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R E K

5°C today, sun and clouds, no wind. Trying to solar cook some seitan :>... despite it being cold and slightly overcast, it is cooking~
merveilles.town/@neauoire/1100

26 Mar 2023 at 17:58 | Open on merveilles.town
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R E K

Sun and clouds with an emphasis on 'clouds' XD... gonna have to leave it out for a long while today.

26 Mar 2023 at 18:47 | Open on merveilles.town
R E K

Success! Was fairly overcast the entire time, and the wind came up in the second hour, but cooked the seitan in just a little under 2 hours.
26 Mar 2023 at 19:13 | Open on merveilles.town
R E K

I am... super impressed with this thing.
I normally steam seitan on the stovetop, but this method uses no extra water at all! This is important, because in the summer we have very limited water.

26 Mar 2023 at 19:18 | Open on merveilles.town
Nina Kalinina

@rek do you keep the air from evaporating outside of the cooker?

26 Mar 2023 at 19:22 | Open on tech.lgbt
R E K

@nina_kali_nina there is a tiny tiny hole for steam to escape at the end, but that's it. I tried not to open it to check if it was rdy to keep the heat too.

26 Mar 2023 at 19:23 | Open on merveilles.town
narF 🎲

@rek Maybe you could stick a thermometer in there? Like in a traditional oven when cooking big stuff like a turkey, so make sure the center is cooked.

26 Mar 2023 at 19:43 | Open on mstdn.fr
R E K

@narF I made rly small bits to increase the chances of it cooking well throughout :), and it did! I stuck a fork in one anyway tho to see. Smaller bits is better with this type of solar cooking.

26 Mar 2023 at 19:48 | Open on merveilles.town
poetaster

@rek just a thought. Do you have any large lenses? Sometimes having a 40 cm magnifying lens is a real time saver. Makes fire starting a cinematic event. But, at sea, could also be handy for signaling, fighting large animals, the coast guard. ..

26 Mar 2023 at 19:28 | Open on mastodon.gamedev.place
R E K

@poetaster we've got small lenses only, got mirrors for signalling tho~

26 Mar 2023 at 19:32 | Open on merveilles.town
poetaster

@rek i'm just curious how much direct incidence one needs for seitan? Cooking with lenses is kind of the nuclear solution.

26 Mar 2023 at 19:41 | Open on mastodon.gamedev.place
R E K

@poetaster lenses isnt necessary I think, would have cooked faster on a sunny day for sure.

26 Mar 2023 at 19:47 | Open on merveilles.town
montag

@rek It looks like a really nice texture too. Did you mix anything into the gluten flour?

26 Mar 2023 at 19:36 | Open on hackers.town
R E K

@montag i normally add some chickpea flour (but i forgot to grind some), so i put some left over ground barley I had leftover from another recipe. I also add spices, like smoked paprika, garam masala, garlic powder... a bit of soy sauce too with the rest of the liquids.

26 Mar 2023 at 19:45 | Open on merveilles.town
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