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Cook Grain with a Solar Oven - PEP BB food.sand.grain.solar

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Tomke Roolfs
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Hey, most of you seem to use the same solar oven. Is it a DIY one that can be used at Wheaton labs or is it one that can be bought? I want to build one and this one looks really good.

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Solar rice at WL I couldn't find a lid for these bowls that didn't fall in or was a tent. So the rice dehydrated a bit on top.
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2c dry rice
2c dry rice
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Needed 2 bowls to have room for water
Needed 2 bowls to have room for water
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Good morning
Good morning
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In the solar cooker
In the solar cooker
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Start your engines
Start your engines
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Adjust for sun
Adjust for sun
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Put some leftover soup in to warm
Put some leftover soup in to warm
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Lunch time
Lunch time
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Not quite
Not quite
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Finally
Finally
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Note: Needs to include a picture of the cooked grain.

 
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Looking for cooked picture. Hope these count.
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So to the right is one of the cooked bowls 2 days later
So to the right is one of the cooked bowls 2 days later
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Rice back into cooker to reheat
Rice back into cooker to reheat
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Some vegi broth to help it warm up
Some vegi broth to help it warm up
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In the haybox while broth and heat permeate rice.
In the haybox while broth and heat permeate rice.
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Here is my submission for "Cook Grain with a Solar Oven - PEP BB food.sand.grain.solar":

I am providing photos of the following:
  - a picture of your grain cooking in a solar oven
  - a picture showing your cooked grain that is obviously at least two cups
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2 cups of quinoa with slightly more than 4 cups of water, cooking in solar oven (a little less water would have been better)
2 cups of quinoa with slightly more than 4 cups of water, cooking in solar oven (a little less water would have been better)
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closeup of quinoa cooking
closeup of quinoa cooking
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cooked quinoa
cooked quinoa
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closeup of cooked quinoa
closeup of cooked quinoa
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I've been wanting to try this method for a while, so I made a makeshift solar cooker to use until I get the stuff for a wood one. I had an interview the afternoon I put rice in it and totally ignored it until I got home several hours later and the rice was completely cooked through. Zero effort required! I am so pleased!
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My rice in the cooker
My rice in the cooker
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rice cooking in a solar oven
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Cooked
Cooked

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Here is my submission for this BB. Definitely want to get/make a solar oven of my own after doing this!

I cooked white rice and am attaching the following pictures:

 - a picture of your grain cooking in a solar oven
  - a picture showing your cooked grain that is obviously at least two cups

A note regarding the cookware: I used the pot from my camp cooking set. I bought it some years ago and can't recall what it's made of, and it doesn't say, but it isn't aluminum because I don't buy aluminum. I don't even use aluminum foil.
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I cooked my rice in the GoSun vacuum tube solar oven at Wheaton Labs.  I couldn't fit a pot in the oven so I split it into two glass bowls which were each marked as 2 cups.  Behold!
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my rice, ready to go into the oven
my rice, ready to go into the oven
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going in
going in
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the sun
the sun
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out of the oven, almost 4 cups cooked
out of the oven, almost 4 cups cooked
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dinner time
dinner time

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I cooked quinoa and this was my favorite method of cooking so far!

To complete this BB, the minimum requirements are:
  - you must produce at least two cups of grain
  - you must use a solar oven

To show you've completed this Badge Bit, you must provide:
   - a picture of your grain cooking in a solar oven
   - a picture showing your cooked grain that is obviously at least two cups

Clarifications:
- All food prep and preservation BBs strictly prohibit plastic, teflon or aluminum touching the food at any point
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I used a foil lined box with textured clear stained glass as a top. It worked pretty well! The rice is a bit toothy but I added it to broccoli and cauliflower soup and the family enjoyed it.
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2 cups rice
2 cups rice
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rice in homemade solar oven
rice in homemade solar oven
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cooking away
cooking away
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done!
done!

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You know you’re a Permie when: you ask for and receive a solar cooker for Christmas so you can knock out another BB!!

I got a GoSun Sport and finally had clear skies to give it a shot.
First time cooking anything with it, or any solar cooker, while it took >90minutes, it turned out alright!!
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Starting materials
Starting materials
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Uncooked grain going in
Uncooked grain going in
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Closeup
Closeup
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Closeup 2 - note the condensation
Closeup 2 - note the condensation
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Still looking dry
Still looking dry
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Not quite there - note the water
Not quite there - note the water
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Steamy!!
Steamy!!
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Cooked rice
Cooked rice
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Full tray
Full tray
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More than 2cups
More than 2cups
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Scrumptious 😋
Scrumptious 😋
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