On 12/18/2010 1:00 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> On Sat, 18 Dec 2010 10:22:51 -1000, > wrote:
>
>> On 12/18/2010 8:51 AM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>>
>>> Woks certainly do warp with temperature change, because of how they
>>> are fabricated they are loaded with stress so actually woks warp a lot
>>> more than conventional pots... only since wok geometry ain't flat to
>>> begin with you don't notice, but their curvature changes substantially
>>> from round to elliptical. However flat bottom woks warp very
>>> noticeably, their bottoms 'oil can'.
>>
>> My guess is that you're just guessing about a wok being loaded with
>> stress and that the curvature changes substantially. Do you have any
>> data on all this or is this a case of you just knowing it truly with all
>> your heart? OTOH, I can use a wok in high temperature cooking and not
>> have to worry about dumping water in a hot pan so from a practical
>> standpoint whether or not the pan is loaded with stress or that the pan
>> changes shape in some way doesn't really matter making your post either
>> false or irrelevant.
>>
>> I wouldn't touch a flat bottom "wok" - those things would warp!
>
> Why does it matter if a wok warps, or any pot for that matter... it
> doesn't... can cook as well in an old coffee tin as a $200 pot.

Just a little peccadillo of mine. If you can cook in an old coffee can,
my hats off to you. OTOH, you've phrased that last part to be
deliberately ambiguous. Why is that?