empollonの英語とか学習帳

このブログは僕の英語学習の内容や進捗、特に翻訳練習を記録するために始めました。ついでに、面白い人たちとの新たな出会いがあったら、なお嬉しいです。This will be to keep a record of my English practice progress. If I can get to know new interesting people through any interactions here, that’s also nice

英語日記 新しい中華鍋を買った

Today, I bought a new iron wok to make fried rice for dinner. Until today, I didn’t know that they would burn off anti-rust sealant coated on a new iron pan or wok before starting to use it. But that was what the instruction said and according to the explanation there, it would just take 10 to 20 minutes, so I tried to start doing it late in the afternoon, a little bit before dinner time. I was totally wrong with my time estimation.

 

Here is the thing. The gas stove at my house has a safety sensor that prevents overheating and it also prevented my new wok from heating enough to burn off the coating. So, it was really taking much longer than I had expected and I was trying different positions of the wok on the burner so as to trick the sensor, but in the end, I kinda gave it up halfway through in close to two hours since the start. It looked like most of the coating got removed even though I wasn’t very sure about it.

 

I got making fried rice anyway and it was good. My family looked happy. But, after dinner, I was still wondering if I should burn the wok again to get rid of the coating thoroughly. Then, my wife said, why don’t you use a portable stove, one we got for emergency.

 

I started working with the portable one again and it worked out, but that took me another one hour. So, I struggled with the wok for about three hours today. All that was a hassle.