Sunday was Battle Quail.
My Iron Chef Sakai got his ass kicked by a chef who specializes in game. The guy had game, as the secret ingredient was 50 quails from Bordeaux, France.
Highlights:
Opening with Kaga rapidly chomping on baby lamb chops.
Since this was an early episode, Kaga's remarks after introducing quail included:
"So remember, quail is for the virgin, duck is for the mature woman."
Sakai used the quail heads, frying them whole. The judges seemed to enjoy these the best of his offerings, and Doc Hattori stated that the quail brain is considered the finest part, always offered to the host or honored guest.
The challenger noted that the key to winning the Battle was "proper use of the blood and innards."
Sakai made a quail and dried scallop soup and two other fairly unremarkable dishes; unusual since the special ingredient is common in French cuisine.
The challenger made several excellent dishes, including quail stuffed with wild rice, or as Ota said, "looks like dried grass."
Sakai was a little too cocky. He started with too much prep work, and then rushed it in the end. He also look liked he needed a good shower and shampooing more than usual.
Nevertheless, no quail sperm was used, although Sakai wasted about 50 quail eggs since he didn't finish his egg dish and had to discard the eggs.
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thanks ADF for the SigPic!!
I'll take that Chesterfield now...
This message was edited by Chairman_Kaga on 12-23-02 @ 7:29 AM