07-16-2008, 05:07 AM
That is for dang sure.
If you think you might like a papaya in the next five years, and might think it may be expensive, you need to plant it today.
The other good thing about sprouts in general is that a lot of long cooking time stuff like beans, lintels, etc, can have their cooking times vastly reduced by a 3 day sprout. The flavor isn't the same as long cooked beans, which I prefer, but likely more nutritious.
You must be careful with sprouted beans or anything with a protienish whey as it can be prone to food poisoning sorts of spoilage, especially in this climate.
One thing worth a try for many to really save some time and cash for working people is to fabricate a "solar" version of a slow cooker/crock pot, which is more or less an insulated box with a window in it. These get quite hot on sunny days and the results is very much comparable to typical slow pot cooking. I've cooked fine soups and stews, and baked very fine breads in these. Designs abound, but there's ways of making them nicer than others with a little thought. With a little smarts it would be easy to put a 110 element in the box as well, so if a rain shower comes through and the cooker starts to cool off, the electricity will come on and carry the heat for that 45 minutes, insuring a consistent result without perpetual attention.
Of course too, as boat people always know, there's much to commend that pressure cooker too! That will save 2/3 of your cooking fuel costs for certain.
If you think you might like a papaya in the next five years, and might think it may be expensive, you need to plant it today.
The other good thing about sprouts in general is that a lot of long cooking time stuff like beans, lintels, etc, can have their cooking times vastly reduced by a 3 day sprout. The flavor isn't the same as long cooked beans, which I prefer, but likely more nutritious.
You must be careful with sprouted beans or anything with a protienish whey as it can be prone to food poisoning sorts of spoilage, especially in this climate.
One thing worth a try for many to really save some time and cash for working people is to fabricate a "solar" version of a slow cooker/crock pot, which is more or less an insulated box with a window in it. These get quite hot on sunny days and the results is very much comparable to typical slow pot cooking. I've cooked fine soups and stews, and baked very fine breads in these. Designs abound, but there's ways of making them nicer than others with a little thought. With a little smarts it would be easy to put a 110 element in the box as well, so if a rain shower comes through and the cooker starts to cool off, the electricity will come on and carry the heat for that 45 minutes, insuring a consistent result without perpetual attention.
Of course too, as boat people always know, there's much to commend that pressure cooker too! That will save 2/3 of your cooking fuel costs for certain.