Dianne, about the Solar Cooker

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Dianne, the food is in mason jars or light weight pans with lids, painted

black ( to absorb heat) , placed in an oven bag. everything's sealed up so

there's no food smell to attract critters. there's links to recipies and all

kinds of info on pans, etc, at http://www.solarcooking.org/

I did a lot of reading before trying it, always put my oven thermometer in the

bag too so I can keep an eye on the temp. my best pot so far is an old aluminum

coffee pot lined with an oven bag ( there was a lot of corrosion inside and I

don't like aluminum to cook in anyway). this is now my potato cooker. I put duct

tape inside over the holes by the spout when I painted it, cut off the oven bag

so it folds over the top about an inch or so, drop in a washed spud, put on the

lid, whole works into oven bag and - wa la - hours later when ready to eat I

have a baked/steamed with its own juice potato. have also left broccoli and

cauliflower in too long ( in a mason jar ) they looked singed and wilted but

tasted ok. haven't had any problems with animals did have to modify due to wind,

instead of a bucket my windshield shade is now in a cardboard box with clothes

pins holding it to the flaps.

here's some links to people in Fla who know more about solar cooking than me (

I'm just learning)

Shores Presbyterian Church Outreach Comm * Miami Solar Connecion * 602 NE 96TH

STREET * MIAMI SHORES * FL * 33138 * Office: 305-754-9541 * Teaches about solar

cooking in Miami area through church activities and raises funds to support the

Free Methodist Church project in Haiti. Has also done solar cooking lessons in

Pointe des Palmistes * www.mspc.net

 

Rowena Gerber * Abess Center for Environmental Studies * Miami Country Day

School 601 NE 107th St. * Miami * FL * 33161 * Office: 305-779-7272 * School

teacher who has gotten many students into serious solar cooker design and

construction, promotes at international gatherings also *

gerberr[at]miamicountryday.org * www.miamicountryday.org/aces

 

Rowena Gerber * Abess Center for Environmental Studies * Miami Country Day

School 601 NE 107th St. * Miami * FL * 33161 * Office: 305-779-7272 * School

teacher who has gotten many students into serious solar cooker design and

construction, promotes at international gatherings also *

gerberr[at]miamicountryday.org * www.miamicountryday.org/aces

 

I know about those Fla bugs, by the way, lived there a few mos as a kid, now I

know it was a palm beetle but at 7 when the biggest ( i thought) cockroach in

the world ran out of a closet at me I knew I was gonna die! never was a screamer

but the whole nieghborhood heard me that day ! LOL,_._,___

 

 

 

Peace,

Angela

 

great grandma recycled, she called it making do.

 

who I am is fine, it's just this body that's disabled!

 

 

 

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