Have you ever tried a straw box? These were used a lot in the Depression and Wars and although mine isn't filled with straw, it works a treat.
Bring whatever you're cooking (say a meat casserole, rice) to the boil in a sealed dish with lid. While that's happening, get a carton which will take your cookware plus spare room on the sides. Get together some clean old rags, sheets and towels or clothing to be used as the insulation. Fold one neatly and put on the bottom. Put in the cookware. Push the other insulating material around the sides to keep out all the air. Fold another neatly and put on topof hte carton. The food will now cook in its own heat; it is impossible to overcook it but leave it at least four hours. It makes a perfect package if you are travelling somewhere and want to take a meal with you. You can cook it while you drive!!! I cooked a delicious curry and rice, in two separate pots, using the cheapest cuts of beef, while I drove to Ohakune from Paparimu. Clever, eh? Jacqui ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 2:34 PM Subject: Re: Cooking Rice > Dear Jeff, > I used to cook for alot of people for Food Not Bombs. One great way to > cook rice is after the rice comes to a boil, take it off the stove with its > lid on, and let it sit for about 45 minutes or so, it will cook that way, > absorbing all the water, 2 parts to one part rice, and be just perfect. No hi > tech, necessary. I learned this from Filipo, the American Indian who has a > kitchen for years at the Rainbow Gatherings. > Also, we finally got pictures of the vertical aquaponics up on the > homepage and under Food, Production, Vertical Aquaponics. > Most Organically, > Mofwoofoo Woofuaza > www.bagelhole.org > > In a message dated 2/18/02 3:46:31 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > << Eating whole grains is almost always a win for both health and > ecology. Even though our grains travel from either the mid US > region or from California, they still rate higher than most other > food choices. Some other advantages are low cost and easy long > term storage. > > With rice we found a solar cooker works well in the summer. In > the winter we tried using the wood stove but kept running into > problems. Brown rice is easy to scorch and timing is critical for > great rice. This has presented a problem until last week. > > The solution came from Japan and is an example of technology used > to our advantage. What we need is a computer to monitor the rice > and use the minimum amount of energy to cook it. It needs to be > cooked in a insulated area to conserve heat. It needs to stop > cooking when the water has been absorbed and the temperature > starts to rise. This simple strategy also works for other grains > and the basic technology can be used for soups and stews. > > Anyway, these cookers have been in our local Asian grocery for a > long time but the instructions and controls were not in English. > This has now changed and it is possible to find them with some > English. They are called fuzzy logic cookers. > > Now we can cook perfect brown rice and do something > else at the same time. My only regret is wasting money and time > on the standard rice cookers found in most US appliance stores. > All of them got warm on the outside (heat loss) and scorched > brown rice. None had a useful timer function or were as > versatile. > > jeff > > >
