The Laughing Wolf

Iron Chef Day

OK, It’s Saturday and I just don’t feel like doing anything too heavy today. There are a lot of possibilities though: Boycotts are hurting France in several areas, despite a heck of a lot of pundits saying that boycotts would not work; yet another terrorist was captured in Iraq, quite a feat since there was no connection between Baghdad and terrorism and the War on Terror; the father of Iraq’s VX nerve agent program has been turned over to Coalition forces, again despite the fact that Iraq has no weapons of mass destruction; and, on a very good news front, the polishing kit for the FN barrel has arrived.

But those will wait. There is something much more important to talk about today.

Today, in my persona as Iron Chef Drivesubaru Pudgimoto, I take on my former boss Iron Chef Iflewthem Baldingmoto in battle. At least sort of a battle. I had wanted to do a full-up one hour battle, but circumstances dictate that we can’t do that today. Because of his schedule, my schedule and planned move, and more, this may well be the only day it can be done. Since we can’t do a proper Kitchen Stadium battle, we will do what we can.

Never heard of Iron Chef? Wow. That’s sad. It is a Japanese cooking show that puts two chefs against each other to cook as many dishes as possible featuring the theme ingredient in one hour. There is sports-style commentary, and a lot more. Great theatre, great fun, and great food. You can find out more at The Food Network
or any of the legion of sites dedicated to the show.

I must admit, I am looking forward to this. My former boss is being a very good sport about this, including the name I hung on him. A good enough sport that he is even making a special cocktail – a Socrates’ Surprise – just for me. For those interested, the main theme ingredient will be pork, though we may make apples and onions as secondary ingredients.

In my freezer are several items that need to get used up, having been in there for a year or more. There is even a whole fois gras and some truffles. We will see what comes of this, other than a pleasant afternoon in the company of friends. Enjoy your day and your weekend too, make the most of it in every way.

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