Hi All, I was cleaning up some old email and came upon this from a few weeks ago and thought I'd throw in my 2 cents worth. It has ended up being longer than I...
Michael O'Connell
michaeloconnell@...
Aug 1, 1999 4:07 pm
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... The cookit was designed to overcome the need for glass and complex carpentry (or box making). This has made it ideal for developing countries, with the ...
Mikebridg@...
Aug 1, 1999 7:38 pm
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Dear Chris, I was just going through the mails from solar cooking forum so to see what I should keep and what ... Last spring we sun dried over 700 Kilos of...
Baha'i Vocational Ins...
bvirw@...
Aug 2, 1999 9:13 am
1644
I don't have time to get into this now as I leave on a teaching trip in 2 days. I suggest that you take our annual permaculture design course online for...
Elfpermacl@...
Aug 2, 1999 3:51 pm
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... From: Mikebridg@... <Mikebridg@...> To: michaeloconnell@... <michaeloconnell@...>; ben@... <ben@...>;...
Michael O'Connell
michaeloconnell@...
Aug 2, 1999 4:01 pm
1646
Fortunately, perhaps, there is a different plastic that looks good for making into much more durable bags. Research goes on and if it proves out, that piece...
Barbara Kerr
bkerr@...
Aug 3, 1999 2:05 pm
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Dr. Gegham Snapyan of Armenia is looking for a partner in the United States interested in research and development of solar dryers. Dr. Snapyan is hoping for...
Tom Sponheim
tomsp@...
Aug 3, 1999 9:07 pm
1648
... In tanzania we are using locally available "gift wrapping paper" - it looks like aluminised mylar with printed patterns on one side. We paste it onto the ...
Mikebridg@...
Aug 3, 1999 9:47 pm
1649
An interesting thought. http://www.kaapeli.fi/~tep/ptlife/pt1.htm Dave Jones...
dfj
dfj@...
Aug 3, 1999 9:53 pm
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To All I remember someone mentioned sundrying tomatoes in California. In our work in Tanzania we came across the problem of gluts of tomatoes. What process and...
Mikebridg@...
Aug 3, 1999 9:54 pm
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Can anyone tell me why a loaf of white bread became a nice molasses brown inside in my solar box oven? It was my first attempt at bread and it was a bread...
willi miller
caribsea@...
Aug 3, 1999 10:39 pm
1652
I'm interested to see this. Our solar cooker is often too full to have room for our water heating pot. We have taken to leaving the blackened pot (an old...
VidaVerde
vidaverde@...
Aug 4, 1999 7:47 am
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On Tue, 3 Aug 1999 06:32:48 -0700 "Barbara Kerr" <bkerr@...> ... In Peru we have switched from the oven bags to plain plastic bags, which are...
Chris Keavney
ckeavney@...
Aug 4, 1999 10:50 am
1654
... If it was the outside crust I would say you hit pay dirt, nice even slow heat (brick oven slow). If it was the inside, I am at a loss, unless it was the ...
ChrisM1111@...
Aug 4, 1999 12:12 pm
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Chris, Ummmm, OK, I'll admit I don't know what the rainfall/wheat flour/gluten connection is. Could you enlighten me? Thanks Russ hilleker@......
HILLEKER@...
Aug 4, 1999 12:41 pm
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In East Coast Australia I have sun dried tomatoes in my first small box oven. A steel plate, painted black with four small (1" x 1") angles on the...
awalker@...
Aug 4, 1999 1:33 pm
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... pack them, >sometime in plastic and large airtight Jars, so far no problems. The stipulation was for *oil-packed* dried tomatoes. However, even these are...
Nancy Braswell
merit-ra@...
Aug 4, 1999 2:01 pm
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O.k., Mike, here is how I do it. They taste great all winter -- in hand, in casseroles, in soups,etc. Tomatoes differ depending on how juicy they are. The...
Barbara Kerr
bkerr@...
Aug 4, 1999 3:01 pm
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Hi, Nancy, Great Post . I wondered why people weren't dropping like flies after a Diazanon application, from Botch. They warned people who (likeme) who use ...
ChrisM1111@...
Aug 4, 1999 5:13 pm
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Food safe plastic screen is available from LIVING FOODS DEHYDRATORS, 3023 352nd SE, Fall City, WA 98024 Phone (202) 222-5587. I believe it is polycarbonate. ...
Barbara Kerr
bkerr@...
Aug 5, 1999 3:26 pm
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... Thanx Andy. Greetings all from Western Australia. Some of our Cambodian refugees here in Perth work in screen and security door fabrication. Recently...
Sunny Miller
d_miller@...
Aug 6, 1999 5:24 am
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On Wed, 4 Aug 1999 17:00:55 +0200 "Wietske Jongbloed" <wiewen@...> ... you ... Gladly, although it's a bit hard to describe with text only. We use #14 ...
Chris Keavney
ckeavney@...
Aug 6, 1999 9:51 pm
1663
Well Pat, depending on if you want a Batch Heater (The easyist type IMHO) or if the roof support is not up to holding a lot of weight (Water weighs MORE than 8...
HandyM2@...
Aug 8, 1999 2:28 pm
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hi see alt.solar.thermal see home power magazine <http://www.homepower.com/> this maynot fill your immediate need , but fuel a future one. Good ideas and...
ChrisM1111@...
Aug 9, 1999 2:39 pm
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Hey everyone! I'm Paul Childs, a mechanical engineer from California. I've been interested in solar cookers for about three years, ever since I built a box...
Paul Childs
p.a.childs@...
Aug 18, 1999 4:57 am
1666
Welcome, Paul. Feel free knowing there are no dumb questions. There are always new people on the list and so rrepeats can be valuable. In thinking of solar...
Barbara Kerr
bkerr@...
Aug 18, 1999 2:43 pm
1667
Who's used mylar in box cookers (replacing glass), or for cooking bags in an SPC? According to Du Pont's site: melting temp - 250 degrees Celcius (482 F)....
Paul Childs
p.a.childs@...
Aug 19, 1999 7:05 am
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... Actually it seems to be the case that there aren't much good research done comparing various materials. There is extensive literature listed by the recent...
virtanen
hvirtane@...
Aug 19, 1999 8:45 am
1669
Hi Paul, About a year ago I did some tests on 'reflectivity' using two identical Bernard SPC cookers. One with aluminium foil, t'other with aluminised mylar...
awalker@...
Aug 19, 1999 12:54 pm
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Does anyone know anything about the silver lining on the inside of potato chip bags? Is is comparable to aluminum foil or is it closer to mylar? Regards, Rich...
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