Dotch Cooking Show

krim wrote:it's a preserved plum, no?

Ah, it does look quite a lot like that. I was thinking intially it was a carrot which had been cut strangely. Prehaps we should contact the show to ask them :hehe:

sashimi wrote:Hey you know in the cold udon, there is this round red thing there. What is it? It looks like tomato but it also doesn't look like a tomato. haha :rolly:

I'll have to check the video to be sure, but I think it's ume boshi... A (sour)preserved plum... :)

bmwracer wrote:
I'll have to check the video to be sure, but I think it's ume boshi... A (sour)preserved plum... :)

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the sour plum sure looks big! It looked like the tomatoes that were steamed with fish which i eat for dinner frequently. haha anw thanks for the answer :hehe:

sashimi wrote:o,O

the sour plum sure looks big! It looked like the tomatoes that were steamed with fish which i eat for dinner frequently. haha anw thanks for the answer :hehe:

It couild be a shriveled tomato... When I get home I'll check the recording and get a conclusive answer. :)

I don't believe it: I watched the "Final Presentation" and they didn't say what that thing is...!! :grumble:

It looks more like a tomato rather than ume boshi when I watch the video....

I guess we'll never know for sure. :sweat:

iirc, they mentioned it before the Final presentation commercial break.

Tonight's menu: Hoikoro (cabbage and pork) vs. Mabonasu (spicy eggplant).

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I don't like eggplant, so Hoikoro would be my choice.

I don't like eggplant, so Hoikoro would be my choice.

The winner: :hehe:

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Yatta! We eat! :hehe: :dancing:

dochira wrote:Yatta! We eat! :hehe: :dancing:

The reactions from the winners and losers is priceless. :hehe: :applaud:

bmwracer wrote:
The reactions from the winners and losers is priceless. :hehe: :applaud:

From the cap, everyone seems to have a reaction except for that SMAP guy. :hehe:

dochira wrote:From the cap, everyone seems to have a reaction except for that SMAP guy. :hehe:

I think he was stunned, since he's gone hungry the last couple of episodes... :hehe:

bmwracer wrote:
I think he was stunned, since he's gone hungry the last couple of episodes... :hehe:

Ah, "You mean I don't have to go to McDonalds today? Yes."

dochira wrote:Ah, "You mean I don't have to go to McDonalds today? Yes."

:lol: :lol: :lol: Yup. :hehe:


Commercial line: "Without Carl's Jr., some men would starve."

I've been watching this show for years. What a great introduction to Japan and its culture. This has to be my all-time favorite "participation" show! Everyone on the show seems to be having a genuinely great time. it's infectious! I look forward to having a great time with them each week. If there was only some way to get the recipes... in English. Now, that WOULD be great!

For me, the best part is the "special ingredient" spot. It's so interesting to see that there are people out there who really CARE about what they make or grow. For them, it's not the money (as in my country) but the process, sometimes handed down for hundres of years, and the result which counts. In the US, with big agribusiness in charge, there's little chance for the small grower who takes his time and produces a superior product to survive. Too bad. Seeing these "ordinary" Japanese people going about their work day in and day out in the same caring way gives those of us in other countries a glimpse at what makes the Japanese culture so singularly interesting.

Two questions: is this show "current" or are these all re-runs. Is it still in production? And, excuse my naiivte, but what is SMAP?

jeffomil wrote:I've been watching this show for years. What a great introduction to Japan and its culture. This has to be my all-time favorite "participation" show! Everyone on the show seems to be having a genuinely great time. it's infectious! I look forward to having a great time with them each week. If there was only some way to get the recipes... in English. Now, that WOULD be great!

First and foremost, welcome to the forum, fellow SoCal person...! :D

I agree: it's a really fun show and more enjoyable since they added in the subs a while back... Yesterday's episode was one of the best: seeing those two women go nuts after they won was priceless... :D

For me, the best part is the "special ingredient" spot. It's so interesting to see that there are people out there who really CARE about what they make or grow. For them, it's not the money (as in my country) but the process, sometimes handed down for hundres of years, and the result which counts. In the US, with big agribusiness in charge, there's little chance for the small grower who takes his time and produces a superior product to survive. Too bad. Seeing these "ordinary" Japanese people going about their work day in and day out in the same caring way gives those of us in other countries a glimpse at what makes the Japanese culture so singularly interesting.

Yeah, those segments are really fascinating... It shows the dedication and love that these people put into their product: you gotta respect that. :thumbsup:

Two questions: is this show "current" or are these all re-runs. Is it still in production? And, excuse my naiivte, but what is SMAP?

I suspect that they are old episodes... My only two points of reference are that I saw one episode with my fave gal Ryoko and it was obvious from her hairdo that it was 2-3 years ago, and another episode with Watanabe Ken where he obviously looked younger than he does now...

SMAP? They're this (supposedly) multi-talented singing group consisting of Tsuyoshi Kusanai (the guy on the Dotch show), Kimura Takuya, Katori Shingo, and two other guys who's names I forget... I liken them to Japan's version of the Monkees. ;)