan
Member
08-03-2001
| Monday, October 12, 2009 - 2:48 pm
So WHO got eliminated?
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Tishala
Member
08-01-2000
| Monday, October 12, 2009 - 3:10 pm
Chef Holly Smith. The task was to reinvent a classic dish. Hers was bouillabaisse, which she made as....something not resembling a bouillabaisse at all, really. I can't remember the name of the winner, but he reinvented pasta puttanesca in a really interesting way, using IIRC zucchini as noodles.
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Tntitanfan
Member
08-03-2001
| Monday, October 12, 2009 - 6:30 pm
Thanks, Tishala! What is (are?) IIRC zucchini? This dish sounds a little bit like a riff on spaghetti squash!!
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Tishala
Member
08-01-2000
| Monday, October 12, 2009 - 7:12 pm
sorry, I meant zucchini, IIRC (if I recall correctly)
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Tntitanfan
Member
08-03-2001
| Tuesday, October 13, 2009 - 5:00 am
Thanks again, Tishala! Makes me want to actually try spaghetti squash. We - at Second Harvest - do an excellent dish with shredded zuc sauteed with chopped onion (and sometimes tomatoes) in olive oil and white wine with liberal salt and pepper. When we first took it to the Titans' coaches - where we cater three nights a week in season - they would pass it right by on the buffet table. Now the pan is always empty at the end of service.
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Tntitanfan
Member
08-03-2001
| Monday, October 19, 2009 - 5:32 am
So what happened last night? I was so dithered by the fact that TAR was well over an hour late starting that I didn't have sense enough to turn over and watch the end of THIS show when TAR was over! Re-runs scheduled?
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Bombaycat
Member
07-21-2007
| Monday, October 19, 2009 - 7:34 am
Tnt - I too was upset about TAR running late by 1 hour 15 minutes. Thank goodness for my DVR. For the first challenge the chefs were in pairs. Each pair was sent to one of 4 different Asian restaurants where they had to recreate one of the dishes. After tasting the dish they had 10 minutes to prepare it. The restaurants were Korean, Chinese, Vietnamese and Thai. For the elimination challenge they had to take the flavors and ideas the used in the first challenge and fuse them with American dishes. Chef Brad Farmerie went home. Reruns: Tues 9pm Eastern Time Wed 12am Sat 6pm Sun 7pm
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Tntitanfan
Member
08-03-2001
| Monday, October 19, 2009 - 10:26 am
Thanks,Bombay! Both for the insights and for the times!!
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Reader234
Member
08-13-2000
| Monday, October 19, 2009 - 11:08 am
I thought it was an interesting challenge!! The winning chef - got the "advantage" here - He picked which cuisine he would visit - and then he picked the teams and where those teams would visit. Chef Freitag went to ? Thai? It was a curry fish soup - the owner,or chef of the places presented their featured dish - the 2 chefs tasted them, then they were given 10 minutes to recreate the dish - the winner of the challenge (as named by the owner/chef) would get an advantage in the elimination round...and if both dishes were equal in taste than the chef finishing first would "win".... Anyway Chef Freitag's restaurant the chef/owner said it takes her less than 10 minutes to make this soup!! she forgot to add 2 things, one was cilantro! The chef that went with her added pineapple and something else, the owner when tasting his dish made the funniest "ick" face!! I really enjoyed watching this challenge!! Each of the owners had an interesting point of view - back for the elimination challenge - the winner chefs got extra time to prepare an American Dish based on the flavors and ideas in the first challenge - Chef Frietag was challenged by Jeffry for making a crab cake but using a fish instead of crab - um *DUH her bowl of curry soup included a fish ball!! I didnt have a problem with who they pick as winners - but their comments sometimes crack me up!! One Chef did a "take out" menu - and again tried to do an ice cream, it didnt get remotely frozen - but he served it anyway - and his food looked ridiculous to me - I thought, no brainer, buh bye - nope... he got to stay to "cook another day"....
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Reader234
Member
08-13-2000
| Monday, October 19, 2009 - 11:11 am
oh SEXY Jimmer.... can you help?? I suffer from CRAFT - or is it CRS - can you do a banner here? http://www.foodnetwork.com/the-next-iron-chef/index.html (I think this is the link, I tried opening it and it froze my computer..)
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Monday, October 19, 2009 - 11:22 am
Chef Mehta did the take out menu. I like him but I don't know what he was thinking. I'm glad he stayed to cook another day!
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Tntitanfan
Member
08-03-2001
| Tuesday, October 20, 2009 - 8:31 pm
For some strange reason this show came on an hour earlier than listed in TV Guide, and I was lucky enough to catch it! That catches me up to date!
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Tishala
Member
08-01-2000
| Sunday, October 25, 2009 - 7:23 pm
That market they went to, the Grand Central Market, is less than a block from me. In fact, when you saw the contestants walking into it, you could see my apartment building in the background. Woohoo! I'm famous! Spoilers for those who haven't seen it: somewhat amazingly, Chef Mehta won. The French woman lost. It was kinda a boring episode. I've tried working with tamarind and it's well-neigh impossible. Seemed more like an ingredient to trip up chefs on Chopped or something.
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Tishala
Member
08-01-2000
| Sunday, October 25, 2009 - 8:10 pm
well-nigh. duh.
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Tntitanfan
Member
08-03-2001
| Monday, October 26, 2009 - 3:50 am
I was happy about who won and okay with who went home. I have never met tamarind, but am away to google it right now!
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Monday, October 26, 2009 - 9:10 am
I would've preferred what's her name went home, the other woman who's name currently escapes me but who had the most sour expression on her face when she was in the bottom 2.
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Tntitanfan
Member
08-03-2001
| Monday, October 26, 2009 - 10:28 am
After googling I find that I apparently HAVE met tamarind - in worchestershire sauce and pad thai! It was interesting to me to read that it is widely used in Mexican cuisine, but I can never remember seeing it in ingredient lists on Mexican menus!
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Spear
Member
08-06-2001
| Monday, October 26, 2009 - 11:55 am
If you've had Indian food, you might have tasted tamarind sauce, too, since it's a common condiment. It's the brown sweet/sour sauce that goes well with the pakoras (fried, battered veggies).
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Tntitanfan
Member
08-03-2001
| Monday, October 26, 2009 - 12:54 pm
Spear! My fav ethnic cuisine is Indian so I am probably secretly addicted to tamarind sauce - who knew?
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