20 June 06

Solar Power For Cats

Diego and Charlie investigate the solar cooker We made aduki beans and barley in the solar cooker today for dinner. Before setting the cooker up outside, Diego and Charlie made sure to inspect the equipment.

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  1. Have to get one – guess I am not certain whether I really mean the solar cooker or the cats :)
    — endment    21. June 2006, 08:16    Link
  2. So why am I thinking of the witch in Hansel and Gretel? Maybe it’s because we met friends for dinner last night and they’d just returned from a trip to Peru, where thay had a lovely dinner of herb-stuffed roasted guinea pig. (Also alpaca steaks on another occasion.)

    I like what I can see of that apparent quilt.
    — Ron Sullivan    21. June 2006, 09:32    Link
  3. How long did it take for the beans to cook? Did you use a black pot inside a plastic bag? And did you have to keep reorienting the stove towards the sun?
    — butuki    22. June 2006, 08:08    Link
  4. Butuki, We left that pot out all day, the entire work day, but it doesn’t take that long, necessarily. In midsummer like this there’s a lot of overhead sun and the pot gets very hot. We soaked the beans overnight then threw in a couple of handfuls of barley, some celery, some herbs, and water to cover, and off it went.

    It’s much more of a tricky thing in winter.

    Yes, we used a black pot insite a roasting back, propped on three sticks.
    — Pica    22. June 2006, 09:53    Link
  5. PS: I had it oriented to the east from 8 am to noon, then came home at lunch and oriented it due south. Since I work five minutes away from my house, this is a totally feasible option.

    I’d love to set something up outside my office at work though…
    — Pica    22. June 2006, 12:09    Link

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