The solar pop corn cooker? Is there any?
October 9th, 2009
I was speaking a few days ago about a solar hot dog cooker. And in the previous article about Africa, also. However, I have never spoken so far about a solar pop corn cooker. Is there any?
Well, as unbelievable it may seem, there is and it is working fine! I have an example, of course, [...]
Why solar ovens are mostly used in Africa
October 9th, 2009
It is no wonder that most solar cookers are used in Africa. The reasons are simple: first because the sun there is very good for these activities that requires solar power. The second reason is that the quality of life is not great in this part of the world and people actually need to cook [...]
Parvati Solar Cooker
October 8th, 2009
Parvati Solar Cooker is designed as an improvement to the funnel cooker, a dual angled funnel cooker.
It has 3 areas (the bottom and 2 angle circular sides that help solar light focus on the pot)
Using one is identical to any other funnel cooker. Also, it has a wire support for the pot inside it, so [...]
A few good books about solar cooking
October 8th, 2009
Because I speak here about cooking with solar power and I give recipes here and there, I thought about publishing here a good list of books on this topic. So I went to Amazon and made a small but good selection of books that you might read if you are really passionate about the topic.
Let’s [...]
The 3 ways people use solar cookers. How do you use it?
October 6th, 2009
Solar cookers are what you can call a green product, 100% because they use the energy provided by the sun in order to cook food in a healthy way, with zero consumption of traditional energy.
Depending on where they are used, solar cookers are a necessity, a choice or a fun item, depending on where you [...]
Solar cooker recipes: Split Pea and Potato Soup
October 5th, 2009
Well, today’s solar cooker recipe is one that everybody should try, if he or she didn’t already do it: split pea and potato soup. Cooked with the sun! Now, that’s something you should try right away!
So, how do you actually do it?
Well, you need the following ingredients:
1 cup split peas (frequently sold in bulk bins)
1 [...]
Hot to make a $75.000 solar cooker from a cardboard box
October 5th, 2009
A lot of people ask about how to make a solar cooker and the question is usually related to how to make it starting from a pair of cardboard boxes. I think this is related to that guy who earned $75.000 for a homemade solar cooker that costs $7.
That’s a victory for no matter who, no [...]
Global Sun Oven
October 3rd, 2009
Global Sun Oven has been designed to meet up the needs of a family with 6 up to 8 members and feed them all. It is built by Sun Ovens International. It is called an oven, but actually it is more than this, since food can be boiled, steamed, roasted or baked at cooking temperatures [...]
Where solar cooker works
October 3rd, 2009
A lot of people want to know where solar cookers work, in what countries, so they don’t struggle with building one and then see it doesn’t work at all. Well, the fact is that it doesn’t work in every country on this Earth, this is a known fact. It works in the countries and in [...]
“Minimum” Solar Box Cooker
October 3rd, 2009
Minimum Solar Box Cookers is the easiest box sun oven to build. Period.
It is made of 2 cardboard boxes that you put one inside the other, an aluminium foil and a glass of the size of it, to put is on top, because heat is concentrated better behind a glass window. Now don’t you think that Minimum Solar [...]