On Jul 4, 9:14 am, George > wrote:
> <RJ> wrote:
> >> On Tue, 03 Jul 2007 17:59:35 -0400, George wrote:
>
> >>> Mitch wrote:
> >>>> I can't seem to get "that taste."
> >>>> Don't even know how to describe it.
>
> >>>> My fried rice is good, but it's just not like takeout, which I love.
>
> > When I was experimenting with Chinese cooking,
> > I got the wok, ingredients, cookbooks, etc.
> > No matter what I did, results tasted like "hash".
>
> > At some point, I gave up.
> > There are some dishes best left
> > to the people who do it every day.
>
> > <rj>
>
> If you like using a wok the only thing missing in a typical home is a
> really high output burner and appropriate venting. You can get various
> gas burners that you can use outside and get a much better result.

I was thinking the same thing. Maybe one of those propane things you
use to heat the oil for deep frying turkeys would generate enough heat
to get the right result.