Budget belly busters

Paul_B

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When I went to uni my parents gave me a book called grub on a grant for Xmas in my second year. One recipe was a bean casserole made with tinned beans and tomatoes plus cheap stock items. I thought I could make it cheaper by cooking from dried beans, cooking from scratch. I used the pressure cooker but of course I didn't judge the quantities so well. Let's just say I was eating it for a week or perhaps more. You can have too many beans, but it was actually quite nice in the end.
 
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Stew

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Can we get a photo of that please? kinda intrigued.
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I want to make a stool that it all sits in to hide it when not in use. It’s stacked I the garage currently.
 
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Disabled Preppers

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@Stew i like that , i was toying with a hay box after watching wartime farm but never tried it i know the idea but i always wondered if i could use old insulation board make a nice tight fitting box like yours heat the pan to boiling hold it there for 15 mins then put it in the box which i would line with either foil in the hole made to fit the stew pot and inside the insulation , , nice pics mate and thank youfor the idea
 
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TeeDee

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I would bet this is better than a hay box. This is modern thick insulation - it’ll perform better than hay!

It should work with a stack of thinner stuff too. I do sometimes put a heavy weight on top to limit air gaps. With thinner stuff I would definitely do that.

So what insulation is that ? PIR Kingspan/Celotex type stuff??? ( Apologies for the thread divergence. )

Definitely want to have a go at that.
 

Stew

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So what insulation is that ? PIR Kingspan/Celotex type stuff??? ( Apologies for the thread divergence. )

Definitely want to have a go at that.

I had a quick skim through my O&M manual but couldn’t see the manufacturer details of the insulation but here’s another bit so you can see how nice and dense it is and the thickness. I use four sheets in the stack.

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Chris

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Then another two hours after:

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My understanding is that the 'danger zone' for food in terms of bacterial growth is between 4C and 60C - is there anything done that mitigates that with this method? Just curious as I love the idea and efficiency, but don't want to accidentally put my wife and I on an accidental and aggressive weight loss program :D
 

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