# My Iron Chef Battle! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 31, 2000, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-iron-chef-battle/27564 "2000-07-31T16:58:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![red\_dragon60](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ce73a5/32.png) [@red\_dragon60](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/red_dragon60)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2000, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-iron-chef-battle/27564/1 "2000-07-31T16:58:06Z")
Long ago, I had the idea of doing an Iron Chef party, as my whole gang of friends was really into it and I was competent at cooking. I did it Sunday. The secret ingredient? Bacon! I had an hour to do something with it. Unlike the real Iron Chefs, I didn’t have a huge kitchen and foie gras and truffles laying around. We made fewer dishes, as it was our first time. So I paired off against my brother(Threll on the MB). My dishes? A dumpling soup with bacon in the won-tons, and sauteed mushrooms (done in bacon fat) on top. The other was a ginger quinoa with bacon stirfry. The stirfry had onions, bean sprouts, plenty of garlic in it, and black sesame oil. His? Bacon sushi(!), bacon potstickers, and bacon-miso soup. Everyone had a fun time. We even played the IC theme music. I lost. I am still wondering why. ---
**Author:** ![JavaMaven1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@JavaMaven1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JavaMaven1)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2000, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-iron-chef-battle/27564/2 "2000-07-31T17:08:44Z")
No bacon-wrapped hot dogs? I’m impressed. When are you guys starting culinary school? ---
**Author:** ![Necros](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/necros/32/11086_2.png) [@Necros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Necros)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2000, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-iron-chef-battle/27564/3 "2000-07-31T18:07:43Z")
**red\_dragon60** , you rock. I’ll polish up my Globals and head on over for your next competition. What time should I be there? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Podkayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Podkayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Podkayne)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2000, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-iron-chef-battle/27564/4 "2000-07-31T18:24:24Z")
Bacon quinoa? Isn’t that kind of a contradiction? I’m accustomed to quinoa as a vegetarian/health food. It’s one of the few grains that contains all the essential amino acids, making it a perfect protein all on its own, without adding any beans or anything, much less an animal product, much less BACON! I’m not a vegetarian, btw–I just always wanted to be one of the judges on Iron Chef! ---
**Author:** ![red\_dragon60](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ce73a5/32.png) [@red\_dragon60](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/red_dragon60)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2000, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-iron-chef-battle/27564/5 "2000-07-31T18:28:39Z")
> [@](#): > > Bacon quinoa? > > ``` > Isn't that kind of a contradiction? I'm accustomed to quinoa as a vegetarian/health food. It's one of the few grains that contains all the essential amino acids, making it a perfect > protein all on its own, without adding any beans or anything, much less an animal product, much less BACON! > > I'm not a vegetarian, btw--I just always wanted to be one of the judges on Iron Chef! > > ``` It’s the most healthy grain in the world. I just had some in the pantry. I had to overcome the underlying sweetness in the quinoa. I did this by adding ginger to spice it up a bit and garlic to shift the palate to savory. The bacon was to add a special crunch. The quinoa adds a unique texture. ---
**Author:** ![Guy\_Propski](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/5e9695/32.png) [@Guy\_Propski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guy_Propski)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2000, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-iron-chef-battle/27564/6 "2000-07-31T18:44:14Z")
R-d, I think your cuisine reigns supreme. Only a true Iron Chef would add a vegetarian staple like quinoa to BACON! ---
**Author:** ![Wicked\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/2acd7d/32.png) [@Wicked\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wicked_Blue)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2000, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-iron-chef-battle/27564/7 "2000-07-31T22:26:28Z")
Oh, bacon quinoa…it must have tasted like a party in your mouth. Did it remind you of summertime as a child? 😉 Damn, I wish I was invited, I could have dressed up like Chairman Kaga, and unveiled the secret ingredient with much fanfare and drama. Oh well…maybe next time. Rose ---
**Author:** ![Threll](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c37758/32.png) [@Threll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Threll)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2000, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-iron-chef-battle/27564/8 "2000-08-01T00:03:21Z")
Yeah the party was fun but our Kaga showed up late after 45 minutes of being “sidetracked” at his house all alone with his girlfriend gee how could that happen? The Bacon quinoa could have been more bacony though I think that is why red lost. ---
**Author:** ![red\_dragon60](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ce73a5/32.png) [@red\_dragon60](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/red_dragon60)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2000, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-iron-chef-battle/27564/9 "2000-08-01T16:55:38Z")
Well, our Kaga(as stated above) was also doubling as the giggling girl. “Hehehe I eat bacon a lot! Hehehe!” Blue, sorry, but we didn’t have dry ice or liberace-esque costumes for you to wear.