Genoa Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 Hi, I've been catching up on posts here, as I've been away for a while. I'm particularly interested in all the suggestions that we purchase a grain mill that can be turned by hand, in the event of loss of electricity. That leads me to ask the question, If there is no electricity, how do you plan to bake bread? Link to comment
Leah Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 http://www.justhungry.com/home-made-whole-...-no-oven-needed http://www.endtimesreport.com/Baking_Bread...ut_an_Oven.html http://www.breadtopia.com/2007/07/31/grilled-bread/ Link to comment
PoGo Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 Hi, Genoa! Welcome back. Many here plan to bake bread in gas fueled ovens, in their BBQ grill, in a solar oven or in the dutch oven over a wood or briquette fire. Link to comment
SusanG Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 My son & husband built a big solar oven for the homeschool science fair. WE use it quite often, just to keep in practice. Haven't tried baking bread in it yet though...guess I better give that a try! We have both an electric grain grinder and a manual one. We're hoping to get the windmills up and going to run a battery bank so we will have at least some electricity if we should lose electricity. Link to comment
FlaGal Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 I'm researching and plan on building an 'earth oven' in my backyard with my hubby! Until then, we've got propane and solar ovens. Link to comment
JCK88 Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 I just tested a Coleman camp oven on my gas stove cooktop...baked some nice biscuits in there! (but I also do Dutch oven cooking and can bake small loaves in there, have done it at Civil War events plenty of times to the amazement of the troops) I like FLaGals idea of an earth oven. I've seen books on that topic and it looks intruiging. I am thinking it might not be a bad idea to set up an area in the back yard where cooking could be done. It might be fun to have an outdoor kitchen in the summer. (For winter, I'll do Dutch oven in fireplace or in the camp oven on the gas cooktop as long as we have propane) Link to comment
-6 Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 Stumbled onto a factory oven that you can sit on a wood cook stove. It is about 2'longX16X16 with temp. gauge and wire handles. Cooks like a dream. Think I paid $5 for it and would have given $50. Some folks just want to get rid of their junk. Our little folding Coleman oven has never been used. Dutch ovens work great for bread. At our last gatheing Lee had his "high tech" solar oven. It is on wheels with a sight to get 100% sun. wc Link to comment
CrabGrassAcres Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 Until I can get a Horno built, I'll probably just do fry bread. Though if it is summer here I can bake on the truck dashboard. LOL http://www.sunset.com/sunset/garden/articl...,690891,00.html Link to comment
Genoa Posted May 15, 2008 Author Share Posted May 15, 2008 Thanks everyone. I knew you all would have answers for me! Link to comment
-6 Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 "Crabby" tell us about cooking on the dash-didn't think it would get hot enough. We used to dry fruit on a piece of plywood on the dash and it worked fine, wc Link to comment
Snowmom Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 You can do it different ways, frying it, or cook it over the fire on a stick. Here is a site that tells you how to do it one way. http://innosentence.blogspot.com/2008/05/b...lectricity.html Here is a solar oven too. http://www.selfsufficientish.com/nevssolaroven.htm Link to comment
Genoa Posted May 17, 2008 Author Share Posted May 17, 2008 Thanks, Snowmom. The first link suggests making the bread without yeast, but I think the yeast contributes a lot to the yummy taste. I would be inclined to put in at least a little yeast for that reason. Do you think it would make any difference? I really haven't followed up much on any type of solar items, living in the perpetually rainy, cloudy, gray Pacific NW. Plus we are located in the middle of very old, very tall trees---can't even grow grass in our yard due to the extreme shade. By moving a few pots around I've been able to grow tomatoes in pots each year, but that's about it. I do have just about every kind of stove I can think of, though---propane stove, butane stove, charcoal BBQ, another stove in which I can use wood, etc. I'm wondering whether it would be worth it to get one of the Coleman camp ovens (basically just a square metal box that will fold up)---or would it be a big waste of whatever fuel I'm using at the time? Link to comment
