<h1 id="wok-cookery">Wok Cookery</h1>
<p>Not for the first time I'm following in the footsteps of Frank Bell. Frank did an HPR episode entitled &quot;<em><a href="https://hackerpublicradio.org/eps.php?id=1787" title="A Beginner with a Wok (Frank Bell)">A Beginner with a Wok</a></em>&quot;, episode number 1787, on 2015-06-09. On it he spoke about his experiences stir-fry cooking using a wok.</p>
<p>Frank got a lot of comments about his episode and there seemed to be an interest in the subject. I have been interested in Chinese, Indonesian and other Far Eastern cookery styles for some time, and do a lot of cooking, so I thought I'd record a show about one of the recipes I use.</p>
<p>My son visits around once a week and eats dinner with me. I offered to cook him my version of Chow Mein, which since he is vegetarian, needed to use no meat. This is my description of the recipe I used.</p>
<p>I loosely based this version of Chow Mein on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Hom" title="Ken Hom">Ken Hom's</a> recipe in his book <em>Chinese Cookery</em>, page 226. This is from his 1984 BBC TV series, which I watched. I also learnt many of my preparation techniques from Ken Hom's books and TV shows.</p>
<p>I have written out a long set of notes to accompany this episode and these are available here <a href="https://hackerpublicradio.org/eps/hpr1946/full_shownotes.html" class="uri">https://hackerpublicradio.org/eps/hpr1946/full_shownotes.html</a>.</p>
<h2 id="note">Note</h2>
<p>Apologies for the sounds of a mouse scroll wheel in the audio. I was trying a new microphone position and didn't realise how sensitive it was to these sounds.</p>
<h2 id="links">Links</h2>
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<li>HPR episode 1787, &quot;<em>A Beginner with a Wok</em>&quot;, by <em>Frank Bell</em>: <a href="https://hackerpublicradio.org/eps.php?id=1787" class="uri">https://hackerpublicradio.org/eps.php?id=1787</a></li>
<li>Wikipedia article on <em>Ken Hom</em>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Hom" class="uri">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Hom</a></li>
<li><em>Ken Hom's Chinese Cookery</em>:
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<li>1986 edition (ISBN-13: 978-0060960599): <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Ken-Homs-Chinese-Cookery-Hom/dp/0060960590" class="uri">https://www.amazon.com/Ken-Homs-Chinese-Cookery-Hom/dp/0060960590</a></li>
<li>2009 edition (ISBN-13: 978-1846076053): <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Chinese-Cookery-Ken-Hom/dp/1846076056/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=1450957458&amp;sr=1-15" class="uri">https://www.amazon.co.uk/Chinese-Cookery-Ken-Hom/dp/1846076056/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=1450957458&amp;sr=1-15</a></li>
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<li>Wikipedia article on the <em>Green bean</em>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_bean" class="uri">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_bean</a></li>
<li>Wikipedia page on <em>Mange tout</em>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mange_tout" class="uri">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mange_tout</a></li>
<li>Wikipedia page on the <em>Snow pea</em>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_pea" class="uri">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_pea</a></li>
<li>Wikipedia article on <em>Agaricus bisporus</em>, the <em>Chestnut mushroom</em>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agaricus_bisporus" class="uri">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agaricus_bisporus</a></li>
<li>Wikipedia article on the <em>Bean sprout</em>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bean_sprout" class="uri">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bean_sprout</a></li>
<li>Wikipedia article on <em>Quorn</em>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quorn" class="uri">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quorn</a></li>
<li>Lao Gan Ma website: <a href="https://m.laoganma.com.cn/product.aspx" class="uri">https://m.laoganma.com.cn/product.aspx</a></li>
<li>Wikipedia page for <em>Lao Gan Ma</em>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lao_Gan_Ma" class="uri">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lao_Gan_Ma</a></li>
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