Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site nmtvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!lanl!unm-la!unmvax!nmtvax!shipman From: shipman@nmtvax.UUCP Newsgroups: net.cooks Subject: Re: Electric wok alternatives Message-ID: <849@nmtvax.UUCP> Date: Sat, 2-Nov-85 12:41:21 EST Article-I.D.: nmtvax.849 Posted: Sat Nov 2 12:41:21 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 5-Nov-85 06:31:57 EST Distribution: net Organization: Zoological Data Processing Lines: 15 > > 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