Good Eats S13E12P2 - Pantry Raid XII: Turning Japanese

[babablackiesheep]

you could get all that stuff for miso soup....OOOORRRRRR you can go and buy those little miso soup packets. There's about 12 in the package and it only costs a couple bucks and takes only a minute or so to make.

[guywithakatana]

i love how all the sock puppets went "hey!!!"......

[ShiningSilverwind]

Sour, Sweet, Salty, Bitter, what about spicy?

[Brewdison217]

@ShiningSilverwind In Thailand they consider spicy, or hot, to be a flavor, but it's really just the sensation of pain. There's no special tongue receptor for spicy, what it actually is, is a molecule that activates all of the receptors, but rather than tasting salty or sweet etc, it causes pain.

My explanation is far from the best, but you get the general picture. Or at least I hope you do.

[1HGClark]

Anybody know what kind of knife he used to cut his tofu?

[expertshinobi]

lol, that didn't say soba.

[EToastE]

@expertshinobi Lol, your right. If I'm not mistaken it says "Sarashise"

[ReclusiarchGrimaldus]

@EToastE Wouldn't it be Sarashina?

[EToastE]

@ReclusiarchGrimaldus lol, you're right. I kinda read it as if it was like sideways or something.

[ReclusiarchGrimaldus]

@EToastE No worries. Calligraphied kana are always difficult to read.

[ChromaAurora]

I don't know whether or not it's intentional, but I remember MSG because it's E621, which is also a furry image dump.

Everything in moderation, of course.

[Fetch26291]

@ChromaAurora you can find 'natural msg' in some types of mushrooms. Hmm, perhaps that's why 1950s America got so hooked on all those casseroles made with cream of mushroom soup.

[MOZ1998]

Monosodium glutamate in Japanese is ajino moto believe me I've got a packet of that at home and it's from japan

[Tokorai]

Byebye! ....tab....NO TAB!!

[deraifu]

This is prob my favorite episode of the series, though I've never had this yet. The humor was spot on and well done and simple.

[sugarcaffeine4blood]

Mirin is not a vinegar... It's a sweetened cooking SAKE XD

[TheAngelDust88]

This is a great episode. Its helping me out greatly on wanting to make Miso Soup and other Japanese dishes.

[MidoriNekoChan]

He does say Tsuyu which is the broth used with noodles, either as a soup or for dipping. Shoyu would be soy sauce.

[simmondsandrew]

Hahaha "Says right there - soba - you can read it..."

No it doesnt. Man, Japanese food is so delicious and so easy and usually requires minimum cooking time. So happy Alton did a Japanese cooking episode. I am hungry right now. If you have never tried Japanese food, stop living an unsatisfied life and get to a genuine J-restaurant and get your mind blown!

[SkinnehPants]

alton brown is my hero :D

[Hadra568]

Soba Noodles are awesome.

[plumberclean]

omg, he has an iPhone!

[TravelingMarchant]

I don't care about the acting or how people frown upon issues from TV. I love mixing Chemistry and Food together and finding the end result while have fun and passion for the art of cooking. Alton Brown, You are my Idol! ^w^

[silverfeatherwerewol]

SHOYO - SOY SAUCE

alton probably meant soba sauce when he said shoyo

[ackote]

@silverfeatherwerewol I believe he said tsuyu sauce not shoyo.

[silverfeatherwerewol]

@ackote he pronounced it as show-you.

[ackote]

@silverfeatherwerewol nope, he says "sue-you" which is how he's pronouncing tsuyu. Tsuyu is infact the name of the sauce used in the application of soba noodles that he shows.

[silverfeatherwerewol]

@ackote i must have misheard then.

[teamfat666]

Very reminiscient of John Belushi and his Saturday Night Live Samurai skits.

[Ersatzbee]

the portrayal of the japanese shop keeper strikes me as a little insensitive.

[HoorayImHelping]

@Ersatzbee your caring about the portrayal of the Japanese shopkeeper strikes me as thin skinned and moronic. Don't you have anything better to get offended over?

[Ersatzbee]

>hurr durr, your a moran for caring about racism.

gtfo with your name calling and logical fallacies

[archangelkaz]

he puts the sword back on the wrong side after the suicide bit

[jparagons]

Actually, the sword remains on his left side the whole time, the other blade is a smaller knife that samurai would carry and was used when they committed suicide.

[eddievhfan1984]

@jparagons Not just for seppuku. It was used for indoor combat (where lugging a larger katana would be too cumbersome or noticeable), simple backup weapon, etc.

[djsaphira]

I love this episode! I lived in Japan for 4 years, and I know this is totally exaggerated, but I just can't stop laughing. Alton is so awesome, and so is the guy who play the samurai shop owner (yay for Cocoa Carl lol).

