HOT! pan, cold oil ...not a myth
On 31 Gen, 16:12, "Sheldon" > wrote:
> "Curt Nelson" prevaricated:
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> > When I stir-fry, I do it out on my deck with a *huge* propane burner and a
> > carbon steel wok. The first couple of times I tried the hot-pan-cold-oil
> > thing, the oil pretty much exploded in a fireball and damn near took off my
> > eyebrows. The wok heats up so fast that I now put the oil in first with much
> > better results.
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> > On another note, the first time it happened I covered up the flames and put
> > the fire out. Next time I just threw the food into the pan and stood back a
> > bit and continued stir-frying and the flames went out in a few seconds...
> > they were an exciting few seconds, though. It wasn't the oil proper that was
> > on fire, it was just the gases coming off of it. When the food dropped the
> > temperature a bit, it extinguished with no huge effect on the food. I did
> > decide that was the last time I was going to try that again...
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> > Hasta,
> > Curt Nelson
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> No one in their right mind is going to do any propane cooking on a
> deck let alone with one of those blast furnace wok heaters... I don't
> believe you have a deck or a propane heater or a wok or that you've
> ever cooked anything... I don't believe a word you write... you are a
> LIAR!
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> Sheldon- Nascondi testo tra virgolette -
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> - Mostra testo tra virgolette -
what do you use to cook, coal?
you r no forced to believe
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