> Yeah, but as the judges say Japanese food has to appeal to all the senses,
 > hence it must also look good and his rolls were ugly! :)

 CS> Grin, that's a big part of it in Japan.  They generally make'em where
 CS> you can watch.

Oh, they have that here too - a lot of places have a glass window behind the
bar and you can see the guy making the stuff. :)

 
 > Oh, I found out sushi means vinegered rice.  :)  (You probably knew that?)

 CS> Yup, it's both a type of rice (a sweet short grain) and the prep method
 CS> as well as the right vinegar and sweetner mixes.  As you can guess, it
 CS> can't be done with minute rice or any long grain non-stuicky sort.

Darn, so I guess that means I can't make sushi. :)  (not that I have any
desire!)

  > Bobby was a bit short on his rice prep too - in other words the guy was
hot
 > down right out of the chute.  :)  But ya got to give him credit for trying -
 > has no fear on some of these throw downs.

 CS> Killer bad when it's sushi!

Yup, he didn't have a chance with those judges - ugly rolls, bad rice.  :)

 CS> They had one last night with blue berry pancakes and he won, but I
 CS> think that time the other fellows were better.
 
I watched both - the chicken/waffles bit, which really sounded bad but once she
explained the history of how it started it made sense. :)  He lost that one,
but I really think he did a better job on pancakes.  That topping looked great,
and since the point was to use blueberry's, he used em in the topping as well. 

Here's the sked for his throwdowns in case you're interested:

Bobby Flay throwdowns on Food Channel:


      Blueberry Pancakes
    * Friday, 2:30pm/1:30c

      Chocolate Bread Pudding
    * Saturday, 4pm/3c

      Fish and Chips
    * Saturday, 4:30pm/3:30c

      Mussels and Fries
    * Sunday, 11pm/10c

      Chicken Matzoh Ball Soup
    * Sunday, 11:30pm/10:30c

      Cioppino
    * Sunday, 2am/1c

      Chicken Matzoh Ball Soup
    * Sunday, 2:30am/1:30c

     
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Fish and chips should be fun.  :)  I think these times are Pacific, BTW



  

 

 
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