Prepare Your Home for a Sudden Grid-Down Situation: Take Self-Reliance to the Next Level with Proven Methods and Strategies to Survive a Grid-Down Crisis ... Modern Family to Prepare for Any Crisis) by Ted Riley

Author:Ted Riley [Riley, Ted]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2022-03-23T00:00:00+00:00

FUEL CONSERVATION TECHNIQUES

No matter how much fuel you’ve stocked up on, you’re going to need to use it wisely to make sure it lasts for as long as possible. Mostly, what this comes down to is mindful cooking, by which I mean paying close attention to how you’re cooking each food. This begins by using the right equipment for the job. If your wood stove is already burning to heat the house, this is a logical place to boil your water as it won’t require using any additional fuel. On the other hand, if all you want to do is boil that pan of water and the stove isn’t being used for another purpose, you’d be better off using your camping stove. Think about what fuel you’re already using and consider whether you can also use it for cooking. If not, ask yourself which is the best tool for the job.

When you’re cooking, aim to cover your food as often as possible. This prevents heat loss by keeping the steam in the pan and cooking its contents more quickly. Of course, there are times when keeping the steam in the pan isn’t going to work for the type of meal you’re cooking, so use your discretion. Another trick is to cut your food into smaller pieces in order to speed up the cooking process. Think of cooking a jacket potato in the oven versus frying small pieces of potato over a burner: If you have an open fire going anyway, baking potatoes in foil packages is a good use of fuel; if not, you’ll use less fuel if you opt for small chunks of potato fried over a camp stove.

Of course, a few of the cooking techniques we looked at also lend themselves naturally to fuel conservation. Any time you can use solar energy for cooking you’re essentially getting free fuel, and if you turn to thermal cooking, you’ll be using no fuel beyond what is required to get the dish started. One method we didn’t look at, however, was pressure cooking. This is often seen as quite an old-fashioned way of cooking but in a grid-down situation, it will really come into its own. If you want to cook dried beans, for example, a pressure cooker will allow you to do this in just a little more time than it takes to warm up a pan of cooked beans. As a result, you’ll make significant savings in fuel—particularly if you then finish those beans off using thermal cooking techniques.

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