Thread: Yanks and the Iron Chef.

Never Seen the show, Never want too see the show, HATE THE SHOW!!!!!!

Originally Posted by VladTepes

Iron Chef (Japanese one) cracks me up. It's as much comedy as cooking show but I almost always want to try the things they make. Most look delicious !

However... did you ever see the one where they hung up that slimy fish and filled it with water so they could skin it / butcher it ? **** that was 'orrible ! Made Mekong River catfish look attractive.

My last job with Telstra required me to occasionally travel to various Asian cities for meetings. Usually, I'd be the only Anglo at the meetings (of around 100 or so delegates). The problem is that I really don't like real Asian food - particularly seafood - it stinks (which is symbolic in a way - a lot of my time in Telstra was dealing with problems with commercial fishermen trawling over international submarine cables).

I don't know how many times I went hungry at meeting because they'd take us out to lunch and dinner in various Asian restaurants and I couldn't eat any of it. I was hard pressed not to spew at the very look and smell of it.

My boss took the good gigs like the UK, Europe, the USA. I always got Asia and Asia stinks.

Ron

Originally Posted by dobbo

It's frouned upon in my workplace, but I say Forkem

I've told people that they are not welcome in my workplace when they swear. In fact, I won't let some in. I've told them I find it extremely offensive. I don't swear beyond bloody and bugger.

(I also tell anyone who has just had a cigarette that they can't come in as they stink - and I use that word! Hmm, I'm not popular with the smokers. Last week I was at a location where one of the workers smoked so I sat outside for the whole shift and read a book - in uniform and in view of hundreds of the public. He did the job by himself. He was ropeable!)

Ron

Originally Posted by VladTepes

Best show on TV: Iron Chef

Worst show on TV: Iron Chef America

Iron Chef (Japanese one) cracks me up. It's as much comedy as cooking show but I almost always want to try the things they make. Most look delicious !

However... did you ever see the one where they hung up that slimy fish and filled it with water so they could skin it / butcher it ? **** that was 'orrible ! Made Mekong River catfish look attractive.

Vlad. Mekong Catfish? You a VET?

This is a Mekong Giant Catfish:





and as fugly as it is, the fish on Iron Chef (which looked like some sort of deep ocean bottom dweller) was way way less attractive.


Oh the catfish above has been served here in many fish and chip shops under various names, one of the reasons for the recent crackdown you may have noticed at your local fisho on consistent naming of fish.
Imagine the ****e that fish has been swimming around in, then ask yourself you want to eat it !



Why would I be a Vet ? And If I was a vet that specialised in Mekong catfish would that make me a Vietnam vet ?


(sorry guys, no offence intended to anyone, just a poor joke I couldn;t resist).

VladTapes you are a champ - awesome piccie of that Mekong Catfish.

Everytime I metion to my mum i had fish, or fish and chips she WITHOUT FAIL makes a crack about it being a Mekong Catfish - never seen what they look like till now - now I am scared - big buggers. ANd thinking of the stuff they would be swimming in - NO, I would not choose to eat one .

Looks like the people in the photo have caught them in a large puddle in someones back yard...(noticed the fence)

Originally Posted by p38arover

I've told people that they are not welcome in my workplace when they swear. In fact, I won't let some in. I've told them I find it extremely offensive. I don't swear beyond bloody and bugger.

Ron

There is a time and place to swear. When I was working as a baker I used to be careful when the shop girls were present but some blokes are just downright grubs and say all sorts of charming expletives (use your imagination).

Trav