Friday, June 28, 2013

Solar Cooking Workshop 2013

On Saturday June 22nd I presented a Solar Cooking Workshop through UMKC Communiversity with the help of another solar enthusiast.

We had 7 participants show up for this 4 hour class. We had a large display of solar cookers on hand and we used many of them to cook our lunch with as part of the class.



While participants began arriving we had small talk about some of the cookers plus just getting acquainted with each other.


As class started we talked briefly about the solar cookers and then everyone pitched in preparing the remaining food items that needed to be placed in various solar cookers.


 Once all the food was in we discussed all the solar cookers that were on hand plus some others we knew about but did not have on site. We talked a bit about water pasteurization using the sun and a gadget called a WAPI. Using the sun for solar food dehydration was reviewed using a newly made cardboard prototype.





We discussed how to make homemade solar cookers out of recycled cardboard and aluminum foil. We watched a short movie about the benefits of solar cooking in 3rd World Countries. The participants learning about solar cooking were amazed at how good all the food tasted. Several were going to make there own cookers and give it a try at home. All in all we had a great time. We even spent some time just talking a sustainable living practices. What a great way to celebrate the Summer Solstice.

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