Edited by Flickety, Krystle, Lillian May, Noone and 10 others
In a community or situation without electricity, storage of food long-term can be tricky. One simple solution is to build your own pot-in-pot fridge, using basic pots, sand and water. An idea revived by Muhammed Bah Abba, this refrigerator is now being used by many farmers in warm climates who need to preserve their food for a longer time and keep the insects away.[SUP][1][/SUP]
Keeping the sand moist all the time enables evaporation to cool the produce kept inside the inner pot.[SUP][1][/SUP] This enables the storage of freshly grown vegetables to last much longer than usual in a hot climate. It is also great for using at a picnic or outdoor meal where there is no electricity outside but food or drinks need to be kept cool. Here is how to make your own.
1 Obtain two large clay or terracotta pots. One pot must be smaller than the other pot. Check that the smaller pot fits inside the larger and that there is a space around it of at least one centimetre, up to three centimetres.
2 Fill in any holes at the base of the pots. Use clay, large pebbles, cork, a homemade paste - anything suitable to hand to fill the hole. If you leave the holes open, the water will enter the inner pot and will also run out of the larger pot, making the fridge ineffective.
Putty or duct tape can plug the hole.
3 Fill the base of the larger pot with coarse sand. Fill about 2.5cm/1 inch deep, and only fill to a height that will ensure the smaller pot sits even in height with the larger pot.
4 Place the small clay pot into the large pot. Arrange its base flat on top of the lower layer of sand.
5 Fill all around the small pot with sand. Fill it almost all the way, except for leaving a small gap at the top.
6 Pour cold water over the sand. Do this until the sand is completely soaked and unable to take any more water. As you pour, do so gradually in order to give the water time to soak into the terracotta.
7 Take a cloth, tea towel or towel and dip it into water. Place it over the top of the inner pot so that it covers it completely.
Wet hessian or similar fabric also works well.
8 Allow the inner pot to cool down. If you have a thermometer, you can use this, otherwise test the temperature with your hands.
9 Keep the pot-in-pot refrigerator in a dry, ventilated space for the water to evaporate effectively towards the outside.[SUP][2][/SUP]
10 Place vegetables or other items inside for storage. You will need to keep checking regularly for the dampness of the sand. Pour in more water as it becomes drier to keep it well moistened. Usually this will need to be done twice a day.[SUP][3][/SUP]
You can add food or drinks to the pot-in-pot refrigerator if you're having an outdoor party or picnic. Make one for the drinks and one for the food if you have a lot of
بیشک نوازشریف آپ بہت شریف ہی نہیں بلکہ غریبوں کے گھر خوشحالی لاکر رہینگے۔
۱] جب بجلی نہ ہوگی تو بیروزگار خودکشیاں کرکے آبادی کم ہر گھر خرچ میں کمی۔
۲] اب اس پیش گوئی پر بھی یقین آرہا ہے کہ پاکستان پتھروں کے زمانے میں کیسے چلا جائیگا۔
۳]مگر یہ ابھی یقین کیسے کریں کہ صومالیہ، سوڈان،نائیجریا ہمارے پڑوسی جیسے ہونگے۔
۴] اوہ شاید فی کس آمدنی کے ناطے پڑوسی کیا آپ کیلئے عرب ریاستوں جیسے اگر ہو تو مجھے حیرت نہ ہوگی۔
۵] کیونکہ آپکی مثال اس افیونچی جیسی ہے جو سو سوکر اور فلمیں دیکھ کر تھکاہارہ سو رہا تھا مگر پانی کا آسرا کہیں دور دور تک نہ تھا مقدر نے زور مارا قریب سے کتے کا گزر ہوا اس نے کمال ذہانت سے کام لیکر کتے سے التجا کی کہ مہربانی ہوگی میرے منہ میں مو۔تا جا بڑی پیاس لگی ہے۔
۶] واقعی اللہ ایسے لوگوں کا پھر بھی خیال رکھتا ہے اور شکر خوروں کو شکر مل ہی جاتی ہے۔
۷]آخر کسی عقلمند کو خیال آہی گیا اور کسطرح امپورٹڈ گملوں سے سرد خانے کا آئیڈیا مفت میں مل گیا۔پاکستان کا محل وقوع کتنا اچھا ہے لوگ اپنی غرص کیلئے مفت میں مدد کرنے پر مجبور ہو ہی جاتے ہیں۔
Behtareen thread bananay ka Shukria.
Umeed hai kai yeah Maffad e Aama kai Jazbay sai hi banai gai ho gi.
Na kai
Boori Band kai Bajaeay "Matka Band " laashoon kai Qadeem ul Jadeed " Nazria e Zaroorat " kai Teht!
I think it is good to learn new things. Good way of going green and saving energy. In olden days people had their own technology which was useful. The problem is now a-days life is too fast we open the fridge and take out the item but it would be difficult to dig the MATKA to get something out from the bottom.
