Cooking with towels

[watervole]

Cooking with towels is a trick I've tried a couple of times now

Comments

[alex_holden]

I've heard of people cooking porridge overnight in a wide-neck Thermos flask. They put the ingredients and some boiling water in last thing at night, give it a shake, and leave it on its side.

[watervole]

That could give you a lovely smooth porridge - though I make it with milk as it tastes better. Porridge is always better when done slowly.

[jon_a_five]

Fascinating post. You could have a hot food picnic.

[watervole]

AS long as you could seal your casserole so it didn't leak while being carried around.

[jon_a_five]

Oh, I guess if it's an electric hob you might want to be careful to hotplate doesn't singe your towel, or even set it on fire!

[watervole]

Hobs loose their 'peak' heat very quickly. But they often remain warm for a while.

I've never had so much as a scorch mark on my towels. That's because the base of the casserole dish completely covers the hob, so direct contact can't happen between towel and hob.

[uitlander]

We used this technique during fieldwork in the Lesotho Highlands. It helped conserve a very limited resource (gas tanks for cooking) and the food turned out well. The only problem was negotiating for the return of your towel to enable some attempt at personal hygiene, as we had not anticipated the ban on flying in replacement gas cannisters, and hence the need for additional towels.

[watervole]

I can see how it would have come in very handy!

[watervole]

Let me know how it works out. I'd be very interested to know. (You can use dense foam, or pretty much any other insulator as well as hay - an old duvet would probably be ideal)