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My weather report is just too capricious. Seems like they are changing it just to jerk my chain.
This is a much better outlook for solar cooking than what I saw last evening.
Solar cooking lesson #47: Just go outside and look at the sky.
Solar cooking lesson #63: Have a back up plan.
It’s 9:45 a.m. cst and I just started dinner. Feels odd, but, anything new and different feels odd.
The solar cooker spent the night in the garage. I really don’t know where else to store it. Tex carried it out to my backyard kitchen. We opened the reflector and propped it at the best angle.
I came inside and got out the black, enamelware, dutch oven, opened a package of chicken, dumped it into the pot, carried the pot out to the solar oven, and when I opened the oven I felt the drip pan (aka an old, dark, cookie tray), that baby was HOT! Less than five minutes had elapsed! That totally floats my boat! (I really wanted to say it melts my butter but, that was yesterday.)
So, even though it is not yet 10 a.m. and it’s only 66°F in my backyard, I am cooking chicken without wood, or charcoal, or natural gas, or electricity, or whatever other kind of costly fuel you can think of. I am loving this! Free energy! And it’s not making my house uncomfortably warm in the afternoon. And it’s just so ever-lovin’-nifty-thrifty-unique-homeschooly!
Here’s a pic of Sally Mae’s solar oven. Ain’t that sweet?
I’ll post about the eating of the bird later or tomorrow.
Today’s project is the construction of solar cooker #2. I think I’ll name the first one Pete. Any guesses what I wanna call this next one?
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Hi MamaOlive,
The weather this time of year is particularly changeable, so I should probably lay off Mike and Steve. Later on towards Summer we will get a little more consistent with “sunny conditions persisting throughout most of the day” every day. Lookit! I can do the weather-man speak. Maybe I should be on tv!
I am just fascinated by your weather. I thought it was always cloudy in the morning and clear in midday. (I lived in Bulverde for 11 years). For the first year there, we’d look at the sky in the morning and think it was going to rain.
Missed my chance! Rats!! I’ll name the next one after you, k?
You want to name it after your best bloggin’ buddy… Carri (HAHAH!)
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I’m guessing “Repeat”.
Followed a link here, and I’m enjoying reading about your solar cooking adventure.
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Random-er than I understand, but I didn’t see that movie, so I’m lost.
For some reason, seeing the name Pete made me think of “Oh Brother, Where are Thou?” where they think Pete has turned into a frog and Clooney says “I don’t think that’s Pete” and the other chap says,
“Of Course it’s Pete! Just look at ‘im!”
Uh…but I have a rather random mind, so sorry about that.
I have no idea what you’re going to call your other solar cooker. =)
I am loving following your solar cooking adventure. I am completely fascinated by those brownies. I thought you were going to be either showing us a pan of uncooked sludge, or realizing your camera was “broken”. But I could practically smell those delicious brownies. Amazing. Really.