Powerless Cooking Class (Highland, Utah)

This is from an email I received from Food Storage Made Easy.  Don't worry, for those of us NOT in Utah, they will record the event and upload for viewing later.

"This summer we are going to be practicing cooking without power at least once a week. To kick start this project we are going to be holding a FREE LIVE EVENT: Powerless Cooking Tools

Powerless Cooking Class Will include:

• SUN OVEN Cooking Essentials Seminar - taught by Paul Munsen, President of Sun Ovens International
• Overview of different cooking fuel options including InstaFire
• Learn how to make a free outdoor stove out of a #10 can
• Volcano Grill demonstration
• Q and A sessions
• Special coupons/discounts for all attendees!

Class Details:

Date: Saturday, May 21, 2011
Time: 6:00-8:00 pm
Location: Hollow Crest Church Building: 6400 W. 11000 North -Highland, Utah (about 5 minutes East of I15 on the Alpine Hwy)
RSVP to info@foodstoragemadeeasy.net and let us know how many will be attending. We will email out a reminder."

Homemade Solar Oven (Kyoto Box)

image from greenpacks.org

With warmer days here I thought many of you might find this useful. Each year Las Vegas has an average of

• 150 Days above 90 degrees
• 97 Days above 100 degrees
• 22 Days above 110 degrees

Let's use our warm days to our advantage! Of course, if you don't want to make your own solar oven you can purchase them from Sun Oven.

The Kyoto Box is a solar cooker constructed from two cardboard boxes, aluminium foil, and an acrylic cover. The oven traps the suns rays, creating enough heat to cook or boil water. It was invented by Jon Bohmer, a Norwegian born inventor based in Kenya.

The Kyoto Box consists of two cardboard boxes. The inner box is painted black, facilitating the absorption of heat from sunlight, and covered with a transparent acrylic lid to trap heat. The box is placed inside a slightly larger cardboard box that has been lined with aluminum foil; the foil focuses the sun's heat on the inner box. Temperatures inside the box can quickly reach 80 degrees Celsius (176 degrees Fahrenheit) on a sunny day. According to the Kyoto Energy website, temperatures can reach a maximum of 165 degrees Celsius. Bohmer claims that the oven is capable of boiling 10 liters of water in two to three hours.

source: Wikipedia.org

The Good Human shows their homemade solar oven, which is modeled after the Kyoto Box. There is also this short You Tube Video, which shows a solar oven made with a car solar shade.

Sun Ovens and Grain Mills

Country Living Grain Mill

Holly has some awesome Global Sun Ovens and the top rated Country Living Grain Mills available for purchase. Contact her directly for a special price.

Global Sun Oven

Powdered Milk Class

Here's a great website all about... Powdered Milk!!!

Our powdered milk class was a great success. We had wonderful samples made from powdered milk as well as vendors Shannon and Dan Pointer from All Secure Storage & Preparedness come and speak with us.

All Secure Sorage & Preparedness
Dan and Shannon Pointer
372 W. 200 N
Cedar City, UT 84720
1-435-865-6434
1-877-865-6434 (toll free)
pointer@mstar2.net

Here are the recipes, all made from powdered milk:

Yogurt by Sis. Riggs
Pudding by Sis. Vail
Peanut Butter Balls by Sis. Casey

Page 11 & 12 from your Emergency Preparedness book (in the Food Storage tab) has more powdered milk recipes! Check them out!

Later I made the Macaroni & Cheese Recipe on page 12.

Here is my "Magic Mix" (needed to make the Macaroni & Cheese)

And my finished Macaroni & Cheese!!

Here are some more great things we tried...

Holly's Famous Bread (baked in a Solar Oven)
We also talked about Dried Eggs...