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A Meal from solar cookers
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A Meal from solar cookers
Carrie and I decided that it would be fun to eat an entire meal cooked by the sun.
So, we took our three cookers. In one, we placed leftover chili. In another, we placed potatoes.
And in a third, we placed Joan's rice pudding (for dessert). Thanks Joan!
All three videos are posted below (we made them for YouTube as individual videos, but we ate this as a full meal).
Other than the mildly disappointing results from the sun not cooking the rice pudding (simply because we didn't get it outside early enough in the day, we were very pleased with how this meal turned out!
Baked Potatoes wrapped in foil and cooked in an eagle solar cooker
Leftover chili cooked in a champagne chiller picked up at GoodWill
For dessert, rice pudding in a solar cooker
(We'll post Joan's recipe soon!)
So, in light of this experiment, and solar cooker week here on GreenJoyment, what thoughts do you have about solar cooking? Are you already using solar cookers? if so, what are your results?
If not, has this series of videos inspired you to create your own solar cookers?
We'd love to know! Use the comments below to drop us a line with your thoughts!
Thanks for joining us for Solar Cooker week here on GreenJoyment.com
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Tips on solar cooking rice. Make sure your rice is FRESH. Old rice will just sit there, even cooked inside, can be hard to cook.
Preheat your fluids FIRST. Putting the fluids in to heat up first will make a big difference!
while the fluids are heating up, have the rice heating up in a separate pan, when both are well heated, combine them both and continue cooking until well done.
and ALWAYS get your solar cooking started, EARLY in the day.
Another awesome video, you have a very nice eclectic mix of parabolic solar cooker videos on offer on your site.