New book that some of you may be interested in.

The Wok by Kenji Lopez-Alt



https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0393541215/

Author also did a review of outdoor wok burners. The article can be found here.

Why is it blue?

In steel, blue means a temp of 600°F has been reached; which is in the temper zone for steel messing with any heat treatment. Probably doesn’t matter for a pan.

Just curious…

The wok is great for Asian, but I find it is also pretty decent for southestern-influenced recipes. I make a sort of hash with peppers, onions, and chorizo that always gets great appreciation from the wife. Substitute eggs and chopped tortillas (or tortilla chips, or left-over nachos) for the chorizo (or in addition to) works as well.

If you're not allergic, try it with peanut oil. Helps kick the flavor up a notch.

^Yep! Peanut oil is usually used for Chinese wok cooking due to its high temperature without smoking.

^^^^^^^ I mean no offense to the poster above, none at all. I don’t want to bring politics into a food thread, but just so you know and vote with your dollars, Kenji Alt Lopez hates you and all conservatives.

Look for yourself, just google Kenji Alt Lopez Politics and make your own decision. I’ll not support or promote the little prick by patronizing his restaurants or buying his books.

Here are some quotes of his:

If politics makes you want to burn my book when you already bought it,do whatever dumb thing you want with your own property.

In fact I’ll do one better. Send me photographic proof and I’ll donate the small profit I made from that copy to a progressive charity of my choice!
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In a tweet, López-Alt wrote that “it hasn’t happened yet, but if you come to my restaurant wearing a MAGA cap, you aren’t getting served, same as if you come in wearing a swastika, white hood, or any other symbol of intolerance and hate.” He added, “MAGA hats are like white hoods except stupider because you can see exactly who is wearing them.”
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I also want to add: to the folks saying "let Biden win so that I can go back to ignoring politics," that's not how it works. If you want the two-party system that keeps furthering inequality to ever end, you need to care about politics today and tomorrow, no matter who wins.

Vote and vote for @JoeBiden, because there is no alternative for American democracy. Let’s steer the ship in the right direction for now, then get to tearing it all down and rebuilding it when there isn’t an iceberg directly in front of us.
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Wok on, wok on, with hope in your heart, and you'll never wok alone . . . .

It is a beautiful piece, though.

flashguy

OKCGene, I’m aware that he is a virtue signaling libtard (unfortunate, but he’s in California (maybe Washington or Oregon now) so it’s to be expected) - but his recipes and techniques are solid. And the books themselves aren’t political.

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Originally posted by OKCGene:
Are you still happy with your wok after 14 months?

I intend to buy one this week.

Thanks!

FYI - the OP hasn't posted since last August

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Originally posted by tatortodd:

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Originally posted by OKCGene:
Are you still happy with your wok after 14 months?

I intend to buy one this week.

Thanks!

FYI - the OP hasn't posted since last August

Yes Sir, I noticed that, thank you very much. My post you quoted is from 2 years ago, March of 2020.

I ended up buying not just one but 2 woks, one a round bottom and the other a flat bottom, just to try each out and see which one I preferred. Currently I am still unable to decide which I like better, they are both very good. What I have learned is that one really needs a lid, many are sold without a lid, so that's that.

I hope CNE is ok and just not posting, I always enjoyed his posts.
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FYI - the OP hasn't posted

So he just up and wokked away?

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Originally posted by OKCGene:

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Originally posted by tatortodd:

quote:

Originally posted by OKCGene:
Are you still happy with your wok after 14 months?

I intend to buy one this week.

Thanks!

FYI - the OP hasn't posted since last August

Yes Sir, I noticed that, thank you very much. My post you quoted is from 2 years ago, March of 2020.

My bad, I thought you were the one who revived this thread. It also prompted me to change my prefernces so it shows year not just month and date.

SIGnified,

The blueing is probably tempering like you thought.

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Originally posted by SIGnified:
Why is it blue?

In steel, blue means a temp of 600°F has been reached; which is in the temper zone for steel messing with any heat treatment. Probably doesn’t matter for a pan.

Just curious…

Maybe 10 years ago, I bought a wok from here. It still works great, seasoned very nicely.

One thing we did is change is the way we heat it. After years of using a 15,000 BTU gas burner on our gas cooktop, we got one of these, a propane fish fryer.

https://www.basspro.com/shop/e...-aluminum-fish-fryer


For the last three years, we stir fry outside in the BBQ area on this single burner, which is capable of over 50,000 BTUs. The difference in cooking is night and day. Put all of the ingredients on a tray, take it outside and in minutes have a meal.