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I was planning to make something in the wok after the game anyways, so
when my wife suggested making popcorn for the game I thought, why not
use the wok? This is a thick steel Taylor and Ng wok I've had almost
40 years.

Mine sits in a ring over a gas burner. I put in three tablespoons of
peanut oil, and three kernels,put on the cover, then turned on the
burner. Sure enough, after a little bit the kernels popped, so I
poured in the rest of the half cup.

Normally, I would shake a heavy pot over the burner. The wok, I rocked
back and forth, and from side to side. The volume of popping
increased, then decreased down to a pop every few seconds. At that
point I shoveled the popped corn into a bowl, anointing it with salt
and melted butter. There were about a half-dozen widows, about the
same as with my usual method.
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On Saturday, October 27, 2012 8:31:08 PM UTC-6, spamtrap1888 wrote:
> I was planning to make something in the wok after the game anyways, so
>
> when my wife suggested making popcorn for the game I thought, why not
>
> use the wok? This is a thick steel Taylor and Ng wok I've had almost
>
> 40 years.
>
>
>
> Mine sits in a ring over a gas burner. I put in three tablespoons of
>
> peanut oil, and three kernels,put on the cover, then turned on the
>
> burner. Sure enough, after a little bit the kernels popped, so I
>
> poured in the rest of the half cup.
>
>
>
> Normally, I would shake a heavy pot over the burner. The wok, I rocked
>
> back and forth, and from side to side. The volume of popping
>
> increased, then decreased down to a pop every few seconds. At that
>
> point I shoveled the popped corn into a bowl, anointing it with salt
>
> and melted butter. There were about a half-dozen widows, about the
>
> same as with my usual method.


I presume this wok had a cover as some don't. I to have used a wok
and it worked well. You do have to shake it forth and back as the
corn pops...works okay on an electric stove but maybe have a problem
with some older gas burners as the wok might catch and that would
not be good.
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spamtrap1888 wrote:

> Normally, I would shake a heavy pot over the burner. The wok, I rocked
> back and forth, and from side to side. The volume of popping
> increased, then decreased down to a pop every few seconds. At that
> point I shoveled the popped corn into a bowl, anointing it with salt
> and melted butter. There were about a half-dozen widows, about the
> same as with my usual method.


I always use a saltapasta like this, very similar to a wok:
http://img28.imageshack.us/img28/4052/567133593149.jpg
The only issue is the lid, it has no lid and no other lid I have is wide
enough, so I use a testo like this:
http://www.gmnovidea.com/art08.html
It's the testo I use for piadine, sausage and onion, hamburger patties and
lots of stuff
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On Oct 30, 1:01*am, "ViLco" > wrote:
> spamtrap1888 wrote:
> > Normally, I would shake a heavy pot over the burner. The wok, I rocked
> > back and forth, and from side to side. The volume of popping
> > increased, then decreased down to a pop every few seconds. At that
> > point I shoveled the popped corn into a bowl, anointing it with salt
> > and melted butter. There were about a half-dozen widows, about the
> > same as with my usual method.

>
> I always use a saltapasta like this, very similar to a wok:http://img28.imageshack.us/img28/4052/567133593149.jpg


Remarkably similar. I guess it's for tossing pasta, but how exactly is
it used for that purpose?

> The only issue is the lid, it has no lid and no other lid I have is wide
> enough, so I use a testo like this:http://www.gmnovidea.com/art08.html
> It's the testo I use for piadine, sausage and onion, hamburger patties and
> lots of stuff


I assume the testo has a flat bottom.

The wok cover is an aluminum dome-shaped spinning, with a bit of thick
dowel for a handle.
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spamtrap1888 wrote:

>> I always use a saltapasta like this, very similar to a
>> wok:http://img28.imageshack.us/img28/4052/567133593149.jpg


> Remarkably similar. I guess it's for tossing pasta, but how exactly is
> it used for that purpose?


You prepare the dresssing in the saltapasta, then when the pasta is almost
cooked you drain it and move it to the saltapasta: with its tall edges it
helps a lot in sauteeing pasta, so that it adsorbs much more of the
dressing.
This is the motion:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-J71tN67Kc

>> The only issue is the lid, it has no lid and no other lid I have is
>> wide
>> enough, so I use a testo like
>> this:http://www.gmnovidea.com/art08.html
>> It's the testo I use for piadine, sausage and onion, hamburger
>> patties and
>> lots of stuff


> I assume the testo has a flat bottom.


Yes, all flat

> The wok cover is an aluminum dome-shaped spinning, with a bit of thick
> dowel for a handle.


That could work with my saltapasta, too
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