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The Fireless Cooker

The fireless cooker was a strange beast. Even its name seemed to be a contradiction in terms. It cooked without fire and provided an effortless hot meal. Its early history is open to speculation and...

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Black Bean Soup – journalofantiques.com

RECIPES: The following recipes are wonderful in a fireless cooker [if you are inclined to make one or to use an antique], as they benefit from long, slow cooking. They are also easily adapted to a...

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Wholemeal Bread or Scones – thermalcookware.com

Wholemeal Bread or Scones A very simple “standard recipe” bread mix that produces excellent results. Ingredients: 1 x 12 gram sachet of dry yeast 1 1/2 cups of wholemeal plain flour 1 1/2 cups of plain...

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Golden Syrup Scones – thermalcookware.com

Golden Syrup Scones A favorite winter desert that is so easily made. Ingredients: 1 3/4 cups of self raising flour 1 tablespoon of butter 1 tablespoon of castor sugar 1/2 a teaspoon of cinnamon 2...

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Save Energy Costs by Cooking with a Hot Box

Photo: Nora Dunn When it comes to preparing dinner, most of us simply cook our meals on the stove (or in the oven) until they’re done. It’s a pretty straight forward process, with not a lot of room...

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Article 44

Fireless Cooking Frederick A. Draper The expression “tireless cooking” is not strictly applicable to the process to be here described, but is sufficiently near it to make it applicable as a short...

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Haybox, Retained Heat or Fireless Cookers

http://www.bioenergylists.org/en/cookers PCIAi Guide to Designing Retained Heat Cookers Guide to Designing Retained Heat Cookers (English) Guide to Designing Retained Heat Cookers (Spanish) Cooking in...

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Fireless Cooking in an Crock Pot Adapted Ice Chest

Fireless Cooking in an Crock Pot Adapted Ice Chest When young and adventurous, we enjoyed family tent camping. We sneered at the “wimps” who used trailers—even including those who used camping...

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Meals that cook themselves and cut the costs

Here’s a book or maybe the instruction book from 1883 that describes how to use the Sentinal two hole fireless cooker....

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250 Fireless Cooker recipes from 1913

Here is a great little book published in 1913 on how to build your own “fireless cooker” and how to use it. It contains illistrations and recipes on using thermal cooking for just about any kind and...

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A Hay Box Cooker An Old Invention – Out of New Materials

I first heard about the concept of the hay box cooker, which uses stored heat to cook food, many years ago. I made one out of straw, a pine box and a large glass casserole dish but it was not really...

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The Green Pail Retained Heat Cooker

Here’s a link to the “instructable” version

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Fireless Cookers

Fireless Cookers Fireless cookers were very popular in the early 1900s to save labor and fuel, rather like our crock pots. Many books of the time contained recipes for them. An early wood bucket with...

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Wonderbox Pattern with instructions on how to make

Here are a few images which contain a pattern to make your own wonderbox. It’s much like a beanbag chair of sorts made from fabric and filled with styrofoam beads.

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Comments on cooking bread and other things in a wonderbox cooker

Comments on cooking bread and other things in a wonderbox cooker: Steamed bread in a wonderbox — turned out fabulous. We left it in the hot water to rise then boiled it for ten minutes and kept it in...

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Hayboxes

Hayboxes A haybox is an insulated container which can make significant fuel savings – up to 70%! Just bring the food to a boil, place the pot inside the haybox, and cover. The haybox will contain the...

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Wonder Box Cooker

The Wonder Box Cooker recipes and instructions originated from a booklet published by “Compassion” of South Africa in 1978,1979 and 1980. “Compassion” registered name Wonder Box and the logo of the...

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WONDER BOX RECIPE BOOKLET

WONDER BOX RECIPE BOOKLET INDEX Babies – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - 2, 11, 14, 15 Bobotie – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – -...

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instructables – haybox cooker

introhay box cooker Haybox or retained heat cooking is simply cooking a liquid based food like a soup or stew in it’s own heat. During WWII cooking oil was rationed for the war effort this method...

