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My Tightwad Gazette Ideas
I have been heavy into Amy Dacyzyn’s Tightwad Gazette books. She recommends using a solar cooker when possible to reduce energy consumption and reduce heat generation in the summer. This seemed like a good idea to me because it’s been at or near 100 degrees for the past 40 days. Texas sucks. Anyway…
The Pasta thing is something I made a few weekends ago. I got online and found a few designs for solar cookers. It took me six and a half hours one Sunday to put one together. By the time it was done, there was little sun left to cook with so I tried it the next weekend. The first thing to go out was:
1-14oz can chopped toms
Same can of water
Same can of whole wheat pasta
Various herbs and a splash of olive oil
This stayed in the cooker for about an hour. As it turns out, this was toooo long. The whole wheat pasta, which usually takes longer to cook anyway, came out mushy. Next time I’ll leave it for 30m and check for doneness. This stayed in my fridge to the next day when I divided it into freezer containers for lunches. For a dash of creaminess I added a dollop of fatfree yogurt to each container. It turned out pretty tasty! More on my solar cooking experiments next time.
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