Zeer pot

[JAG009]

Just wondering if anyone has tried this ,and if so how well it works

A link to what i have been reading http://www.toptipspot.com/tips/outdoors/howto/cool-food-without-a-fridge.php



Jason

 

[Toddy]

Looks like a kind of posh version of the bucket of water and a wet teatowel draped in and over the edge.
Evaporation keeps the water (and the food) in the bucket cooler than the surroundings.
It was still common in my early childhood.......bucket of water under the sink with the milk bottles in it.

cheers,
M

 

[horsevad]

The science behind the article is sound.

That said, many other materials than clay pots and wet sand could be used. It is the energy consumption of the evaporating water which keeps the items cooler than the ambient temperature.

//Kim Horsevad

 

[filcon]

Thanks for the site Jason.

cheers

phil

 

[Ex-member PaganBushcraft]

A link to what i have been reading http://www.toptipspot.com/tips/outdoors/howto/cool-food-without-a-fridge.php



Jason

I have used the wet pot in a flexi bucket and it worked realy well kept milk fresh on a 3 day camp. Also good for stoping wild berrys going soft http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/images/smilies/wink.pngJust wondering if anyone has tried this ,and if so how well it works

 

[Miyagi]

Looks like a kind of posh version of the bucket of water and a wet teatowel draped in and over the edge.
Evaporation keeps the water (and the food) in the bucket cooler than the surroundings.
It was still common in my early childhood.......bucket of water under the sink with the milk bottles in it.

cheers,
M

Agreed.

My Gran had a lined pantry and no fridge until about 1986.

If one of us left the milk jug out with the cloth on top it'd go off if very hot in the kitchen/summer etc.

That milk was used to make excellent scones.

Liam

 

[Toddy]

I still use the (admitedly it's rare for milk to go sour these days) sour milk to make scones and pancakes

Hear, I actually got non homogenised milk last week Tiniest wee layer of cream formed on the top after it sat overnight.......the blighters take the cream off, 'cause that's healthy, isn't it ? and then sell it to us seperately
Are folks really stupid or did we all just get conned ?

cheers,
Mary

 

[Trunks]

I still get in un-pasteurised milk from the farm down here Mary. There's a good quarter pint of cream in every pint, yum

 

[Andy BB]

Farmers get done for watering the milk - dairies do it as a matter of course.

 

[Tengu]

I wish I was rich enough to drink gold top every day...