[BlackWolfessUSCM]

I only spent 2 weeks in Japan with my friend over there, but I learned so much more about cooking and cuisine in just those 2 short weeks. This is my absolute favorite Good Eats episode. The samurai owner just makes me laugh so hard. "NO TAB!" xD

[AngelusDlion]

If it wasn't exaggerated it wouldn't be good eats.

it's all in fun after all.

BTW, they say that cheetos have some of the highest concentration of umami than just about everything else.. weird eh?

[djsaphira]

((( goes off to the store to get cheetos )))

[djsaphira]

is that why I'm mildly addicted to them? lol

[babo1bear]

Actually, to traditionally eat Soba, you put the sauce in a small dish, pick up some noodles(With chopsticks :D) and dip them in the sauce. When he said Soba, it reminded me of Kanda from D.gray Man <3

[MidoriNekoChan]

Actually, it does say soba. It is written in the lower left hand corner, almost covered by Alton's hand when he holds up the package.

[jangoonpants]

actually it doesn't say soba anywhere on the front of that package :P

[Loverboy586]

Coco Carl is kind of offensive in this episode. It's not even all that funny of a gag, either.

[hurricanejbb]

He's mimicking John Belushi's samurai deli owner from the old SNL. It's supposed to be exaggerated.

[Loverboy586]

I see. That's about 4 years before my time watching SNL.

Thanks for letting me know!

[randomotaku]

And the best part is that Alton kinda looks like Buck Henry, Who usually played the Samurai's foil of the week.

[arc2417]

lol i like whatever he said too....lol

[quintus87]

miso miso oriental prince in a land of soup .

[whoijacket]

Look, the "Japanese" guy is Carl Nesbitt. CoCo Carl.

Its strictly for laughs.

[PraiseDivineMercy]

BTW, you can get instant dashi broth called "hon daishi"

and a mix of red and white miso in a container just like the ones he bought. This may be less traditional, but it's certainly how many Japanese cook it at home.

[draggt03]

that dude needs to take japanese lessons instead of grunting or was he not even speaking japanese at all because i could not barley understand him.. besides "Hai"

[PraiseDivineMercy]

He's a white guy wearing just a wakazashi and a yukata, I doubt they were going for authenticity there.

At least the recipes are authentic.

[hoodedraider]

he was mumbling random words..

even found some english in it xd

[roune6669]

not all of it was random, some of it was actual japanese, like shiro and aki, though admittedly simple or else i wouldn't be able to understand it

anime is not a proper lesson in language after all ^^

[hoodedraider]

akai :P red

but 3 words in 3 minutes of talking is random to me xD

[roune6669]

gibberish studded with actual words ^^

[trumbachd1]

He called Umami "Smoke and Mirrors here, but he seemed to endorse it on "Next Iron Chef'.

[GrenMoyo]

OMG! SOBA!!!!

[pzshi]

I love how Carl Nesbitt (the CoCo Carl actor) is the japanese shopkeeper. Btw how much of the japanese he is speaking is not gibberish?

[PraiseDivineMercy]

Everything except "hai", "miso", "shiro"(white), and "aka" (red). Some of it is also a bad imitation of the way Japanese like to murder the English language.

[dodgers54]

watz wit da iphone lol

[stdrange]

lol that doesnt say "soba" his fingers are covering up the part that says "soba"

[stdrange]

Mirin is a sweet cooking WINE, not a sweet cooking vinegar.

[trumbachd1]

I'm SO gonna try that Asian Big Mac!!

it looks really good.

[MrNgMichael]

Did he just make a bigmac?

[nukeguy04]

Its silly to dislike added MSG like that. He doesnt have a problem adding sweetness in the form of sugar or sodium in the form of salt why Umami in the form of MSG.

[QingTien]

Well miso is already really flavorful if made correctly so why add additional MSG? Makes me think that they are using it to cover more subpar ingredients?

[nukeguy04]

Thats a good point. But my point was that salt and sugar are ingrediants in many foods including ones that are already sweet or have sodium. Why can't MSG just be another one to add or enhance flavor?

[kaizer250]

Isn't that Coco Carl?!

[nukeguy04]

Yes it the same guy

[bxiao6]

Alton brown is a hypocrite. First he says MSG (monosodium glutamate) is good on the kombu, but later he says that it's terrible. What's up with that????

[halfacig]

I think he means that added manufactured MSG (such as the stuff added to the miso) is not good eats. But, the naturally occurring stuff on konbu, good!

Close pantry!

[bxiao6]

Thanks for the clearing it up.

[TheJuggaler]

He said kombu was almost pure MSG but you don't want it in products you buy especially if you're already cooking with it

[stovetop32]

There is a difference between foods that are high in naturally occuring (often protein-bound) amino acids such as glutamate, and free amino-acyl salts such as monosodium glutamate. Glutamate has been shown to be an excitotoxin, partially due to its role as a potent neurotransmitter.

[khesed]

Tab =D ... =O

NO TAB D=<

[newbsauce94]

first comment and its my favorite show ever