Cooking Without Electricity
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Cooking Without Electricity
Cooking Without Electricity - Helen Pirtle Three basic principles to remember: 1. You want to conserve the energy you have. 2. You should be able to cook indoors or out, at home or evacuate, in cold or hot weather 3. The cooking area needs to be ventilated. In an emergency situation there are two basic cooking choices.. You will either be heating or warming precooked food or cooking raw foods. What you are doing and the fuels available to you will help direct the cooking method you will uuse. Some methods are adequate for just heating foods, others work better for longer cooking times. Have some cooking methods and fuels that are portable in case you have to leave your home. Some Various kinds of fuel: 1. Canned heat (Sterno) – lights easily, sily, burn hot and removing the can lowers the cooking temperature. Can be used indoors. One 7 oz can burn about 1 ½ 2 hours. It will evaporate over time, check every 6 months. 2. Coleman fuel or white gas – effective but dangerous; must be stored outt of the house 3. Kerosene – use with caution, requires very little oxygen 4. Propane – has an indefinite shelf life; homeowners can only store up to five 20-lb lb containers. If the propane leaks, it will explode at a spark or flame. 5. Butane stoves – lightweight, don’t work well in cold weather 6. Charcoal – easy to use and inexpensive. Has long shelf life. Never burn indoors. 1 briquette = 35 degrees. 10 coals will be 350 degrees in the applebox oven. Easy to regulate heat. Store newspapers to use for lighting the briquettes. Use in BBQ grill, Dutch Oven, Volcano Stove, Applebox 7. Solid fuel cubes – burn very hot for a short time (to boil water) 1 Esbit tablet will burn for 12 minutes. 8. Portable grills – inexpensive, can burn any available debris as fuel 9. The sun – solar cooking is free but you need a sun shiny day 10. Alcohol stoves such as the Paint Can Stove – use rubbing alcohol and toilet paper as the fuel. 11. Buddy burner – tuna can with cardboard and wax. Burns for 2 hours 12. Sawdust candle can be used for warmth, light and cooking. #10 can will burn up to 36 hours. Quart size can burns 26-30 30 hours. A gallon size paint can will burn up to 100 hours. 13. Wood burning stoves – need dry, clean wood 14. Thermal cooking – thermos bottles, wonder box or hay box, ice-box, box, etc. Use a pressure cooker to first bring the food to a boil and then put in the box. Ways to conserve fuel while cooking • • • • • • Use most efficient method Don’t boil more water than you need Extinguish the fire as soon as you are done Plan meals to consolidate cooking If possible, cook on top of your heating unit Use a pressure cooker - Use no-fuel no methods such as the Wonder Box or thermos bottle or solar Some Alternative Methods of Cooking • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Camp stoves, propane, Coleman fuel, etc. Butane stoves Dutch oven - use charcoal or campfire or can use propane in a volcano stove Kerosene stoves BBQ or Portable grill - (some use briquettes, propane, wood, etc) Apple box oven - uses charcoal briquettes Wonder Box - Hay box Pressure cooker – 2 minutes of heating, then put inside hay box or wonder box Solar funnel cooker or solar oven – need sunshine paint can stove – alcohol-toilet alcohol paper for fuel Canned heat (like Sterno) Buddy burner – tuna can with cardboard and wax for fuel, use with #10 size can MRE heaters Solid fuel tablets (Esbit stoves) Thermos cooking – heat food then let sit several hours Volcano stove – use wood, charcoal, or propane Wood stove Generator to provide electricity Volcano Stove Small stand with a canned fuel