But the center is dark and I wondered if it would help to get light to shine under the pot. I put three little pebbles, dark and oiled, under a pot. That seems to work even better. I like that . . . It would keep us from feeling so torn away from roots.
Solar cooking continues to get simpler.
I have put major attention on simple solar cooker designs for 20 years, working to have them easier and more accessible to everyone. Today, I held a Solar Panel Cooker and realized our 20 year mountain of work had truly brought forth a mouse. I think that box-style cookers will remain part of the solar kitchen where time, material and circumstances dictate, but the SPC has opened up a new level of simplicity. We are doing pretty well with reducing the materials needed to solar cook. If only we could eliminate the need for oven cooking bags of heat-resistant nylon.