On Jan 23, 12:43 pm, blake murphy > wrote:
> On Thu, 22 Jan 2009 11:34:50 -0800 (PST), wrote:
> > On Jan 22, 9:38 am, Sheldon > wrote:
>
> >> If you think you can stir fry on the table
> >> with that toys r us thingie you're just jerking off.
>
> > I don't stir-fry at the table and I wouldn't recommend trying to. I
> > set the portable burner on top of the (electric) stove and turn on the
> > range hood to deal with the smoke.
>
> > I *have* used the portable burner at the table for hot pot, though.
> > But I no longer do that because I bought an electric fondue pot that
> > works just dandy for hot pot (and for tempura and for, well, fondue,
> > although I haven't as yet done a dessert fondue).
>
> > I'm sorry you don't like to cook, Sheldon. Try it some time and see
> > how rewarding it can be.
>
> so you do successfully use the thing indoors?

Yes. On top of my electric stove, straddling one of the burners, to
take advantage of the hood vent.

> all the 'wok burners' i see
> say they're not for indoor use.

I suspect that anything that uses cannisters of flammable gas is at a
minimum "not recommended for indoor use" and at a maximum is illegal.
Whether they are the portable butane stoves I have been talking about
or a turkey deep-fat fryer. Don't tell anyone.

These things are sold at every Asian store of whatever kind I've been
in to. Who do you think is using them and where? :-)

BTW, they're pretty handy for camping trips too. And half the price
of a Coleman camping stove.

And BTW2, I'm not saying you can't cook stir-fries successfully in a
frying pan on an electric stove. In fact, in perusing my cookbook
collection today, I came across one that has a picture of Martin Yan
on the front, holding a (thick aluminum) Circulon frying pan over an
electric stove. Yan can cook, doncha know :-) But woks and gas are
more fun.

--
Silvar Beitel