Quote Originally Posted by Scarlet Knight View Post
Is it my imagination, but in every episode of Iron Chef, no matter what the secret ingredient was, did at least one of the contestants go to the ice cream maker ?
It's one of the quickest and easiest ways to turn a random ingredient into a desert, or something that passes for one anyways. Chop up/puree the secret ingredient, mix it with cream and sugar, throw it in the icecream mixer. Especially handy when your appetizer or entree submission is something that needs careful attention, because you can pretty much ignore the icecream thing for ten minutes or so.