# Hey, I'm about to watch Iron Chef for the first time--anything I should know?

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**Created:** [November 18, 2001, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-im-about-to-watch-iron-chef-for-the-first-time-anything-i-should-know/94037 "2001-11-18T05:20:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2001, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-im-about-to-watch-iron-chef-for-the-first-time-anything-i-should-know/94037/21 "2001-11-19T11:54:49Z")

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re: Bonito - It’s in the same family as tuna and mackerel, the Scombridae( Thunnidae). So I suppose you can think of it as either a large mackerel or a small tuna. It’s actually a name that’s applied to fish in five different genera in the family. Personally I find the ones I’ve tried a lot closer to mackerel - oily, with a strong flavor. I’m not a fan.

re: Iron Chef USA - I saw part of it and thought it was an pretty bad, especially compared to the original. One local TV reviewer saw the whole thing and thought it was an abomination 😃 . Hopefully it will improve or they’ll just start distributing the original a little more widely.

- Tamerlane

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