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From: shipman@nmtvax.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.cooks
Subject: Re: Electric wok alternatives
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Date: Sat, 2-Nov-85 12:41:21 EST
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Posted: Sat Nov  2 12:41:21 1985
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> > Assuming that you have an electric stove, consider buying a
> > flat-bottom wok....
> > -- John Shipman

> I too, own a flat-bottom wok, (I have, alas, an electric stove) and
> the ONLY thing I use it for is steaming things.  Having a flat
> bottom on a wok defeats one of the main beauties of the wok, a round
> bottom which allows the liquid in the dish to be concentrated in the
> bottom of the wok....
> -- John Hobson

Mine is flat on the outside and round on the inside.  It costs a bit
more for that extra material but it also increases the thermal mass.
-- 
John Shipman/Zoological Data Processing/ucbvax!unmvax!nmtvax!shipman