Guest guest Posted March 12, 2002 Report Share Posted March 12, 2002 Hi, I am a SAHM with a partially dislocated hip. Between my 18 month old and my hip injury crockpoting is the way to go. I have very little vegan crockpot experience. I also solar cook. I built my solarcooker from free plans found at www.solarcookers.org. I built mine out of cardboard. There a couple main types of solar cookers. The box cooker is pretty easy to make and it gets to 250-300 degrees. So I can apply crockpot recipes to solar cooking. Solar cookers cooking times are 10a-6p in the summer and 11a-3p in the winter. This due to angle of the sun. Outside temperature is not a huge factor in solar cooking because the box is insulated. Wind knocking the box over, rain, and humidity obscuring the sunlight are the factors to consider in solar cooking. All you need to know about solar cooking is on the website for free. Before my injury I was teaching children how to build and cook with solar ovens. The stunned look on their parent's faces was priceless! I taught each child what to tell their parents when they would ask " how could water boil in a cardboard box!? " The answer is that water boils at 212 degrees F. Cardboard doesn't burn until 451 degrees F. I cooked brownies, chili, rice, corn on the cob, ... Amirah ===== " There are only two ways to live your life: as though nothing is a miracle, or as though everything is a miracle. " --Albert Einstein Try FREE Mail - the world's greatest free email! / Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 12, 2002 Report Share Posted March 12, 2002 welcome Amirah!!! your solar cookers sound really fascinating!!!! i'm sure that would be a great thing for everyone to learn how to build and use!!! thanks for joining the list! *hugs* cherrie --- Amirah <amirah_yates wrote: > Hi, > > I am a SAHM with a partially dislocated hip. > Between my 18 month old and my hip injury > crockpoting is the way to go. I have very little > vegan crockpot experience. > > I also solar cook. I built my solarcooker from > free plans found at www.solarcookers.org. > > I built mine out of cardboard. There a couple > main types of solar cookers. The box cooker is > pretty easy to make and it gets to 250-300 > degrees. So I can apply crockpot recipes to > solar cooking. > > Solar cookers cooking times are 10a-6p in the > summer and 11a-3p in the winter. This due to > angle of the sun. Outside temperature is not a > huge factor in solar cooking because the box is > insulated. Wind knocking the box over, rain, and > humidity obscuring the sunlight are the factors > to consider in solar cooking. > > All you need to know about solar cooking is on > the website for free. > > Before my injury I was teaching children how to > build and cook with solar ovens. The stunned > look on their parent's faces was priceless! > > I taught each child what to tell their parents > when they would ask " how could water boil in a > cardboard box!? " The answer is that water boils > at 212 degrees F. Cardboard doesn't burn until > 451 degrees F. I cooked brownies, chili, rice, > corn on the cob, ... > > Amirah > > > ===== > " There are only two ways to live your life: as > though nothing is a miracle, or as though everything > is a miracle. " > --Albert Einstein Try FREE Mail - the world's greatest free email! / Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 12, 2002 Report Share Posted March 12, 2002 Dear Amirah!! I cannot tell you how long I have been wanting to learn to build and cook this way! Thank you for all the wonderful info & link! WW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 12, 2002 Report Share Posted March 12, 2002 I thought I would peak someone's interest on this list. Vegans that are into eco-friendly practices are common combination. I was just loony when I first saw one in action. I have always been obsessed about eco-friendly practices. I first saw one a national gathering of the Rainbow Family of Light www.welcomehome.org, about 6 years ago. I learned how to make a sunstar there and used for the rest of my camping vacation. Watching people's reaction to it is just priceless. Dh and I used our solar oven to cook chili, rice and brownies mostly. We would park it in a sunny spot near the natural hotsprings we were visiting on that vacation and then just watched as people looked at it and then went looking for it's owners. We started a lot of spontaneous potlucks at the campgrounds. It was fun. If it is a clear or partially cloudy day without too much wind, then you can treat your solar oven like your crockpot. Put your beans and stuff in and ignore until you remember. Breads require attention/specific cooking time. Isn't cool that you already have the recipes to solar cook successfully?! I had to do it the hard way - experiment. Peace, Amirah --- ww <wwhite wrote: > Dear Amirah!! I cannot tell you how long I > have been wanting to > learn to build and cook this way! Thank you > for all the wonderful > info & link! > > WW ===== " There are only two ways to live your life: as though nothing is a miracle, or as though everything is a miracle. " --Albert Einstein Try FREE Mail - the world's greatest free email! / Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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