The price of food....and everything really

[Garden Carpet]

Has anyone tried using a Hay box? I have long wanted to do that. I have looked ont' internet and found some plans... but donk now know where they were. Any info would be good. Thanks

Also liked the look of solar ovens .. but dont think we would manage to cook much in our summers.

jaki

[Meta menardi]

Originally Posted by Garden Carpet

Has anyone tried using a Hay box? I have long wanted to do that. I have looked ont' internet and found some plans... but donk now know where they were. Any info would be good. Thanks

Rather like slow cookers, I suppose. I think I prefer quick cooked stuff now, fresh and crispy, but I do like some good old stews. We used to use the very slow oven in a Rayburn for long slow cooking when I was farming, cheap fod cooked for a long time is very good when you have been out in the cold all day.

[eeyore]

Originally Posted by Garden Carpet

Has anyone tried using a Hay box? I have long wanted to do that. I have looked ont' internet and found some plans... but donk now know where they were. Any info would be good. Thanks

look here jaki

REDISCOVER THE HAY-BOX COOKER

Haybox how to and description | Lost Valley Educational Center and Intentional Community

A Hay Box Cooker An Old Invention – Out of New Materials - by Nev Sweeney

the latter site has all manner of other good self sufficient ideas too - tho its a bit rough arround the edges in terms of web design - particularly when compared to somewhere like wab

[coasty]

Theres a working party for my fishing club in monday....An opportunity to increase my woodstack for the ol woodburner...

[Garden Carpet]

Thank you Pete, I have bookmarked those sites and will settle myself in for a good read and a cuppa later today.

jaki

[stripee]

Am going to look into the haybox idea, sounds good.
I had a wood burning Rayburn for cooking and central heating, was very happy to see the back of it and get oil cooker...eek:
On a daily basis, wood is quite alot of work, dusty cleaning out, carrying it etc. It needs sawing up, or chainsawing up so uses petrol. And quite large quantities to keep a cooker/central heating going for extended periods...
Often, because of quantities needed, the wood was not sufficiently seasoned and sometimes damp, and the fire was hard to keep going if not around.
So am very sad about oil prices, will have to wear overcoat I think

[Garden Carpet]

I think I am going to cut up some old duvets and make myself an abominable snowman suit.. hehehe My electricity bill for the last winter quarter was £300!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have night storage heaters which otherwise are great. I dont have them blasting heat out all day but I do need a warm place as I spend a lot of time sitting here WABbing.. hehe

jaki

[Gill Catton]

Originally Posted by Garden Carpet

Has anyone tried using a Hay box? I have long wanted to do that. I have looked ont' internet and found some plans... but donk now know where they were. Any info would be good. Thanks

Also liked the look of solar ovens .. but dont think we would manage to cook much in our summers.

jaki

My mum used to regularly use a hay box at guide camp they only had a fire type thing to cook on (bricks, corrugated iron sheet on which the fire was built and then a grill suspended over the flames with more bricks) good for sausages and things but for stews the hay box was the best tool.


going back to the bread making I just dusted off my old bread maker (10 years old now!!) and I haven't used it in around 2 years - and at least one of those years it was out in my mum's shed!! Its just turned out a lovely loaf!! Good on Panansonic in an age where technological gadgets seem built to last a year only!

[Jez]

I know exactly how you feel Gill, most things these days seem purposely built for 12 months and 2 weeks and usually go kputt right after the 1 year guarantee has run out