# Iron Chef: 15 Years To Master Salt? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 24, 2006, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iron-chef-15-years-to-master-salt/345878 "2006-02-24T03:10:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2006, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iron-chef-15-years-to-master-salt/345878/141 "2006-03-02T13:18:50Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > What am I, chopped liver? I vote for Chairman of the Chopped Liver Board! And thank YOU, **Cervaise** , for your thoughtful contributions to this deeply insightful discussion. Funny thread - deep thinking about how to think about and cook with salt interspersed amongst random silly call-outs of cuisine leadership…try explaining this one to a non-Doper… WordMan (aka the Grillmaster) ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Goob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c77e96/32.png) [@Mr.Goob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Goob)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2006, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iron-chef-15-years-to-master-salt/345878/142 "2006-03-02T14:11:19Z")
My tombstone will read the **Poobah of Pizza**. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2006, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iron-chef-15-years-to-master-salt/345878/143 "2006-03-02T15:16:43Z")
> [@Mr. Goob](#): > > My tombstone will read the **Poobah of Pizza**. So whattya’ want on your… oh, never mind. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2006, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iron-chef-15-years-to-master-salt/345878/144 "2006-03-02T19:44:17Z")
**Caligula of Capsicum** , checkin’ in. Oh, and sometimes **Lama of Lemon**. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2006, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iron-chef-15-years-to-master-salt/345878/145 "2006-03-02T21:09:13Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > I vote for Chairman of the Chopped Liver Board! That’s more like it. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2006, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iron-chef-15-years-to-master-salt/345878/146 "2006-03-03T02:39:55Z")
Hmph. Knight-Commander clearly has more panache. Besides, if someone doesn’t like your Knight-Commanderliness, you can chop their liver with your broadsword. ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2006, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iron-chef-15-years-to-master-salt/345878/147 "2006-03-03T04:08:36Z")
> [@sturmhauke](#): > > Hmph. Knight-Commander clearly has more panache. Besides, if someone doesn’t like your Knight-Commanderliness, you can chop their liver with your broadsword. True, but only if he’s been assaulted. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2006, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iron-chef-15-years-to-master-salt/345878/148 "2006-03-03T14:17:06Z")
> [@simster](#): > > True, but only if he’s been assaulted. Better yet, assaulted and battered, saith the Curmudgeon of Curry. ---
**Author:** ![SCSimmons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e495f1/32.png) [@SCSimmons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCSimmons)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2006, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iron-chef-15-years-to-master-salt/345878/149 "2006-03-03T14:25:39Z")
> [@Diogenes the Cynic](#): > > I’m the Ayatollah of Ramen. So, you’re a sort of Holy Ramen Emperor, then? ---
**Author:** ![pool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pool/32/4152_2.png) [@pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pool)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2006, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iron-chef-15-years-to-master-salt/345878/150 "2006-03-03T14:30:49Z")
Well I don’t know if I would call myself the sorceror of salt, but once when I was very young my sis and I were making mac and cheese. I really hated pepper so when my sister put some in I dumped almost a quarter of a salt shaker in the mac and cheese as some sort of badly planned revenge. Long story short my mom made me eat a good chunk of that culinary abortion. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![SCSimmons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e495f1/32.png) [@SCSimmons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCSimmons)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2006, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iron-chef-15-years-to-master-salt/345878/151 "2006-03-03T14:37:40Z")
> [@Diogenes the Cynic](#): > > I’m the Ayatollah of Ramen. > [@SCSimmons](#): > > So, you’re a sort of Holy Ramen Emperor, then? Or the Ayatollah Lo-Meini. (OK, I’m leaving now.) ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2006, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iron-chef-15-years-to-master-salt/345878/152 "2006-03-03T14:59:49Z")
Viscount of Vittles Mullah of Marshmellows I wish I could claim to be **The King of Soup** but somebody beat me to it. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2006, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iron-chef-15-years-to-master-salt/345878/153 "2006-03-03T16:34:06Z")
> [@simster](#): > > True, but only if he’s been assaulted. “Zwei peanuts vas valking down the Strasse…” ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2006, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iron-chef-15-years-to-master-salt/345878/154 "2006-03-03T17:50:13Z")
> [@sturmhauke](#): > > Knight-Commander clearly has more panache. I’m allergic to panache. ---
**Author:** ![Corner\_Case](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/corner_case/32/234_2.png) [@Corner\_Case](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corner_Case)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2006, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iron-chef-15-years-to-master-salt/345878/155 "2006-03-03T18:00:05Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > I’m allergic to panache. Perhaps a flambé-ant dish? ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2006, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iron-chef-15-years-to-master-salt/345878/156 "2006-03-03T18:19:57Z")
General T’so here. Has anybody seen Colonel Sanders? ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2006, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iron-chef-15-years-to-master-salt/345878/157 "2006-03-03T18:22:01Z")
Oh, and you can all call me the Calamari Commander, thanks. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2006, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iron-chef-15-years-to-master-salt/345878/158 "2006-03-03T18:53:36Z")
Colonel Kernal, here. ---
**Author:** ![usar\_jag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f0a364/32.png) [@usar\_jag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usar_jag)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2006, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iron-chef-15-years-to-master-salt/345878/159 "2006-03-03T21:17:10Z")
The Nabob of Corn-on-the-Cob, here… ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iron-chef-15-years-to-master-salt/345878/160 "2006-03-06T02:45:17Z")
> [@usar\_jag](#): > > The Nabob of Corn-on-the-Cob, here… As long as you don’t natter on negatively. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iron-chef-15-years-to-master-salt/345878.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iron-chef-15-years-to-master-salt/345878.md?page=9)