What are your favorite ways to cook with out a stove or oven?

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Toppingfrmbottom -> What are your favorite ways to cook with out a stove or oven? (8/18/2010 5:02:33 PM)
You know, like boil eggs, with out an oven to put the pan of eggs onto, or Make a grilled cheese sandhich with out an oven. I remember one time a neighbor and I at the trailer park, we used her gas grill to cook scrambled eggs on lol. You can also cook somethings using a dutch oven, or a fire pit outside. Crock pots and electric skillets are handy too. So lets dish, no pun intended on how you cook with out an oven, other than crock pots and electric skillets.

Musicmystery -> RE: What are your favorite ways to cook with out an oven? (8/18/2010 5:08:33 PM)
John Brown's guide to urban survival points out you can cook on your car engine if you really need to do so.

CynthiaWVirginia -> RE: What are your favorite ways to cook with out an oven? (8/18/2010 5:19:11 PM)
It's nice not to turn the entire house into an oven during the summertime. I make a nice big salad, or have cut up veggies and/or fruit, and then...I know this sounds disgusting because my sister thought it was awful, lol. I started this while camping and was impatient about taking an hour for the charcoal briquettes to become coals...I parked the car in the sun and put cans of ravioli or chili on the dash board. Half an hour or so later when you open them with a can opener, they're hot enough to leave a burn mark. I haven't done this at home yet, cuz I usually park under my tree. When I was in Wyoming for a year as a kid, a science teacher did a show and tell on something called "solar foil"...it was like tin foil on one side and black on the other, and could be carefully washed and reused several times. Each sheet back then was only ten cents. A potato can bake in an hour, he showed us, if wrapped in this and set out in the sun. The first time he showed us, he made everyone hotdogs. If anyone finds a link for this stuff, I hope they will post it here. I would love to use this in summer. In summer, I do a lot of stir frys. I boil a chicken then pick the meat off and use it to make chicken salad or chicken salad sandwitches. The oven rarely goes on.

Toppingfrmbottom -> RE: What are your favorite ways to cook with out an oven? (8/18/2010 5:21:46 PM)
MM, well that certainly is interesting! quote: ORIGINAL: Musicmystery John Brown's guide to urban survival points out you can cook on your car engine if you really need to do so.

MissMacey -> RE: What are your favorite ways to cook with out an oven? (8/18/2010 5:24:59 PM)
I have a nice set of stoneware (dishwasher, over, microwave, toaster oven, freezer safe) which let me cook in toaster oven (heat but less so) and microwave (contained heat so room not hot). I do want to try engine-cooked pasta and ironed grilled cheese. Of course I also want to corrupt Aaron Eckhart (former mormon). I wonder which wish I might get first? Anyone else hear of using a wok pan on top of an open grill (like you see in parks--bring your own charcoal or whatever) and getting good results?

Toppingfrmbottom -> RE: What are your favorite ways to cook with out an oven, or burners? (8/18/2010 5:25:59 PM)
Cynthia, it doesn't sound gross to me. Course I eat that kind of stuff cold and like it better than when it's heated up. Cynthia, we don't even have a stove lol. We're not screwed though cause the other house does, but today I got the notion to boil eggs an didn't wanna stay in the house for 20 minutes* yes my moms stove takes about 10-20 minutes to boil eggs, it's sooooooooooooo damned slow* and I was like hmm can I do it out there in our house? But with no oven an no stove how? quote: ORIGINAL: CynthiaWVirginia I started this while camping and was impatient about taking an hour for the charcoal briquettes to become coals...I parked the car in the sun and put cans of ravioli or chili on the dash board. Half an hour or so later when you open them with a can opener, they're hot enough to leave a burn mark. quote: The oven hardly goes on

Toppingfrmbottom -> RE: What are your favorite ways to cook with out an oven? (8/18/2010 5:29:16 PM)
MissMacey, On good eats Alton talked about making panninies with hot bricks from the oven, n wrapped in foil, an how you don't need a panninies maker to do so, it was neat an something I wanted to try lol. quote: ORIGINAL: MissMacey I have a nice set of stoneware (dishwasher, over, microwave, toaster oven, freezer safe) which let me cook in toaster oven (heat but less so) and microwave (contained heat so room not hot). I do want to try engine-cooked pasta and ironed grilled cheese. Of course I also want to corrupt Aaron Eckhart (former mormon). I wonder which wish I might get first? Anyone else hear of using a wok pan on top of an open grill (like you see in parks--bring your own charcoal or whatever) and getting good results?

MissMacey -> RE: What are your favorite ways to cook with out an oven? (8/18/2010 5:43:04 PM)
Panini presses burn rice bread. I can't eat gluten so no "regular" bread. I am thinking steam setting on iron might be similar enough... but maybe too humid for right now.

Toppingfrmbottom -> RE: What are your favorite ways to cook with out an oven? (8/18/2010 5:57:41 PM)
I think you could use an iron to make a panini, yes.

sub4hire -> RE: What are your favorite ways to cook with out an oven? (8/18/2010 6:04:42 PM)
toaster oven, electric skillet, heating plate or whatever they are called. Looks like a single plug in piece of an electric stove. BBQ also works.

