Thursday 27th December 2012……a bit of everything today!!

For a change I started my morning with two hours of tennis in the sun…..back home for a late breakfast and then off to meet the owners of the company that sell the stoves!!!

Local stoves for a global solution

Locally produced Ecocina cookstoves reduce wood consumption and harmful pollutants.

Pot

The Ecocina supports pots of almost
any size.

Removable “Plancha”

The plancha is used for cooking meat, tortillas or pupusas (filled tortillas).

Insulated Ferro-cement Body

Internal chimney of low-fired tile surrounded by insulating pumice keeps the stove exterior cool to the touch.

Pot Skirt

Adjustable metal skirt fits a variety of pots and pans and forces hot air around the pot for maximum cooking efficiency.

Pot Supports

The pot supports elevate the cooking surface above the stove top and allow cooking with almost any size pot or griddle (“plancha”).

Wood Support (Portaleña)

The portaleña raises the wood off the bottom of the combustion area to allow sufficient air to enter, increasing burner efficiency.

Ecocina Stoves:

• Reduce burns, respiratory, eye and skin problems
• Reduce carbon emissions and particulate matter by 70%
• Are portable and quick-cooking
• Require no installation or external chimney
• Reduce wood use by over 50%
• Are built from all local materials such as concrete, pumice and tile
• Provide local jobs in sustainable factories
• Are adapted to local cooking methods

 

“Rocket Elbow” Design

With an air-intake opening the same size as the exit, oxygen entering through the bottom moves efficiently through the internal chimney, driving heat directly to the cooking pot while burning the gasses and particulate matter.

 

I bought one of the stoves for Paola’s Mum they have very minimal cooking options so I am hoping this helps.

I delivered it to their small home and Paola and her older brother were there and I helped set it up for them and just hope her Mum likes it and finds it useful but I think she will need to raise it up on some concrete blocks to make it a better height.

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Spent some time visiting with Paola and then had to go to the big mall to Radio Shack to get a connection for the computer to the TV so I can watch Netflix's on the big screen.

Came home and spent the rest of the afternoon doing some sorting out of my stuff, laundry, cooked a nice supper and now settling down for a good movie!!!

As I was going through some work on my computer came across this photo

The mud baths in Greece this summer…great memories but silly photo!!!

Yoshi Koshi!!