Stew in a quilt.

pineapple

That's right. Stew in a quilt.
This is the diy version of thermal cooking but without an expensive thermal cooker. Get your stew prepared and simmer for 15 - 20 minutes. Then wrap up pan in blankets and an old quilt. The stew should be cooked in about 7 hours. :beer:

crazyguy

I think you may be a little unwell,

This will cost approx £0.50 - £1.00 to run for 10 hours,

Barneysmom

Yes. I've seen it on You Tube, I'll try and find it.

Grr can't find it, I'll keeplooking.
I have seen it, it was an American lady, she put the pan in the wasing basket that had an open blanket in then piled blankets on top.

It's like that cooking basket thing. Solar cooking.

http://solarcooking.wikia.com/wiki/Heat-retention_cooking

suzybloo

its another version of an old fashioned hay box see below from a previous post - so not as OP iS not as unwell as you think.

Flibsey wrote: »

I think some of the best money saving cooking I've done has beeneither haybox or fire.
the haybox is basically a nice heavy casserole dish, clingfilm, foil and blankets. make your casserole, boil for a good 30 mins or so (I know, yes you do have to put the hob on but it's still less than putting a casserole in the oven), then when it's hot, wrap in foil and then a large blanket OR if you're ecoconscious (although alu foil can be recycled) just a large blanket. I also have a massive coolbag which gets old pillows shoved along the bottom of it, casserol dish on the pillows, blankets and more pillows around it and make sure even the lid is covered. 8 hours later, gorgeous casserole.

crazyguy

I thought they were on drugs, sorry OP

Janey3

This brings to mind the old "hay box" method, where hay or straw are packed around the dish and left for hours. Never tried it though.

Janey

Suzy beat me to it!

MonkeySaving?

As amazing as this sounds, my time is worth more than this, OS it may be, Moneysaving it is not.

ladylouise62

I know that my Mum used to do this, many moons ago.,, then progressed to a slow cooker

valk_scot

MonkeySaving? wrote: »

As amazing as this sounds, my time is worth more than this, OS it may be, Moneysaving it is not.

Time? No more time than prepping any casserole, surely, then either sticking it in the slow cooker or low oven.


It's a good method for rice pudding too btw, or overnight porridge for breakfast.

doodoot

So who's up for the challenge of trying it out?

I've already made up my stews and soups for the next few days so I don't have any room in the fridge/freezer otherwise I'd do it.

Come on...someone have a go and tell us how it went!

annie-c

I am a bit rubbish at calculating how much energy is used by different methods... can anyone help by explaining if it would be very much cheaper to boil the stew on a gas hob for 30 minutes rather than put it in a slow cooker on low for 5 hours?