WyldHrt -> RE: What are your favorite ways to cook with out an oven? (8/18/2010 6:11:14 PM)
Here you go, TFB. I know you are crafty, so why not make yourself a solar cooker? http://solarcooking.org/solarcooking-faq.htm There are links on this page with instructions on how to make one, or where to buy one. ETA- It was so hot here today, I think I could have boiled eggs by putting a pot of water on the dashboard of my car! [>:]

peppermint -> RE: What are your favorite ways to cook with out a stove or oven? (8/18/2010 6:16:16 PM)
I have an electric turkey roasting pan. In fact, I have two, one in AZ and one in MT. I use if for baking turkeys. It's also great for cakes and anything else I want to bake. I do have a microwave/convection oven in the motor home. The motor home is my full time home. However, it heats the coach up so much in summer that I didn't bake much until I got the electric roasting pan. Anyway, I put the roaster outside and have a remote temperature sensor so I can keep tabs on the temperature of my meat without having to go outside.

Aneirin -> RE: What are your favorite ways to cook with out a stove or oven? (8/18/2010 7:47:20 PM)
Just caught sea Bass cleaned and gutted, stuffed with wild fennel and cooked on the rocks with a smokey fire made from green fennel stems under the fish, yummy.

Toppingfrmbottom -> RE: What are your favorite ways to cook with out an oven? (8/18/2010 9:11:30 PM)
oooooooooh, thank you Wyld [:)] I made scrambled eggs by microwaving them tonight, they're pretty tasty you just gotta make sure to break the yolks other wise they may explode hehe. quote: ORIGINAL: WyldHrt Here you go, TFB. I know you are crafty, so why not make yourself a solar cooker? http://solarcooking.org/solarcooking-faq.htm There are links on this page with instructions on how to make one, or where to buy one. ETA- It was so hot here today, I think I could have boiled eggs by putting a pot of water on the dashboard of my car! [>:]

Toppingfrmbottom -> RE: What are your favorite ways to cook with out an oven? (8/18/2010 9:13:25 PM)
sub4hire, yes I know what a hot plate is:) I also want an electric tea pot, for times you don't want to use the microwave, but that'll be a purchase for an other time sometime down the road. quote: ORIGINAL: sub4hire toaster oven, electric skillet, heating plate or whatever they are called. Looks like a single plug in piece of an electric stove. BBQ also works.

windchymes -> RE: What are your favorite ways to cook with out an oven? (8/18/2010 9:17:21 PM)
Hot dogs cooked on the end of a stick over a fire and some corn still in the husks thrown into the coals, finished off with s'mores is my idea of heaven :)

SorceressJ -> RE: What are your favorite ways to cook with out an oven? (8/18/2010 9:22:03 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: windchymes Hot dogs cooked on the end of a stick over a fire and some corn still in the husks thrown into the coals, finished off with s'mores is my idea of heaven :) {{{AMEN to this!}}} [:)]

Toppingfrmbottom -> RE: What are your favorite ways to cook with out an oven? (8/18/2010 9:25:50 PM)
windchymes, I don't think daddy would want me making a fire an cooking on it, because well I am a goofball an he just wouldn't but I could claim I am cooking him his dinner hehehe. quote: ORIGINAL: windchymes Hot dogs cooked on the end of a stick over a fire and some corn still in the husks thrown into the coals, finished off with s'mores is my idea of heaven :)

marie2 -> RE: What are your favorite ways to cook with out an oven, or burners? (8/18/2010 9:33:09 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Toppingfrmbottom Cynthia, it doesn't sound gross to me. Course I eat that kind of stuff cold and like it better than when it's heated up. Cynthia, we don't even have a stove lol. We're not screwed though cause the other house does, but today I got the notion to boil eggs an didn't wanna stay in the house for 20 minutes* yes my moms stove takes about 10-20 minutes to boil eggs, it's sooooooooooooo damned slow* and I was like hmm can I do it out there in our house? But with no oven an no stove how? get an electric hotplate. A crockpot, and an indoor electric grill....oh and a toaster oven. They even make electric frying pans. And they're all pretty cheap.

igor2003 -> RE: What are your favorite ways to cook with out an oven? (8/18/2010 9:47:29 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Musicmystery John Brown's guide to urban survival points out you can cook on your car engine if you really need to do so. About 20 years ago I worked for the state on a bridge repair crew and we traveled all over the state to various jobs. Often we would put a can of chili or stew on the intake manifold of our truck and have a hot meal ready for us once we arrived at our destination. Not long ago I got a food steamer and have been experimenting with that and have enjoyed it a lot. No cooking oil needed and the only fat you might get is from whatever meat you might decide to throw in...and even the drippings will go on through into the catch pan. I got one of the two tiered ones so you can start the things that take longer to cook like potatoes and carrots in the bottom part, then at the right time you just stack the second tier onto the first to cook the quicker things like broccoli, cauliflower, and peppers. Often I'll add some lean turkey kielbasa to round out the meal.

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