Original Air Date: May 12, 2010
1) Tony, you had me at "fried bacon honey pizza dough."
2) I didn't know that Paul McCartney is the reason why Lisa's a vegetarian. I do remember the "There's enough gazpacho for everyone!" episode and quote it a lot.
3) What was up with the creepy taxidermied animals on the cart?!
4) This is what I know about the exotic items:
- Geoduck: Delicious, if tremendously odd-looking. I always thought it
looked like a clam that tried to eat an elephant, but couldn't quite manage
the trunk. I would have picked this for sure. You barely need to cook
geoduck - a quick dunk in boiling water, some microgreens, a little
dressing and you have a fantastic salad. I'm really surprised Marcus
bungled it to the degree he did.
- Sea cucumber: A pain to prepare and tastes like fish-flavored Jell-O. The
standard Chinese preparation involves literally days of soaking and
blanching and peeling. I'm impressed with Susan's tempura idea; I've
never seen it done like that before.
- Black chicken: Flavorful but pretty scrawny. Mostly used to make chicken
broth / stock. Interesting that both Rick and Susur decided to go French
with their ingredients.
5) To answer Jay's question of why someone would try to eat a crazy-looking animal, the answer is obvious - they were very, very hungry. You can see some of this in French cuisine. I mean, escargots? At some point, a guy looked at a snail and thought, "If I cook it with lots of garlic, maybe it won't be so bad."
6) I usually want a big plate of whatever Jonathan cooks but versatility is definitely not his strength. (Nor is plating.)
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