CrabGrassAcres Posted May 17, 2008 Share Posted May 17, 2008 Originally Posted By: -6 "Crabby" tell us about cooking on the dash-didn't think it would get hot enough. We used to dry fruit on a piece of plywood on the dash and it worked fine, wc http://www.slashfood.com/2006/08/04/woman-...ies-in-her-car/http://www.divaherself.com/summerfun/dashboarddining1.html I've accidentally left a can of milk in the truck and when I remembered it a few days later it was brown and tasted burnt. Link to comment
Cricket Posted May 17, 2008 Share Posted May 17, 2008 Originally Posted By: CrabGrassAcres I've accidentally left a can of milk in the truck and when I remembered it a few days later it was brown and tasted burnt. You TASTED it??? You are a much braver woman than me! Although for some reason, I don't know why, all the men in this family love to shove questionable food items under MY nose while asking "Does this smell okay to you?" Sheesh! Link to comment
mommato3boys Posted May 17, 2008 Share Posted May 17, 2008 Originally Posted By: CrabGrassAcres Until I can get a Horno built, I'll probably just do fry bread. Though if it is summer here I can bake on the truck dashboard. LOL We we lived in Alabama hubby loved to take bolonga and cheese wrapped in aluminum foil and lay it on the dash board. By lunch time he has a grilled cheese and bolonga. Yes I have dried seeds and fruit on dash boards. We have a friend that he keeps and old car just for that. It has a sun roof and he has put a piece of ply wood from front to back and uses cookie sheets and just rotates them. Link to comment
mommato3boys Posted May 17, 2008 Share Posted May 17, 2008 Originally Posted By: FlaGal I'm researching and plan on building an 'earth oven' in my backyard with my hubby! Until then, we've got propane and solar ovens. FlaGal you might want to try this one...http://www.jrwhipple.com/sr/stove.html Link to comment
Snowmom Posted May 17, 2008 Share Posted May 17, 2008 I think the same about the yeast, but, wanted you to see what they had to say. I've never tried to bake bread other than in my oven and on a stick. Guess I will have to try it outside in the sun one of these days. Link to comment
nana9 Posted May 17, 2008 Share Posted May 17, 2008 what a great site thanks m23b so much info on everything. Link to comment
LaBellaVita Posted May 18, 2008 Share Posted May 18, 2008 I would absolutely LOVE to have a pizza/bread oven in the backyard! Link to comment
dogmom4 Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 I would absolutely LOVE to have a pizza/bread oven in the backyard! Bump! Link to comment
Leanna1017 Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 Double bump - great info in this thread. Link to comment
themartianchick Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 A few of years ago, we were thinking about relocating to Florida. There was a gorgeous house that we found on the internet that had a backyard kitchen made out of pink Chicago bricks. It was beautiful and included a pizza oven! As much as we thought about purchasing it, I am so glad that we didn't. We would have ended up with a lot of debt hanging over our heads. Of course, that was when bankers would tell us that we could afford a house that was three times over our comfort zone and 7 times more than our current house is worth! Of course, we'd have been using that backyard kitchen everyday to bake bread since bread and water would have been the only thing that we could have afforded to eat! Link to comment
Girl Next Door Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 Thank you, Snowmom! This is what I have been looking for. http://www.selfsufficientish.com/nevssolaroven.htm I will use hay as insulation. I have a 900# roll sitting under my carport! I gt it fir the garden. I found out from my across the road neighbors we are zoned for up to 12 chickens, so, I am going to get some hens. Link to comment
chefddr Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 as I am getting married in August, I put a Coleman Camp Oven on my registy - along with lots of other stuff we will be able to use when we start to homestead! In the meantime, I plan to practice baking bread so I get the knack of it before I go to a wood stove! Link to comment
chefddr Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 I would absolutely LOVE to have a pizza/bread oven in the backyard! Did you know that you can turn your grill into a pizza oven with a pizza stone from Williams Sonoma made just for the grill? I bet you could bake bread on that if you had to in a pan Link to comment
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