Named "hay box" (hay box) or "fireless cooker" in Anglo-Saxon countries, the Norwegian pot - this is how it is called in France - is a "cooking process foods consisting of placing them in a container itself contained in an insulating receptacle”.
Alizée and Yoann, a young couple who build everyday objects to save energy, explain to us how it works.
An easy-to-make item
Designed as part of their Chemins de Faire workshop, theirs consists of an insulating box for preparing dishes in sauce which normally cook over low heat for several hours: "The Norwegian pot allows you to cook very little time on gas or hotplates, and then leave about three times longer than the recommended cooking time, but in a very well insulated box", explains Yoann.
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“What is important is that the dish has first boiled on a plate or over a fire for a quarter of an hour;
then, we place in the Norwegian pot and we wait…”, explains Alizée.
"The objective of a fireless cooking pot is to drastically reduce the use of energy for cooking because we know that it is one of the most energy-consuming poles in the house and the least efficient in terms of performance. energy", adds Yoann.
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