# Which ingredient would you surprise the Iron Chefs with? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 19, 2005, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-ingredient-would-you-surprise-the-iron-chefs-with/300100 "2005-04-19T18:34:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![PsychoBabble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/47e85d/32.png) [@PsychoBabble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PsychoBabble)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2005, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-ingredient-would-you-surprise-the-iron-chefs-with/300100/21 "2005-04-19T20:28:06Z")
I wouldn’t give them an ingredient, I’d limit their ingredients to only be things that I am not allergic to. That would mean no dairy products, no eggs, no peanuts, no almonds, no chicken, and no shellfish. But if they did this then I’d have to be a judge. It just annoys me that I’m never able to eat any of their creations (not as though I would ever attempt to make them-they seem complicated). PB ---
**Author:** ![Balle\_M](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/13edae/32.png) [@Balle\_M](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balle_M)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2005, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-ingredient-would-you-surprise-the-iron-chefs-with/300100/22 "2005-04-19T20:28:16Z")
Cheese Whiz Library Paste [Lutefisk](http://www.ecst.csuchico.edu/~atman/ic/lutefisk.html) ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2005, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-ingredient-would-you-surprise-the-iron-chefs-with/300100/23 "2005-04-19T20:35:24Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > [Scrapple](http://www.vermontcountrystore.com/shopping/product/detailmain.jsp?itemID=29365&itemType=PRODUCT&RS=1&keyword=scrapple&searchid=inceptor) That’s easy to prepare. Slice it, fry it, and eat it. I love scapple. I’d see what they could do with chittlins. NO ONE can make it appetizing. ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2005, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-ingredient-would-you-surprise-the-iron-chefs-with/300100/24 "2005-04-19T20:40:30Z")
Potential ingredients: Live kittens Panda Dolphin American Eagle Toy poodles Live Chihuahuas Members of PETA Vegans ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2005, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-ingredient-would-you-surprise-the-iron-chefs-with/300100/25 "2005-04-19T21:49:08Z")
Mealworms Brains Dog Durian Corpse-Flower Kaolin ---
**Author:** ![smiling\_bandit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2005, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-ingredient-would-you-surprise-the-iron-chefs-with/300100/26 "2005-04-19T21:50:59Z")
Seriously sugesting here: chives. Several kinds of wild onions. Maybe something quitessentially American like paw-paws and persimmons. ---
**Author:** ![rexnervous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e9c0ed/32.png) [@rexnervous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rexnervous)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2005, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-ingredient-would-you-surprise-the-iron-chefs-with/300100/27 "2005-04-19T21:56:24Z")
Peanut M&Ms Finger O’ Wendy’s Employee Loch Ness Monster Filet Fancy Feast (any Grilled variety) Skoal (Berry or Wintergreen, Long Cut) Wholphin (much tastier than dolphin) Slurpees Praying Mantis ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2005, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-ingredient-would-you-surprise-the-iron-chefs-with/300100/28 "2005-04-19T23:23:17Z")
Pizzle - a Chinese supermarket near here sells it. I have no idea how you prepare it. ---
**Author:** ![Odinoneeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/97f17d/32.png) [@Odinoneeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odinoneeye)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2005, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-ingredient-would-you-surprise-the-iron-chefs-with/300100/29 "2005-04-19T23:28:36Z")
Hot dogs. And they must be the generic 3 packs for a buck kind, no Oscar Meyer or Thorn Apple Valley. ---
**Author:** ![KeithT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e47774/32.png) [@KeithT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KeithT)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2005, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-ingredient-would-you-surprise-the-iron-chefs-with/300100/30 "2005-04-19T23:34:24Z")
Bratwurst. Seriously. Besides simmering and grilling it and tossing it on a chewy bun with onion, kraut, and mustard… what do you do with it? ---
**Author:** ![yellowval](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/919ad9/32.png) [@yellowval](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowval)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2005, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-ingredient-would-you-surprise-the-iron-chefs-with/300100/31 "2005-04-19T23:43:47Z")
> [@Ranchoth](#): > > Brains Head cheese, perhaps? ---
**Author:** ![Stunkrat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Stunkrat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stunkrat)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2005, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-ingredient-would-you-surprise-the-iron-chefs-with/300100/32 "2005-04-20T01:33:12Z")
Doughnuts. Toe jam. ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2005, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-ingredient-would-you-surprise-the-iron-chefs-with/300100/33 "2005-04-20T01:42:23Z")
I like the hotdog choice. I haven’t seen the american version but in the japanese (?) version of the show they always come up with something elegant no matter what the ingredient. I’d like to see what they do with a normal Schneider’s hotdog. And just because I love them, peaches. I know it’s not clever or original, I just want to see what some of the best chefs in the world do with peaches. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2005, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-ingredient-would-you-surprise-the-iron-chefs-with/300100/34 "2005-04-20T01:48:10Z")
> [@yellowval](#): > > Head cheese, perhaps? To hell with _that_—I’m talking fresh, steaming _braaains_ here! ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2005, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-ingredient-would-you-surprise-the-iron-chefs-with/300100/35 "2005-04-20T03:41:39Z")
Bitter melon - I’d like to see them make dessert out of this. Chitlins Poke salad Pork blood Habanero chiles ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2005, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-ingredient-would-you-surprise-the-iron-chefs-with/300100/36 "2005-04-20T05:06:24Z")
Road kill. ---
**Author:** ![spiralscratch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dfb087/32.png) [@spiralscratch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spiralscratch)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2005, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-ingredient-would-you-surprise-the-iron-chefs-with/300100/37 "2005-04-20T06:30:07Z")
Marshmallow Peeps Candy Corn Pine needles Altoids The bubble gum from packs of baseball cards. That packing material made from corn (no, not the candy corn) Rock salt ---
**Author:** ![congodwarf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2005, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-ingredient-would-you-surprise-the-iron-chefs-with/300100/38 "2005-04-20T10:48:24Z")
boxed mashed potato buds. ---
**Author:** ![RobuSensei](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/919ad9/32.png) [@RobuSensei](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobuSensei)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2005, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-ingredient-would-you-surprise-the-iron-chefs-with/300100/39 "2005-04-20T13:50:49Z")
> [@kingpengvin](#): > > Soylent GREEEENNU! That should be _Soirento Guriin._ My suggestions: Natto. Smelt. Eelpout. Lembas. (yah, I know…) Lard. Velveeta. Canadian bacon. Just…something that they’ve never heard of before, or that doesn’t fit into their chosen cuisine. One of my favorite moments from the Japanese show was the overtime battle with Chen Kenichi, and the ingredient was foie gras. Chen had this, “what the hell am I supposed to do with _this_ stuff?” look on his face. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2005, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-ingredient-would-you-surprise-the-iron-chefs-with/300100/40 "2005-04-20T13:53:02Z")
Popcorn was my favorite so far–brilliant idea! My suggestion: marzipan. Daniel [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-ingredient-would-you-surprise-the-iron-chefs-with/300100.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-ingredient-would-you-surprise-the-iron-chefs-with/300100.md?page=3)