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My brother gave me a rusty old wok he found in the trash, so I guess I& #39;ll try to make it nice again
Time for my most feared and hated angle grinder attachment
This thing does such a good job, but I really, really hate it anyway
That& #39;s a lot better. Time to season it
Charcoal time
Reason #1 mesquite is better: it burns much hotter
This v hot
Lard up
Now we wait
What you& #39;re doing when you season a pan is heating the oil until it starts chemically breaking down. There& #39;s kind of a complicated burning/polymerizing thing happening that turns it from clear fat into a black glaze. It will go through some color changes on the way
See how it& #39;s starting to turn brownish gold?
You just kinda babysit it for a while, smearing the gooey, decomposing fat around like paint while it turns darker, and applying more coats of fat as you go. Eventually, it will all be a brownish black color and then you can cook on it
You don& #39;t need a barbecue for this. You can do it inside on the stove, but it& #39;s hot in LA right now, and it& #39;s even hotter in my house, so the last thing I want to do right now is stand over the stove inside
It& #39;s looking good so far
ouch. i burned my finger. that happens sometimes
Tada!
Dinner time
