tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8791957091596445489.post7578288567613997014..comments2023-07-06T22:14:53.227+12:00Comments on Intricate Simplicity: A Satsifying DiscoveryRachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05264687026620042961noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8791957091596445489.post-62941297600739223932007-03-09T04:10:00.000+13:002007-03-09T04:10:00.000+13:00Hi, great to find your site and to see that you're...Hi, great to find your site and to see that you're also having a great time with cooking baskets, too. Global warming and politics aside, these cooking baskets really are a big help to local women living in difficult natural environments where local fuel and water is a major problem. Even the few coins saved from buying less kerosene makes a huge difference in a household that is living under the poverty line. In Africa, for exapmple, 1 log of wood only lasts about an hour's cooking & 1 back-load of wood lasts around 4 days. Staple meals like githere (beans aand maize) take 4 hours or so to cook on the usual fire, but only needs 30 mins boiling time when used with a cooking basket. Cooking in a basket also uses less water - something which is also important when you have to walk anything from 3 to 18 km to collect water each day...<BR/>Keep the recipes coming by the way, they're great too. Good luck and keep on enjoying.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8791957091596445489.post-2587201809786264172007-02-28T13:42:00.000+13:002007-02-28T13:42:00.000+13:00you are so quick off the mark there Rachael! Hope ...you are so quick off the mark there Rachael! Hope that cooked rice on the gas is going to be 'edible'. Will have to try vinegar too - and as for aluminum arrrgghhh here as well. Good for bike frames though (or is it now titamnium???)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03198727140716370129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8791957091596445489.post-78692122035597041812007-02-28T12:27:00.000+13:002007-02-28T12:27:00.000+13:00i so need to come look and be inspired by your kni...i so need to come look and be inspired by your knitted/felted bags - I am convinced i want to make at least one, but I need to see and feel one IRL to make that final leap!CChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09746757256853266959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8791957091596445489.post-50822877384413886052007-02-28T10:14:00.000+13:002007-02-28T10:14:00.000+13:00Another option, is when travelling through Europe ...Another option, is when travelling through Europe buy from the market a bag of tomatoes, a bag of fresh mozzarella, a bunch of basil, some fresh bread and drizzle with a good lot of Olive Oil (all cheap as chips - or beans as the case may be) and volia - Dinner!! No cooking required!LeighLeighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13653688020518703262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8791957091596445489.post-16616820202771475952007-02-28T08:18:00.000+13:002007-02-28T08:18:00.000+13:00Katie-potatie....aluminium....aaarrrggggghhhh. Jus...Katie-potatie....aluminium....aaarrrggggghhhh. Just can't do it sorry!<BR/><BR/>But Maurice I'll try the vinegar. When I tried just boiling rice on the stove it turned out way less fluffy than the pot done in the basket cooker - maybe vinegar will be the secret and I can save my knitted basket for beans and lentils. BTW, you're a sad man reading blogs on holiday!!!!! Glad you saw THE pot though.Rachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05264687026620042961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8791957091596445489.post-69603779031869449642007-02-28T06:00:00.000+13:002007-02-28T06:00:00.000+13:00Travelling thru Malaysia and just heard on the rad...Travelling thru Malaysia and just heard on the radio that putting a tea(or was that table)spoon of vinegar in the rice as it bolis guarantees fluffiness. Let me know how it goes..........<BR/>Beautiful Nepali pot, but it sure looks like an upside down wooly hat/tea-cosy.<BR/>Maurice LAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01065022698121877953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8791957091596445489.post-21132674205119362982007-02-27T21:47:00.000+13:002007-02-27T21:47:00.000+13:00way too quickly, it's getting late and hubby promi...way too quickly, it's getting late and hubby promised me a dance practice (seriously):<BR/>last time we went camping we took our pressure cooker. bingo. everything cooks in half the time. even water lol.<BR/>my auntie found mine in a second hand shop. dunno how you feel about aluminium cookware, but none of us has alzheimer's yet... i don't think... (anyway, J11 says that's a myth-conception)<BR/>rice cooking:<BR/>wash rice seven times until water runs clear. now add water until level is two fingers above the level of the rice. boil until water nearly disappears and all you can see is little burrow-holes. now turn off heat and whack on the lid. 15 mins later. nice. white. rice.<BR/>i'm sure it would work for brown too... one of your entrepreneurs will be able to find the perfect timing, i'm sure.<BR/>and that's all from me now i promise... good night :o)skatey katiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05586048408864521948noreply@blogger.com