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"salgud" > wrote:

> I've cooked in a wok since 1972, and love it. I've heard this before,
> that you need blast furnace like heat. It probably works best with
> blast furnace like heat, but I don't recall reading about many ancient
> Chinese villages having blast furnaces handy

But they likely had coal fired stoves, which can get far hotter than a
typical home kitchen gas stove.

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