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Haybox how to and description

Haybox how to and description Hayboxes Haybox cooking (also called retained-heat cooking) is an age-old method that can be used to conserve energy not only during times of crisis, but anytime....

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Dream-Pot has added a number of recipes to their site

Check out this link to the latest recipes for the Dream-Pot thermal cooker: https://www.dreampot.com.au/recipes/latest-recipes/ Dream-Pot Festive cake © Dream-Pot Chicken loaf with vegetables ©...

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Fireless Cookers – recipe books

Here is a list and links to a number of books written in the late 1800′s, early 1900′s on Fireless cooking.  They contain some great info on the method from recipes to how to make them and how to use...

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Thermos RPC-4500/CC4500 4.5L Thermal Cooker

Product Name: THERMOS® 4.5L Thermal Cooker Model #: RPC-4500/CC4500 The THERMOS® Thermal Cooker also known as the Shuttle Chef or cook and carry system, is a unique two piece cookware set that is...

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http://archives.starbulletin.com/2008/06/04/features/electric.html These recipes are written for standard cooking on a stovetop or in an oven. To adapt them for a thermal cooker, use the same...

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Corn and Pork Ribs Soup – youcookieat.com

Corn and Pork Ribs Soup (from the “The Adventure of Ms J & Mr P” youcookieat.com) We grew up drinking lots of soup made by mummy. Asian mum loves to make soups. Soups are nutritious and they...

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Thai Green Curry Chicken – thermalcookware.com

Thai Green Curry Chicken A delightful mild curry chicken that has so much flavour. Ingredients: 1 tablespoon of Oil 500 grams of sliced Chicken Fillets 3 tablespoons of Green Curry Paste (Valcom Brand...

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Chicken Carbonara – thermalcookware.com

Chicken Carbonara There is no need to precook the pasta in this dish. Ingredients: Meat Balls 400 grams of chicken mince 2 cloves of garlic 1 egg 1 tablespoon of finely chopped parsely 1 tablespoon of...

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Thermos RPC-6000 6L Thermal Cooker

Thermos Thermal Cooker RPC-6000W 2x3L Thermo Pot Thermos also offers the RPC-6000 in a two 3L inner pot configuration which adds to the versitility of this thermal cooker. You are able to cook two...

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The Hot Box

http://www.thehotboxco.co.za/ Frequently Asked Questions How does the HOTBOX work? The HOTBOX uses the principle of insulated cooking. If you can keep the heat that is used to cook food, no replacement...

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Guide to Designing Retained Heat Cookers

The guides information is best viewed from this PDF file: http://images.wikia.com/solarcooking/images/c/c3/Retained-Heat-Cookers_FINAL_7.11.2007.pdf Posted in Types of Thermal Cookers

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Thermal Cooking on Youtube

Click to view play list of demonstrations http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=4DB65B0A21BBC752 Posted in Demonstration Videos

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Building a Wonderbox Style Insulated Cooking Box

Adventures in Self Reliance has posted a great pattern and pictures of making a wonderbox: http://foodstorageandsurvival.com/building-a-wonderbox-style-insulated-cooking-box Building a Wonderbox Style...

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Wonder Box Instructions (iwillprepare.com)

The people over at www.iwillprepare.com have posted some great instructions on making a wonder box.  Here’s what they have to say: Wonder Box Instructions  (Printable PDF Format) A wonder box is a heat...

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Fuel Efficient Cooking with an Insulated Box

Fuel Efficient Cooking with an Insulated Box What a great example of using a retained heat cooker! Cooking beans is the perfect example of the strength of using a thermal type cooker. All the goodness...

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A Singaporean Uncle in Australia: How to cook with a Thermos Flask

La Gourmet Thermal Wonder Cooker via A Singaporean Uncle in Australia: How to cook with a Thermos Flask. Thursday, April 9, 2009 How to cook with a Thermos Flask We wish we had learnt this method of...

