[Carol]

Great article. Thanks

I saw this one solar cooker made out of an old used tire lined with tin foil on the inside and covered with a piece of glass. I suppose one could also use some fire bricks below the tinfoil, perhaps buried with the topside exposed so there would be a flat surface for the tire to sit on the earth to help hold the heat.

How simple is that?

And here, often times food is cooked in the ground where a hole is dug, hot rocks and coals are placed in the bottom and the food (sometimes pig) is wrapped in banana, taro or tea leaves then covered with earth and left for a number of hours to cook. Lau lau (chunks of fish, pork, beef, or chicken) are wrapped in taro and then tea leaves (tied with string) to steam. The taro is almost like a spinach and is eaten, whereas the tea leaf is more of a protective covering for the food while it is steaming.