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Making and using a "compound" parabolic solar cooker (Large project)

Step 6Cooking!

cooking!
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I heated water and steamed soil water in the big 7 liter pot.
Steamed soil is better for seedlings because it has no bugs and weed seeds are killed by the steam.
For cooking i used a little brown ceramic pot.
For a test I stewed some apple.
I forgot about it and it boiled over in the cooker.
The thermometer goes to HI when it is over 100C
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I am a stone mason. My hobby is making new solar cooking and gardening stuff. I have used solar heat to cook soil for a couple of years. In mother earth news in January, i read that their compost expe...
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