[Stoves] Lets eat beans for every meal!

[Cookswell Jikos]

I could not find out any more information about this unfortunately but on a
lighter note, the joke at the office is that perhaps this will exchange one
form of indoor air pollution for another more fragrant one? ;)

Happy new year folks! Keep up the good work wherever you are!  And a big
round of thanks to Tom and Erin and the other admins.

Teddy



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On Fri, Dec 30, 2016 at 6:06 PM, Paul Anderson <psanders at ilstu.edu> wrote:

> Teddy,
>
> Very interesting.   Can you (or anyone) provide more info about the
> equipment (especially size) to pre-cook the beans.
>
>  steam-cook beans in big metal containers, before cooling and packaging
> them for sale.
>
> I am wondering if the "steam-cooking" is with a pressure cooker?   And
> about the volume of beans per batch and total quantity per day.
>
> The shelf-life of cooked foods is rather short unless:
> a.  canning
> b.  preservatives
> c.  refrigeration
> d.  other ????
> Are any of these methods being used?
>
> Please keep us informed about this.
>
> Doc  /  Dr TLUD  /  Prof. Paul S. Anderson, PhD
> Email:  psanders at ilstu.edu
> Skype:   paultlud    Phone: +1-309-452-7072
> Website:  www.drtlud.com
>
> On 12/30/2016 5:16 AM, Cookswell Jikos wrote:
>
> Perhaps a very interesting approach to reducing some of the negatives
> associated with cooking in East Africa. Does anyone know more about this?
> http://news.trust.org/item/20161216080433-4azer
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> *''George Oketch from Wiga village in Homa Bay County said his family of
> nine now eats more beans thanks to the shorter cooking time.*
> *"Initially, we cooked beans only twice a month, but now we eat beans
> three times a week," he said.*
>
> *The C$2.65 million ($1.99 million) project - whose first phase began in
> October 2014 and ends next March - is being implemented by Uganda's
> National Agricultural Research Organisation and Kenya's Agricultural and
> Livestock Research Organization.*
>
> *Ouma said a survey in Uganda showed an average family consumed about 12
> kg of beans per month, requiring around 288 kg of charcoal per year to cook
> them.*
> *The project, targeting a sample of 10,000 households in Kenya and 7,000
> in Uganda, should prevent some 400,000 kg of charcoal being burned per
> year, he added. "This is a big impact on deforestation," he said.''*
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> *Teddy*
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