Guest Gene Posted December 6, 2004 Report Share Posted December 6, 2004 Yes, they are here. You just won't find them in a bottle on the shelf at your local supermarket. The Department of Agriculture evidently is not that concerned. But if you try to bring them in and get caught I would assume you would have a problem. Link to comment
warpedbored Posted December 6, 2004 Report Share Posted December 6, 2004 There has to be some where here that sells propane ones like they have in china. With a good hood vent it should not be a problem.They sell little one burner gas stoves at one of the Chinese stores here in Portland. I built a little cabinet for it that also holds a five gallon propane tank and Bing cooks up a storm on it. One five gallon tank has lasted since last May. Hmmm perhaps I should check and see if it is nearly empty yet. Next project is a range hood. The ceiling fan in the kitchen cant keep up with the smoke from Chinese cooking. Hmmmm I have an 1100 CFM dust collector in my wood shop. That should keep up lol. Link to comment
Martytb Posted December 6, 2004 Report Share Posted December 6, 2004 I was considering a turkey fryer. The burner should do very well as a cooking platform for hot pot and the wok. Plus I can set it up on the back deck and keep the oil and smoke out of the house. Just have to make sure we don't burn down the deck. Link to comment
se_lang Posted December 6, 2004 Report Share Posted December 6, 2004 I was considering a turkey fryer. The burner should do very well as a cooking platform for hot pot and the wok. Plus I can set it up on the back deck and keep the oil and smoke out of the house. Just have to make sure we don't burn down the deck. LMAO We had the same idea my wife wants to cooks better but say it will set off smoke alarms Link to comment
frank1538 Posted December 6, 2004 Report Share Posted December 6, 2004 On a separate cooking note, did you all realize that sichuan chili peppers are illegal in the US? I was looking online recently for these (we love sichuan food), and found the peppercorns have been banned here since 1968! Of course I'm sure you can find them in chinatowns, but still-- illegal? That's crazy.At several of the Chinese markets in Atlanta, there is a separate pharmacy booth/counter. If you get to know the manager here really well, it's amazing what you can find. Maybe this practice might work in other cities. Jingwen still prefers habenero peppers. Link to comment
Robert S. Posted December 6, 2004 Report Share Posted December 6, 2004 My Ping-ping wishes for a real hot pot also but for lack of anything better we have used the rice cooker in the middle of table instead. Link to comment
Guest blsqueaky Posted December 11, 2004 Report Share Posted December 11, 2004 Jeez did this get complicated. Awhile back someone else was looking for a hot pot, and they directed some of us to www.master168.com. I guess that in their catalogue, they call it an electric cooker, fast heat conduction. They are the ones that I found this at, but now, not answering phone or email. Link to comment
turtle Posted December 11, 2004 Report Share Posted December 11, 2004 Check out this link. This is the standard electric kind that you can find in a lot of places around China. I guess it depends on just how "authentic" you want to get, but these would seem to work quite nicely. They are a bit pricey though... cooktops I also did a search and found this, which seems interesting: Hotpot I think we are going to get the induction cooker, and my fiancee will bring a nice metal "yin yang" style hotpot bowl from China... Link to comment
Guest blsqueaky Posted December 11, 2004 Report Share Posted December 11, 2004 Turtle, thanks, the cook tops was exactly what I was looking for. Link to comment
Guest enight Posted December 12, 2004 Report Share Posted December 12, 2004 we bought burner from Walmart for $8, and set a normal old pot on it to make it as a hot pot... result was great... we had hot pot over 10 times already, alone... with friends, with neighbours.. in chinese parites a real chinese hot pot isn't necessary, I guess, but a meat slicer does help to make a real hot pot dinner... we paid $99 for a good quality slicer from Sam's Club... clice beef.. pork.. chicken meat... any kind of meat you like, it works perfectly ! to buy pre sliced hot pot meat from Chinese stores are expensive (I considered that was expensive), such as $5 for 10 pieces of paper thin beef meat! Link to comment
Guest blsqueaky Posted December 12, 2004 Report Share Posted December 12, 2004 Well hello enight. Long time no hear. Thanks for the input. What turtle found me was what I was looking for, the electric cooker. Already have the burner, which she does use, quite often. Next week going to a store here, finding a bamboo steamer so she can make her dim sum. Ohhh the things that I do for this lady A meat slicer, knife works just great Link to comment
Guest enight Posted December 12, 2004 Report Share Posted December 12, 2004 hehehe... you guys are really following tradition! enjoying your hot pot meal.... be aware... don't let her put pig blood in Link to comment
olemanoman1950 Posted December 13, 2004 Report Share Posted December 13, 2004 Check out this link. This is the standard electric kind that you can find in a lot of places around China. I guess it depends on just how "authentic" you want to get, but these would seem to work quite nicely. They are a bit pricey though... cooktops I also did a search and found this, which seems interesting: Hotpot I think we are going to get the induction cooker, and my fiancee will bring a nice metal "yin yang" style hotpot bowl from China...The last place we ate in China ( on the Outside of the Victory Hotel) used an Induction heating stove. Really made the Liquid Boil. Link to comment
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