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Default Can you WOK on an electric coil stovetop?

"VegA" > wrote in message
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> On Wed, 15 Nov 2006 19:56:41 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
> > wrote:
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>>"VegA" > wrote in message
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>>> On Wed, 15 Nov 2006 18:49:21 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
>>> > wrote:
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>>>>"VegA" > wrote in message
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>>>>> On Wed, 15 Nov 2006 10:16:01 -0600, Omelet >
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>In article >,
>>>>>> "JoeSpareBedroom" > wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "Andy" <q> wrote in message
>>>>>>> ...
>>>>>>> > jay said...
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> >> On Wed, 15 Nov 2006 08:33:53 -0600, Andy wrote:
>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>> >>> Do I need a flat bottomed wok or what? How hot does a wok need
>>>>>>> >>> to
>>>>>>> >>> get
>>>>>>> >>> to do stir-frying?
>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>> >>> Andy
>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>> >> I don't like flat bottoms period! Guangdong
>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>> >> Get a traditionally shaped one and put it directly on the burner.
>>>>>>> >> The
>>>>>>> >> ring can help to stabilize it but you don't really need it. Turn
>>>>>>> >> on
>>>>>>> >> the burner with wok in place.. and go smoke one.. then come back
>>>>>>> >> in
>>>>>>> >> and cook.
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> > I LIKE this guy for some reason!
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> > Thanks,
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> > Andy
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The only problem with a round bottom and no ring/collar is that the
>>>>>>> thing's
>>>>>>> going to be a bit unstable, sort of like you, Andy. Then, you'll be
>>>>>>> posting
>>>>>>> messages here, asking if you should go to the hospital for 3rd
>>>>>>> degree
>>>>>>> burns.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Use the ring.
>>>>>>
>>>>>><lol>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Mom used to cook with a regular wok on an electric burner all the
>>>>>>time...
>>>>>>We had to quit tho' when we got the glass top.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>One of her last Christmas gifts was an electric wok that she'd
>>>>>>requested.
>>>>>>She never did get to use it. :-(
>>>>>
>>>>> Electric woks should be banned.
>>>>>
>>>>> Wok cooking is high consistant heat.
>>>>>
>>>>> Your stove, electric or gas, can NOT get as hot as a chinese stove.
>>>>> Sure you can still use your wok on either. I have and still doo.
>>>>> Chinese resturants have 10 inch gas pipes just for their wok stoves.
>>>>
>>>>10 inch pipes? Do you mean burners?
>>>>
>>> Special ansel system and everything. Built in faucet system and
>>> everything.
>>>
>>> No. I mean pipes.
>>>
>>> Fire departments hate them. Some places you can't go over 4 in. pipes.
>>> So they cheat and have the burner jets opened up.

>>
>>Gas pipes coming into buildings aren't even close to 10 inches in
>>diameter.
>>What purpose would be served by feeding them into a much fatter pipe?
>>

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> Fatter gas?


Just as I thought. You're making this shit up.