On Jul 2, 12:39=A0am, Mr Chips <junkm...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Sun, 29 Jun 2008 03:00:32 -0700 (PDT), "dkw12...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >Cooking dried beans, lentils, steel-cut oats, polenta, or other foods
> >that require a longer time to cook are excellent choices for solar
> >ovens. Solar ovens like the Cookit, made essentially free from
> >cardboard and aluminum foil do the job, getting the heat out of the
> >house. This saves on AC as well since you aren't heating up your home
> >inside.
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> >Two more things I like to do is keep my water heater temp. low....just
> >high enough to take a warm shower, but not hot enough to rinse dishes
> >properly. I wash clothes in cold water. To rinse dishes in hot water,
> >just heat the water in a black teapot using a solar cooker. The other
> >obvious thing to do is dry clothes outside. While we should eat every
> >day, it is possible to prepare for a predicted rainy day...overcast,
> >at any rate, by making larger quantities of food, then nuking it to
> >reheat it on the rainy day. I have 8 solar cookers including 5 Cookit
> >panel cookers and a parabolic cooker (all homemade from cardboard and
> >foil) and 2 Global Sun Ovens, which are purchased hot-box type cookers
> >which allow for faster cooking or cooking on marginal days, as well as
> >preheating. With a bunch of cookers all going, it's a great way to
> >meet your neighbors too who stop to find out what your doing. I always
> >tell them I'm "sun wor****pping". Solar cooking has come a long way
> >since the early days of sun tea. dkw
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> Cant seem to find them here in Dorset?
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The Global Sun Ovens are available directly from the company at $269,
but they are also on sale many places. Here's where I bought one:
http://www.survivalunlimited.com/solar.htm
sunoven.com gets you to the company out of Illinois, but I think they
make them in England too.
The cookit is a product that sells for under $20, but they are easy to
make from cardboard and aluminum foil with plans available several
places on the internet. The homemade ones don't get as hot as the Sun
Oven, but on a sunny day, they will cook about anything. The Sun Oven
works on marginal days as well. If you can't find a Sun Oven, there
are several competitors that have nearly the same features. You can
make a solar panel oven similar to the Cookit using one of those mylar
wind****eld guards used to protect the inside of cars and trucks from
bright sunlight. Directions are on the internet as well. I had 5
cookers going today, but alas, I got rained and clouded out. If that
happens, you can eat something else, refrigerate your food until the
next day, or just fini****ng cooking it inside. I love cooking solar.
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