Alternative cooking!

Did you know there are other ways of cooking
breakfast, lunch or dinner than in the oven or
on the stove? This is one of them! Yes! This is
a plain ole Thermos. But not just any thermos.
This one is lined with metal, not plastic. Very
important! Let's say you want hot oatmeal, or
mush or wheat for breakfast. Well, prepare it the
night before, put it in the thermos and in the morning,
you have a hot breakfast - ready to eat. I made rice
in it for the demo I did for the Spanish branch. I put
1 1/2 c. of white rice and 3 c. of water, one diced onion
and some salt and pepper in a pan, brought it to a boil,
simmered for 5 minutes and put it in the thermos at
about 10:00 pm the night before. The next morning
around 10:00, we opened it. It was done! It was hot!
It was delicious! And it stayed warm for 2 hours.
It's great! You don't have to heat up your kitchen,
cooking on the stove, just put it in the thermos and let it
finish cooking. This particular one I got at Walmart for
about $17.00. It holds a little over a quart and has
a wider mouth. It's a great investment in our arsenal of cooking
without using much fuel or energy! Google it and find out more
info. In my opinion - every home should have one!
And it should be used!
The next post is on the Haybox cooker! Another great
old idea that needs to be used more often. Also look
into solar cooker's and there's a neat idea using a
window shade you put in your car to make a solar
cooker - google that one to find out more! I borrowed
my neighbors solar cooker and made a cake, corn bread and a loaf of white bread in it - all during the day - usingthe sun! Neat stuff out there, if you'll just look it up anduse it to save money and time and energy.