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RECAP OF COOKING WITHOUT POWER CLASS

If you didn't make it to our "Cooking Without Power" class on Saturday, you missed out! We learned dozens of ways to cook when the power is out, and had a wonderful time tasting all of the delicious food we made! We started the class by learning about sun ovens, how to use them and all of the different types of food that can be made by simply harnessing the power of the sun! In just a little over an hour and a half, we made bread, orange rolls and even roasted a chicken with vegetables! Next, we fired up the apple box ovens. Apple box ovens use charcoal as a heat source. The foil-lined box acts as an insulator and reflects the heat, heating foods up to between 300-400 degrees! The foil-lined pan with charcoal goes underneath the apple box.  In the apple box ovens, we made pumpkin chocolate chip cookies and caramel apple cinnamon roll pie, but apple box ovens can be used to cook just about anything, including to make dutch oven cooking more effici