Going Postal

Today I received my cast iron wok! I ordered this June 13th 2006, and I got it Sept 29th... yeah that is a long time. Basically, the first one got lost in the mail - damn USPS and their parcel post! I've never had any problems with USPS express airmail, but if you get the parcel post version it's awful. Slow, hard to track and clearly packages can just 'go missing'.

In any case, my wok came and I immediately put it to work making up a sausage and peppers on pasta quick dinner. It cooked quite nicely, and the heat was kept nice and even (no hot spots) so I got a good fry (stir fry). The nice thing about this wok, is that it's curved on the inside so everything slides nicely, but it's flat bottomed on the outside. The flat bottom means good contact with the stove element (critical for electric hobs). The weight of the wok is quite good (it's cast iron after all) and that means it stays put! Move the food around and it just sits still - which is fantastic for fast stir frying. The only thing I will say is that you must be careful with oil in these woks. Cast iron can get and stay very hot for long periods of time. It's so good at staying evenly hot, that oil with a low flash point can ignite very quickly into flames (olive oil for example). So if you're going to stir fry use something like grape seed oil, sunflower, peanut or soy. Vegetable oil is rather hit and miss for me - since it's a blend of a bunch of oil sources it can be high or medium - but a nasty surprise of fire means I stick with grape seed oil.

Tomorrow a bunch of us are digging out at ForanObject's place - should be a good ol' ditch digging time. Report on status will of course follow.

There was a comment by Nail, and by ForanObject questioning the veracity of my answer with respect to the 'list of 5' question. The fact I may be a whipped husband (and come on, who isn't) doesn't mean I hid my answers. I truthfully have no desire to sleep with someone else. Trying to pretend my wife didn't exist means that all things would be different, and I cannot intelligently speak on things I could not possibly fathom. Now, lots of famous women are attractive, but I just don't feel that 'yeah I'd turn her over a barrel' sentiment. Nothing to do with consequences, and more to do with who I am.

So, I'm a guy. I like women. I like boobs and I'm no stranger to hot women (including my wife). I can be a pig and I can be totally disgusting (ask anyone), but all I can say is that I don't get that 'pull' feeling that I get from my wife with any one else.

Null out.