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*[[Eggs]] American breakfast classic of bacon and eggs |
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*[[Meat]] Summer Solar Cookout of Rib Eye Steaks or Shish Kabobs |
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Since the weather is hard to predict more than about 3 days in advance, the Yellowfin tuna is a risk free option. |
Since the weather is hard to predict more than about 3 days in advance, the Yellowfin tuna is a risk free option. |
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Revision as of 01:15, 18 March 2009
67 truck mirrors that have a surface area of 4 square meters.Solar Fryer
Mike Pool's solar oven made mostly of the leftover scraps from other people's projects Bread
Rice cooked in a box cooker Meat
Bacon and Eggs
Pizza!
Yellowfin tuna and crab legs Seafood
Freshly baked spelt bread
Hello. I have lived in Canyon, Texas for the last 12 years with my wife and family. We are at a latitude of 35 degrees north and 102 degrees west longitude. I have had an interest in solar energy since my high school days. It was in 1975 that I made my first solar cooker. It was a parabolic reflector made out of carboard boxes, poster board and aluminum foil. It had a diameter of about 6 feet.
A few years later, in another project, I bought some 1 foot square mirror tiles that a hardware store had in a clearance basket. I went to a junk yard and found a half used spool of wire. The wire was about twice as stiff as clothes hanger wire. I cut segments of the wire to make croquet hoops. I hammered some iron rods into the ground to make a stand for an electric griddle. I took the plastic handles off of the griddle and painted the bottom of the griddle with black spray paint. I pressed 40 hoops into the ground around the griddle and leaned a mirror against each hoop so that a noon day sun would reflect to the bottom of the griddle. I would angle the mirrors so that the reflection from the mirrors to hit squarely on the bottom of the griddle. A layer of cooking oil on the griddle would begin smoking in about 1 minute. I had to cook fast, as my focal point would move too much and I would have to adjust the mirrors again.
I still use mirrors with the Solar Fryer. The reflection from the mirrors is not nearly as precise as a true parabola. The focal point is spread out more and makes the Solar Fryer easier to use. I can count on at least an hour for cooking as the focal point moves across the grill. I had a piece of low iron glass cut to fit a motorcycle wheel. I use it to cover a pizza when cooking on the grill. Pictures of a pizza cooking on the solar cooker can be seen on the Solar Fryer article.
See also
- Solar Fryer
- Vegetables An exotic but easy to make recipe called Kelewele
- Bread Enjoy the great taste and aroma of freshly baked spelt bread.
- Eggs American breakfast classic of bacon and eggs
- Meat Summer Solar Cookout of Rib Eye Steaks or Shish Kabobs
- Seafood For a special occasion - Crablegs or Yellowfin tuna
Since the weather is hard to predict more than about 3 days in advance, the Yellowfin tuna is a risk free option. If the weather is not good enough for solar cooking, you can always make sushi.