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I guess the proof would be in the pudding - if you give it a go let us know how you get on!With some experimenting, you can become an expert in thermos cookery. If you are single and live alone, you could, conceivably, eat nothing except what you cooked in a thermos. But if you are married, and especially if you have children, don't push it. Even with the economy of this system, it's not worth alienating your family. If your wife doesn't like it, challenge her to make the food tastier and think up some thermos recipes. You might also tell her the advantages of thermos cookery. For one thing, she would spend much less time in the kitchen. What with the expected brownouts, she could do all the cooking in five, ten, fifteen minutes, depending on how many thermos bottles she used. Another important factor is that, especially during the heat waves, the home would not suffer the added heat from the kitchen. This would also cut down on the air conditioning costs.
You can tell him to cook dinner himselfTracy Pepler wrote:"If your wife doesn't like it, challenge her to make the food tastier and think up some thermos recipes."
What do I do if my husband doesn't like it??
Looks like Telepizza are going to be visiting the Pepler house again tonight!mikepepler wrote:You can tell him to cook dinner himselfTracy Pepler wrote:"If your wife doesn't like it, challenge her to make the food tastier and think up some thermos recipes."
What do I do if my husband doesn't like it??
It's just the same as haybox cooking. Bring the food to the boil and stick it in any highly insulated, close fitting container; polystyrene, hay, straw will all do. Good for soups, casseroles and stuff like that.SILVERHARP2 wrote:I came across a survivalist thread the other day and there was some articles about thermos cooking, basically bringing food to boiling point and then letting it cook in a thermos flask. anyone come across this? on the face of it seems to be a useful energy saving solution.
kenneal wrote:seems like there should be a market for an electric, thero. controlled insulated cooking pot, Dragon's Den here I comeSILVERHARP2 wrote: It's just the same as haybox cooking. Bring the food to the boil and stick it in any highly insulated, close fitting container; polystyrene, hay, straw will all do. Good for soups, casseroles and stuff like that.
Something like this:SILVERHARP2 wrote: seems like there should be a market for an electric, thero. controlled insulated cooking pot, Dragon's Den here I come
SILVERHARP2 wrote:It's called a slow cooker.kenneal wrote:seems like there should be a market for an electric, thero. controlled insulated cooking pot, Dragon's Den here I comeSILVERHARP2 wrote: It's just the same as haybox cooking. Bring the food to the boil and stick it in any highly insulated, close fitting container; polystyrene, hay, straw will all do. Good for soups, casseroles and stuff like that.
We use ours to make about 2 or 3 evening meals each week.
You have to kick start it first thing in the day.
See also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slow_cooker
I was looking at the slow cooker entry in wikipedia, and noticed there was a link to Vacuum flask cooking. Isn't this more like the device mentioned in Silverharp's original query? The idea is to heat up to a high temperature and then insulate, rather than cook things slowly at a low temperature. Surely the slow cooker doesn't actually use much less energy than say a pressure cooker?Vortex wrote:It's called a slow cooker.
We use ours to make about 2 or 3 evening meals each week.
You have to kick start it first thing in the day.
See also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slow_cooker
the insulation/sealed feature seems to be most relevant from an energy saving point of view. Also if you expect brown outs in the future then it would be a useful method of getting around the problem. In the future if we get variable electricity or gas pricing then I guess these types of cooking may become popularErik wrote: I was looking at the slow cooker entry in wikipedia, and noticed there was a link to Vacuum flask cooking. Isn't this more like the device mentioned in Silverharp's original query? The idea is to heat up to a high temperature and then insulate, rather than cook things slowly at a low temperature. Surely the slow cooker doesn't actually use much less energy than say a pressure cooker?
I bought one for my 2 younger daughters who are very into camping out etc. The kelly kettle is pretty amazing I agree.....reefskin wrote:I got a storm kettle for christmas and was absolutely blown away by it.
...... I think it's a fab piece of kit.