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Thermos Cookery

Thermos Cookery So I made breakfast using my thermos to cook it overnight. It is very simple and energy efficient for a piping hot and delicious breakfast. You can use any grain that you want. The...

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Rescue Me Right: Rescue Me Right Survival Newsletter January

Rescue Me Right: Rescue Me Right Survival Newsletter January. The Humble Thermos Bottle. It’s not just for your hot beverages. (cook meals and save energy/time with your thermos bottle) Written &...

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Thermos Cooking Recipes, Tips & Reviews

Thermos Cooking Recipes, Tips & Reviews. Thermos Cooking Tips, Reviews, Recipes and More If you want to learn how to cook healthy food while saving yourself time and energy, you’ve come to the...

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Thermal Cookware Thermos Shuttle Chef vacuum insulated double walls stainless...

Thermal Cookware Thermos Shuttle Chef vacuum insulated double walls stainless steel cooking pots inner saucepans outer pot. THIS MONTH’S ON THE ROAD RECIPES Thermos Shuttle Chef   Viv Moon’s OUTDOOR...

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Wonton Soup

Wonton Soup. Wonton Soup Wonton soup is a chinese food. This is not a dish for a quick meal because wrapping wontons will take up some time. I have tried to be as detail as possible in this recipe...

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Most Efficient Cooker Ever | Green Edmonton

Most Efficient Cooker Ever | Green Edmonton. Most Efficient Cooker Ever Posted May 1st, 2008 by Conrad This is a thermally insulated pressure cooker. We’re not going to buy our way out of the...

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Food Storage, Not Just For Storing: THE WONDER BOX, STEP-BY-STEP PICTURES

Food Storage, Not Just For Storing: THE WONDER BOX, STEP-BY-STEP PICTURES. THE WONDER BOX, STEP-BY-STEP PICTURES Well, I finally got around to making the wonder box. When I sat down and really read the...

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Food Storage, Not Just For Storing: WONDER BOX COOKER . . . Just In Time For...

Food Storage, Not Just For Storing: WONDER BOX COOKER . . . Just In Time For Summer!. Wednesday, May 13, 2009 WONDER BOX COOKER . . . Just In Time For Summer! For the step by step pictures click HERE ....

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Thermos Cooker Yogurt « Life In Mexico

Thermos Cooker Yogurt « Life In Mexico. Thermos Cooker Yogurt When we visited Toronto this past April, my boys gobbled up yogurt that my mother-in-law made. I saw what she did and it looked easy...

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Shuttle Chef follows Aunt’s advice and keeps cooking on the move moist –...

Shuttle Chef follows Aunt’s advice and keeps cooking on the move moist – Information Articles Go See Australia Directory. Shuttle Chef follows Aunt’s advice and keeps cooking on the move moist Corned...

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Soaking beans with baking soda water - Nutrition

Soaking beans with baking soda water - Nutrition. I’ve read that lye water made via wood ash is used very beneficially with corn in Mexico and South America and it increases the nutritional value of...

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Cooking Rice in your thermal cooker « Thethermalcook’s Blog

Cooking Rice in your thermal cooker « Thethermalcook’s Blog. Cooking Rice in your thermal cooker January 31, 2010 by thethermalcook Rice fields in Indonesia Probably like you, many of the meals I cook,...

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GREEN CHILI IN A THERMAL POT

Thermosrecipe: A super bowl recipe for your thermal cooker- http://ping.fm/YZVa5 GREEN CHILI IN A THERMAL POT Written by kmcgra Monday, 22 September 2008 Step into any Mexican Restaurant in the the...

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No Knead & No Oven Bread – cooked in a thermal cooker.

Dave Knowles  has posted a great No Knead bread recipe for the thermal cooker on his thethermalcook blog. You should take a look! No Knead & No Oven Bread – cooked in a thermal cooker. February 7,...

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Fireless Cook Books! Use for Thermal Cooker Recipes

Thermal cookers are not new and were known as Fireless Cookers a 100 years ago here in the USA.  Many old recipe books from that era are available online for free or have been republished and can be...

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