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I just did it today. I put an un-opened can of sweetened, condensed milk into a gallon jar of water and put them into my solar oven. They were in there all day. I saw the water boiling. Now I spooned out dollops of delicious caramel onto wax paper to solidify a little. Ohhh, it's delicious...

I have been using baking soda to "wash" my hair for the last 10 days. I love the results. My hair used to be so fine and fly-away and frizzy. I would have to use gobs of hair spray to keep it in place. Now I wet my hair in the shower, sprinkle baking soda on it, work it in and rinse it off...

A long time ago I read somewheres that you can make carmel candy the easy way. Just place a can of sweetened condensed milk, unopened, into a pot of water and boil it for several hours. Take it out, let it cool to the touch, open the can and enjoy fresh carmel candy. Has anybody else heard...

I saved money today by not buying canned beans. Instead I cooked three varieties of dried beans in my solar cooker. Not only is that cheaper than buying cans of ready to go beans but I did not have to use fossil fuel to cook them. I now have a jar full of white beans, black beans and kidney...

I wanted to buy a cucumber when I went grocery shopping today. What my IGA features in their produce department beside their regular stuff is a small tray with an assortment of fruits and vegetables which are a bit past their peak but still good. And guess what, there was one cuke in a pack...

No, I don't put the lid on tightly, just barely screwed on. There needs to be a little give to let steam escape from the cooking process. I like using jars. That way I can see when things are actually boiling. From my experience the outside temperature is not as great a factor in getting the...

It was interesting reading all the posts under solar ovens but I think we need a thread to share our experience with solar cooking. I am new to this. I finished building my solar over about three weeks ago and have used it a lot. I have described it in another thread. There are things that I...

Use borax for the roaches. You should be able to find it in the laundry aisle in a grocery store. Sprinkle it liberally in all the dark corners, cupboards, around the baseboards. It won't harm people or pets. But when the roaches walk through it they bring it back into their nests and that's...

I recently made myself a solar oven. I don't know how to post pictures on the computer so I will describe it. The outside box is made out of plywood, 20"x20". Inside that is a layer of 1"thick fiberglass insulation. The inside box I constructed out of sheet metal which I painted black to...

I made myself a solar oven that looks much like the Zenbirder's from a previous post. It works great. I have baked bread in it. I am thinking of building myself another one. The reflectors on my oven are made of particle board covered with aluminum foil. Next time I will use reflective...

Hennypenny If a white film develops on your dishes then you have used too much of that soap. A little goes a long way.

I'm not a Mormon but I have a substantial stock of food on hand. I lived through the second word war in Europe. Nearly died as a child of disease and malnutrition. With the state of affairs this world is in having a store of food is not a matter of religion but a matter of common sense...