1. A
woman can cook beans on the open fire for about 45 minutes, then put the pot
into a fireless cooker and let it sit, unattended, for another 3 or 4 hours. The
heat present in the pot, insulted in the basket, will finish the cooking
process. So instead of the women sitting over the pot of beans on the fire for 4
or 5 hours, minding the fire and trying to keep the children out of the
flames... she can reduce her active cooking time to 45 minutes and free the
other hours for herself. She can use those additional hours to work on other
things, to mind the children, or whatever else needs her attention that day. It
frees her time.
2.
But there is another huge advantage to fireless cookers in a rural
setting - it reduces the amount of firewood or charcoal used in daily cooking.
This means that women will spend less time foraging for firewood. It means they
will cut down fewer trees to make charcoal. They will spend less money on fuel
for the fire. It saves household time, money and energy.
3. In
addition, the use of a fireless cooker means that people will cut down fewer
trees for charcoal production or firewood, thus preserving their natural
habitat. The land can stay in tact when fewer trees are used as fuel. So this
fireless cooker is also a tool to help steward the environment where the
families live. It preserves the land.
Materials: baskets, fabric, raw cotton, string, heavy
needles and the instructions.
fabric, bags of raw cotton and some scissors to
begin...
lining the basket with cotton, tufting it into
place...
the first three fireless cookers we made
together...
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