Hey NINRN!

In my ten+ years of asking, answering and reading Chowhound questions and commentary, yours is the best. What is, is, of course, but it surprises me (disappoints me) to learn that a glamorous celebrity cookoff was won by an ordinary-as-oatmeal entry.

Thank you for your on-point, dispositive reply.

Dick(grub)

Hey you guys. Your flyspecking is correct . I misquoted Conroy's book from memory. The contributor of the Shrimp Niger was Shirley Franklin, not Jackson. But this is a foodie site, and mine was a foodie question: can you provide an authentic recipe for Shrimp Niger?

Excellent coaching, Mr. I.

Thank you!

Well said, Rat Girl! Dint see she is in NY. I've been so long in the boonies, that I think everything gotta be bought via USPS. Oh, to be back on Mott Street! Huge Hound Kudos to Rat Girl.

Bought my Traditional Cast iron Wok at wokshop.com fifteen years ago and have cooked with it and loved it consistently Great cooking performance, easy cleanup. Vendor is (or at least, was) a San Francisco Chinatown store selling every kind of Oriental cooking implements, so had the knowledge and sourcing. Your primary focus seems to be Bed Bath, and so this may be of little help. May wish to consider flat-bottom styles (for non-gas stovetops) and those w/ long wooden handles.

Bartender!

Send a drink from me to Seefoo!

Just checked out Thunder-Group at Amazon. Bingo! Problem solved. Skip Wok Mon, skip Wonder Wok, snag a Thunder. Awesome reviews.

Thanks also to Candy and PSRaT.

D. Grub

Wow!

ANOTHER smart piece of Hound advice!

Had not considered what could happen when/if I start cooking with Wok Mon. Gary Wong sells his Wonder Wok for $200 and, from the photos (thewonderwok.com) it is just what you describe: a burner and hose to attach to a propane tank. His product costs twice your quote. More investigation to come.

Thanks.

Reply # 2 to PS:

Prodded by your comments, I started looking further and found this discussion, for wok geeks only:

https://forums.egullet.org/topic/1484...

The discussion also links to Kenji Lopez' favorable review of Wok Mon, and to the crowd-funding promo video presentation by the inventor, Glen Lee.

Hey PS!

Thanks for a germane and helpful post. Just the kind of Chow Intel I value.

After prowling Amazon awhile, I admit some confusion between mere "racks" or "stands" which hold the wok in place, and what we might call "Flame Focus-ers", which is what Wok Mon is/does. I think I will spring for the $30 Samsung-oriented piece, though the design doesn't look promising.

If the meals are half as splendiferous as the book, we will be gobsmacked. But you call for Criollo Seasoning, commenting that it is available in "any supermarket". In Miami, perhaps. Not here in Tucson. Don't even find it online, though there seem to be liquid marinades with that name. Help, help!

Congrats on a warm and dazzling book.

I have no idea what it is to "talk people out of woo". All in the world I sought was a non toxic, non stick pan. I am satisfied that, to the extent plumbed by the Hounds' experience, there is no such thing. Sorry I troubled you. Case closed.

It is famously said that a good prosecutor can get a grand jury to indict a ham sandwich. Similarly, recent events show clearly that you can find a Federal judge who will declare a ham sandwich carcinogenic.

PS: Your reply seems to imply that Teflon is not toxic, but the science says otherwise.

Thanks much! Will check out SD.

OK, I'll bite: who or what is "tptb"?

Ohh...wait...hold everything. The Powers That Be????????????????????????????????

Two of my top ten meals of my life were in Florence.

Dinner at Cibreo.

Lunch of cheese and bread and salami and such, picked out at various stalls in the wonderful market hall, and then eaten sitting on the steps of the magnificent old cathedral nearby.

Good point.

White smushed up the cube and added a drop of EVOO and thereby made a paste, which he then smeared on, for instance, lamb chops headed to the grill. Since I own the Knorr cubes, perhaps I should do a taste test and hit one chop with the Knorr-paste and the other with the BTB.

Thanks for the advice.

BINGO!

Excellent.

Thanks.

Hey Coll: I think you nailed it! Asked and answered, as they say. Thank you very much. Dick