Wonderbag, anyone?
 

I got a Wonderbag for Christmas, and am lovin' it. I really like it for thick recipes (like chili) which need stirred constantly when cooked on the stove so they won't stick and burn. No stirring, sticking and burning in the Wonderbag. I also love how the food doesn't get too watery like it does in a crock pot. The Chicken Marsala literally melts in your mouth when you follow the WB recipe. Does anyone else use one of these?

(If you're unfamiliar with it: it's an intensely insulated drawstring bag large enough to fit a medium sized soup pot, and you use it to cook food like a crock pot, but it uses no electricity or power of any kind. The food continues to cook with the heat you already created in it before placing it in the bag. You bring the food to an easy boil for about 15 min. first.)

I had never heard of it before this. It looks like a nice solution for people like me that hate to leave an appliance on when I leave the house, even a crock pot. I may need to get one.

Yes, don't leave any appliances on when you're not there to supervise. I know a family whose house burned to the ground when they went to church on Sunday, leaving either the washer or dryer running (I forget which it was). And there was a famous football player years ago whose very large home burned to the ground when no one was home, and the cause was traced to a plugged-in but not in use toaster! I unplug as many appliances as possible when not is use. You don't realized you're entrusting everything you own to a measly $10 appliance, but you really are.

Never heard of this.....do you reuse, after washing of course, or use n toss?

I to had not heard of this. So me being me lol I started to research and found this which is quite interesting, with directions on how to make one.
https://newlifenewpurpose.wordpress....led-materials/

btiny36 --thanks for the link to the article/tutorial. It was really interesting!

I hadn't heard of this before either.

may have to check this out.

Well I went on line to see what this was.....I can see its practicality in a third world country, but not in my world. No offense intended.....but one of the articles/ videos said something like 12 hrs for a pot of stew!,,,,,I'm sure after awhile it gets dirty.....cheapest price $50 would buy yours and also donate one to people in Africa...... It will be interesting to watch its development....second thought...maybe hunters/campers?

someone please explain to me how putting this boiling hot food into a container allowing it to cook/cool at such a slow speed doesn't prompt the growth of bacteria that could be harmful...not being a chemist I. Any be way wrong, but I guess I am so used to worrying a out food being left out, this concerns me

I remember as a child, my mother cooking a whole ham in a large stone crock. The ham was put in the crock, then covered with boiling water, wrapped in several layers of quilts. Left that way all night , then in the late afternoon, it was ready to eat. Hadn't thought about this in years!!! Yet, another way to use a quilt!!!!