Can anyone recommend a wok?

[Nitemare]

Was thinking about getting this one
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How hard is it to season these? and could someone recommend a place/book with good recipes?

 

[Mallow]

I like to wok around lakes... along rivers can be good too. Makes sure your with a significant other. Always makes it more special

 

[Chronoshock]

Originally posted by: Mallow
I like to wok around lakes... along rivers can be good too. Makes sure your with a significant other. Always makes it more special

:thumbsdown:

 

[Mallow]

Originally posted by: Chronoshock

Originally posted by: Mallow
I like to wok around lakes... along rivers can be good too. Makes sure your with a significant other. Always makes it more special

:thumbsdown:

haha, boo! mallow sucks!

 

[Ogg]

Its not hard to season these at all........cast iron-------->just rub it with cooking oil, not olive and instead of baking it like a cast iron pan just heat it on the stove tip. Apply oil liberally maybe a couple of times

Nice prices!!!!!!!!

 

[Atomicus]

Wok cooking takes skills. You have the experience?

EDIT: The woks my relatives who own/work at restaurants are usually seasoned in through hundreds of uses. So many scratches from a metal cooking-shovel that its become dull brown/black/silver and smooth.

 

[Nitemare]

Originally posted by: Ogg
Its not hard to season these at all........cast iron-------->just rub it with cooking oil, not olive and instead of baking it like a cast iron pan just heat it on the stove tip. Apply oil liberally maybe a couple of times

Nice prices!!!!!!!!

Indeed shipping is a killer though, but then again cast iron is not light

 

[Epoman]

Originally posted by: Mallow
I like to wok around lakes... along rivers can be good too. Makes sure your with a significant other. Always makes it more special

 

[Taggart]

What would Fozzie Bear say here kids?

 

[Chunkee]

i wok on the wildside

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: Mallow
I like to wok around lakes... along rivers can be good too. Makes sure your with a significant other. Always makes it more special

 

[Nitemare]

Originally posted by: Atomicus
Wok cooking takes skills. You have the experience?

EDIT: The woks my relatives who own/work at restaurants are usually seasoned in through hundreds of uses. So many scratches from a metal cooking-shovel that its become dull brown/black/silver and smooth.

Not with a wok. I'm familar with virtually every other cooking item though.

Thanks for the 2 serious replies.

 

[HamSupLo]

you can buy a wok at a chinese supermarket if there's one nearby

 

[Jzero]

Originally posted by: Ogg
Its not hard to season these at all........cast iron-------->just rub it with cooking oil, not olive and instead of baking it like a cast iron pan just heat it on the stove tip. Apply oil liberally maybe a couple of times

Nice prices!!!!!!!!

Why not olive oil?

 

[Scarpozzi]

Originally posted by: Jzero

Originally posted by: Ogg
Its not hard to season these at all........cast iron-------->just rub it with cooking oil, not olive and instead of baking it like a cast iron pan just heat it on the stove tip. Apply oil liberally maybe a couple of times

Nice prices!!!!!!!!

Why not olive oil?

Too light... You need to season it with a heavy oil that sticks to the pan. I actually recommend either vegetable oil or crisco.

 

[Nitemare]

Originally posted by: HamSupLo
you can buy a wok at a chinese supermarket if there's one nearby

I live in North Carolina...nuf said.

The nearest 99 Ranch Market is in Atlanta

 

[Nitemare]

K, went to the "Foremost Oriental Grocer in North Carolina" and all they had were some teflon coated numbers. I don't really want to get one of those because I know with high heat I'll be eating chemicals.

So is the cast Iron in the first post still the best deal? Also what size wok for 2 people? 13, 14 or 17"?

 

[Anubis]

get the 17 in one, bigger is better, you might be hungry or cooking for more then 2 people

 

[Kadarin]

Originally posted by: Chunkee
i wok on the wildside

Holly came from Miami, F.L.A.
Hitch-hiked her way across the USA
Plucked her eyebrows on the way
Shaved her legs and then he was a she
She says, Hey babe
Take a walk on the wild side
She said, Hey honey
Take a walk on the wild side

 

[0roo0roo]

more hardcore would be totally round ones gotta get the matching cookingtool thingy. can't believe i forgot the name anyways the shovel bit is perfectly angled for the round shape. great for stir frying etc. with flat bottom its harder since u got that corner bit. very bottom of total round ones also works as a sorta sauce holder thing so u can more evenly distribute during toss. there are adaptors if ur stove can't handle round.

 

[alkemyst]

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
more hardcore would be totally round ones gotta get the matching cookingtool thingy. can't believe i forgot the name anyways the shovel bit is perfectly angled for the round shape. great for stir frying etc. with flat bottom its harder since u got that corner bit. very bottom of total round ones also works as a sorta sauce holder thing so u can more evenly distribute during toss. there are adaptors if ur stove can't handle round.

Total round you need a ring and a gas burner, electric is hard to use.

A wok is nice, I had no idea the skill was any greater than using a regular pan...it's cooking not rocket science.

I have a huge stir fry pan that's keeping us from getting a wok now, plus storage space issues . When we buy we will have a gas range and we will have a wok.