Apples and Weenies

I took pictures, but they are still in the camera. I've been getting pretty good results from the cooking jars. My apple roasting continues on. I wrap the apple in foil and put that into an inverted black can. It takes about 4 -5 hours to cook one apple. Sounds bad, but I pack the cooking jar before I go to the studio and they are done by the time I get home.

The weenie cooking isn't doing as well. I mentioned that I put one on a spit, it fell off. It did get mostly cooked in a clear jar. It wasn't too bad, I guess. Today I put one in water, in a small pint jar that we painted black. My idea is that the water should get to near boiling and cook a lot better. I don't like the idea, but it's just like boiling them. Therein could be the problem. I'm not a fan of boiled weenies, but a lot of people do like them that way. I like mine flame kissed on a spit, but that requires time for fire building and stuff.

Anyway, I packed both my weenie jar and apple can into one cooking jar before I left the house. I'll just have to see what is edible when I get home. It might not sound like much, but with both cooking jars, I could heat beans, cook a couple weenies, and bake an apple for dinner. It's better than I've ever been able to do before. I'll try to get the pictures up with the next update.

Should I be Sorry?

I've been working with solar energy in some way for most of my life. Not because I have an agenda. I don't really have a reason. It's just something that I do. Should I be sorry? It seems like everywhere I look, the people using solar are just doing it for a "noble" reason. To save women and children from working, save wood, save something, agenda, agenda, agenda. Of course they are all attempting to make money with their "noble" efforts.

I guess if I have to be sorry, then it's because I don't have an agenda or a purpose to what I do. Maybe I'll sell a book one day about my experiences, maybe I won't. Maybe I'll have a solar picnic one day, maybe I won't. Maybe I'll just cook water and weenies, but then again, maybe I won't.

Solar Cooker Update

Here are some more pics of my Cooking Jars. I  didn't get to do another test with the beans yet, but here's a shot of the last test, and one with the "hoodie".

These beans got up to about 157 degrees.

Here's the hoodie. The water got up to about 187 degrees.