[Petalite Mineral, Retro Design] Korean Earthenware Pot Ttukbaegi, Ceramic Clay Cooking Pot Casserole, Heat Resistant Ceramic Pot, Zero-Crack Stone Bowl Stockpot Soup Cookware (Medium)

A crypto currency trader in the news recently was said to have made his first billion after he identified an arbitrage possibility. Crypto sold for significantly more in Asian markets, as it happened, so all he had to do was exploit the price difference by buying here and selling there, and believe it would work! This story flashed through my mind when I opened the outer box and found a carefully wrapped inner box which looked like it was pulled out from under the counter inside a Seoul shop: You can't say this isn't an authentic Korean cooking pot.When they say ttukbaegi pots are "retro" this is a slight understatement, as pots of this kind were used at least as early as the Goryeo Dynasty, which ended in 1392 and began in 918—at least that's what I found—and that some kind of ceramic caldrons were in use in the Korean peninsula since 4000–5000 years BCE. I'm not sure if I should cook with this pot or venerate it, but the distributor assures us that it is perfectly safe to cook with, indeed, almost insanely thermally durable. When you are fired at 1000C, a hot oven is nothing, apparently.Korean cooking pots are ancient pyrex. Seems you can thermally abuse them in almost any way, including open fires and electric stovetops, without ill result. The cover of this cooking pot rings like a fine wine glass when you handle it—you can even make it sound continuously by running your finger around the lip—so the idea that this is an ancient form of thermal-stress-resistant glass may not be completely fanciful.If you actually cook with this pot I'd be cautious. The fact that it holds the heat a long time is said to be an advantage in keeping your food hot, but also means the pot will be able to burn you unexpectedly for longer after removing it from the heat, and stressed pieces of ceramic or glass sometimes fail catastrophically and can sometimes be full of scalding liquid. Common sense says to use full gauntlet potholders and never to become complacent that the pot might not crack and spill its scalding contents.This handsome pot raises my appetite for a tasty bibimbap, but I may let a pro cook it for me!

My husband and I have grown to love Korean food over the years and the only thing missing was this pot! It is a very nice pot made of durable material and is quite heavy. It does great on the stove and has really upgraded all the Korean dishes we make at home. I especially love making Bibimbap and getting the toasted rice from the bottom.