Solar ovens and woodland cooking
by Angus, 21 August, 2020, 1 comments
I couldn't get the gears on my bike to work so instead of going out I decided to make a cup of tea. It may seem cumbersome but to make the tea I wheeled out my new solar oven, which is a large parabolic dish and once it's angled it towards the sun, its rays get concentrated onto the saucepan of water. Actually as I write this, I'm drinking the tea made from water boiled by the said solar oven. Like campfire tea it tastes especially nice - one enjoys it even more from knowing that it's made with renewable energy.
Our solar cooker only arrived last week and my son and I constructed it in about an hour. The instructions were only in Chinese so some guesswork was involved and as with constructing IKEA furniture there were bits that had to be undone and turned around in the process. We put together the six sections of the parabolic dish and then constructed the metal frame which goes on three wheels for moving it around easily. Read more...
