The Fireless Cook Book (1919)

A Manual of the Construction and Use of Appliances for Cooking by Retained Heat

Margaret J. Mitchell, 1919 (History, Reviews)

When I first saw this book I thought it was about making meals for a camping trip. It turned out to be much more interesting. Cooking with Insulation is a mostly forgotten technique with great potential. (The author knew this over one hundred years ago!) The concept is very simple: after heating food to the desired temperature, hang on to that heat and make it do some work!

Preface: The aim of this book is to present in a convenient form such directions for making and using fireless cookers and similar insulating boxes, that those who are not experienced, even in the ordinary methods of cookery, may be able to follow them easily and with success…

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