DulwichFox Posted August 24, 2017 Share Posted August 24, 2017 Bought a Wok from Tescos.. Instructions .. Use LOW to Med heat.. High Temperatures can shorten the life of the product. NEVER heat up an empty Wok or let it boil Dry. Seems to go against all the rules WOK Cooking. Foxy Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/164693-what-the-wok-is-this-all-about/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
KidKruger Posted August 24, 2017 Share Posted August 24, 2017 Well, it's a TESCO wok Foxy.You buy woks in Chinatown bro. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/164693-what-the-wok-is-this-all-about/#findComment-1169208 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Poste's Child Posted August 24, 2017 Share Posted August 24, 2017 Aren't those general instructions for saucepans? Not wok-specific. Don't you have to wipe your wok with paper after use (matron)? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/164693-what-the-wok-is-this-all-about/#findComment-1169313 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seabag Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 Brexit writ large there FoxterAn illusion of something useful, only not fit for purpose. Enjoy the beef & Yorkshire pudding stir-fry.#RealWoksAreAvailable Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/164693-what-the-wok-is-this-all-about/#findComment-1169364 Share on other sites More sharing options...
miga Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 The first thing you typically do with a proper cast iron Chinatown Wok is to season it, which breaks all those rules.... Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/164693-what-the-wok-is-this-all-about/#findComment-1169373 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnL Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 Apparently Woks should be seasoned before usehttps://www.webstaurantstore.com/article/106/how-to-season-a-wok.html Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/164693-what-the-wok-is-this-all-about/#findComment-1169425 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DulwichFox Posted August 25, 2017 Author Share Posted August 25, 2017 Robert Poste's Child Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> Aren't those general instructions for saucepans?> Not wok-specific. Don't you have to wipe your wok with paper after use (matron)?No.. That's your bum.. giggle, giggleFoxy Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/164693-what-the-wok-is-this-all-about/#findComment-1169428 Share on other sites More sharing options...
red devil Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 Seabag Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> Brexit writ large there Foxter> > > An illusion of something useful, only not fit for> purpose. Enjoy the beef & Yorkshire pudding> stir-fry.> > #RealWoksAreAvailableIt will make for a handy D-Day inspired tin hat for when the Brexiteers rise up after not getting their cake and eating it. On the plus side, what cake they do get can handily be stored under the hat...and their money too!Quick, patent the idea before the Ronco Christmas rush... Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/164693-what-the-wok-is-this-all-about/#findComment-1169435 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seabag Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 Let's have a pointless discussion over what wok is best I prefer the square wokWith two handles Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/164693-what-the-wok-is-this-all-about/#findComment-1169482 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seabag Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 Is time to do the "what time does the Chinese dentist open" joke ?No? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/164693-what-the-wok-is-this-all-about/#findComment-1169485 Share on other sites More sharing options...
miga Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 Seabag Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> Let's have a pointless discussion over what wok is> best Unnecessarily harsh, aren't most discussions pointless? We're all gonna die in the end....let's turn the forum off. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/164693-what-the-wok-is-this-all-about/#findComment-1169516 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnL Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 In the 70s we didn't know what a Wok was - and then Ken Hom's flaming wok appeared. :) Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/164693-what-the-wok-is-this-all-about/#findComment-1169522 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Poste's Child Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 Am I the only person who doesn't have a wok, then? I've always found stir-fries fail to live up to expectations - probably the fault of my poor cooking skills - so a frying pan has always seemed good enough.Kettle and toaster aside, what other piece of kitchen equipment could you not do without? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/164693-what-the-wok-is-this-all-about/#findComment-1169530 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seabag Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 miga Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> Seabag Wrote:> --------------------------------------------------> -----> > Let's have a pointless discussion over what wok> is> > best > > Unnecessarily harsh, aren't most discussions> pointless? We're all gonna die in the end....let's> turn the forum off.Woks are spun steel or at the top end of the market, hammered steel. My two were made to order (hand beaten) in Singapore. This is my contribution to the pointless discussion bit.Cast iron, not generally seen those. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/164693-what-the-wok-is-this-all-about/#findComment-1169547 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loz Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 JohnL Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> Apparently Woks should be seasoned before useOnly the pure steel ones (i.e. the ones you buy at Chinese supermarkets).Don't do that if you bought it from Tesco/Wilkos/John Lewis/etc and it has a teflon coating... Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/164693-what-the-wok-is-this-all-about/#findComment-1169595 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DulwichFox Posted August 26, 2017 Author Share Posted August 26, 2017 Watching Ken Hom on TV. He does not use steel a steel wok on TV. He uses a Non-stick Wok like I now have but still tells us to get it VERY Hot and smoking. I had a Steel Wok but it has gone really 'Manky' inside and out. Cannot clean it. Food stuck to it has carbonised. Foxy Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/164693-what-the-wok-is-this-all-about/#findComment-1169646 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seabag Posted August 26, 2017 Share Posted August 26, 2017 DulwichFox Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> Watching Ken Hom on TV. He does not use steel a> steel wok on TV. > > He uses a Non-stick Wok like I now have but still> tells us to get it VERY Hot and smoking. > > I had a Steel Wok but it has gone really 'Manky'> inside and out. Cannot clean it. Food stuck to it> has carbonised. > > FoxyKen Hom uses a non-stick wok. Oh my what has the world come too?Next I'll be finding out that Farage is married to a 'foreigner'. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/164693-what-the-wok-is-this-all-about/#findComment-1169662 Share on other sites More sharing options...
miga Posted August 26, 2017 Share Posted August 26, 2017 Seabag Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> miga Wrote:> --------------------------------------------------> -----> > Seabag Wrote:> >> --------------------------------------------------> > > -----> > > Let's have a pointless discussion over what> wok> > is> > > best > > > > Unnecessarily harsh, aren't most discussions> > pointless? We're all gonna die in the> end....let's> > turn the forum off.> > > Woks are spun steel or at the top end of the> market, hammered steel. My two were made to order> (hand beaten) in Singapore. This is my> contribution to the pointless discussion bit.> > Cast iron, not generally seen those.That's impressive. This is the type I had, first bought in a Chinese supermarket in Australia 20 odd years ago. It needed seasoning, then oiling after use. I perhaps misunderstood that most Chinese restaurants eschew expensive woks for this type. https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B003UCFGZE/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1503774397&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=cast+iron+wok&dpPl=1&dpID=41IeRVp68tL&ref=plSrch Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/164693-what-the-wok-is-this-all-about/#findComment-1169788 Share on other sites More sharing options...
miga Posted August 26, 2017 Share Posted August 26, 2017 And here's an informative discussion off stack exchange on this very topic....https://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/15331/wok-carbon-steel-or-cast-iron Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/164693-what-the-wok-is-this-all-about/#findComment-1169789 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seabag Posted August 27, 2017 Share Posted August 27, 2017 miga Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> And here's an informative discussion off stack> exchange on this very> topic....https://cooking.stackexchange.com/questio> ns/15331/wok-carbon-steel-or-cast-ironI love 'the next level' bitHa ha! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/164693-what-the-wok-is-this-all-about/#findComment-1169843 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DulwichFox Posted August 27, 2017 Author Share Posted August 27, 2017 In a certain local Chinese Restaurant there is no evidence of the clack-clack-clack of Woks. All the food is served in Plastic Microwavable containers. No Foil containers. I think they may of disabled the give-away 'PING' But then I'm a Cynical so and so. Foxy Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/164693-what-the-wok-is-this-all-about/#findComment-1169880 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now