elfs | Whirlwind cooking...

"Fukui-san!"

"Go, Ota!"

"Iron Chef Elf has just taken the bacon out of the frying pan, wrapped in a layer of paper towel, and left it in the sink. Using that same pan, he has tossed in a chicken breast. Meanwhile, Iron Chef Omaha has just finished blending together chicken, diced apples, and diced onions, and is now forming them into heart and animal shapes with a cookie cutter."

"And what are they doing now?"

"Elf is tossing together a mixture of yogurt, blue cheese, mayonnaise, and black pepper."

"Hmm.. Some kind of dressing?"

"Maybe. It sounds yummy, whatever it is."

"And now Omaha is frying the shapes she made."

"Oh! Like a pate'?"

"More like croquette, I think."

"Iron Chef Elf... whoa, what was that? Fire over on Omaha's side."

"Quite dramatic."

"Elf has chopped the chicken and torn up the bacon and put them in this bowl here with seeded tomatoes and torn romaine lettuce, over which he has poured the blue cheese mixture. Meanwhile, into the carrots he was steaming earlier he's mixed white wine vinegar, olive oil, pepper, garlic, and oregano."

"I'm confused. Is he making two salads?"

"It does seem that way, doesn't it?"

"Ahhh, I see. The chicken is going into sandwiches, and the carrots are a side. The smooth, heavy flavor of the chicken and bacon will be offset by the sharp lightness of the vinegar."

"What would you drink with that?"

"I'd recommend a sweet drink, perhaps a shirah or a rhysling. Or a berry beer."

"It's amazing what they can make in half an hour. I don't think I could prepare ramen that fast."

Grrr... I have this annoying deep-tissue itch right between my left shoulderblade and my spine, and it's driving me nucking futs!