How to use a BIVVY LOO as a SLOW COOKER !
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- Опубліковано 7 жов 2024
- How to use a Bivvy loo as a slow cooker.
In the old days people used to slow cook food using a box packed with straw around a hot pan. We are going to use materials that we already have with us in the campervan to pack around a pot using the Bivvy Loo as the overall container.
If the thought of this grosses you out then please don’t watch the video as we like to travel light and use objects for multiple purposes.
This worked great for us but use it at your own risk.
If your food is not kept hot then there is a risk of bacteria growing which could make you seriously ill. On your first try test it after an hour to make sure that it’s still steaming hot. 
It occurs to me that using one of those hot hand pouches in the base of the Bivvy Loo could provide additional heating which might prevent the need for extra boosting on the gas ring.  Sadly being summer I didn’t have ours with us to give this a try. 
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Sorry it’s only a short video this evening but the next episode in our Lake District series has a copyright claim which we need to clear before we can release it. Hopefully that will be very soon.
Hope you can sort out your problem soon🙏
@@Anita-rq9ev thank you 🙏
That sounds intriguing!
My parents would have been proud of you! They were of the generation of make do and mend, use whatever is available. Bravo. 👏👏👏
That’s the circle of life! The loo giveth and the loo take the away. 😊
Exactly 😁👍
I have a cooking recipe you can use while driving. We use to do this when on long trips in northern Canada. In aluminum foil add raw hamburger, cubed raw potatoes, canned peas and carrots and dry French onion soup mix. Wrap it up tight and add a 2nd layer of aluminum foil then pack it on the outside of the vans exhaust manifold make sure it's tight in there and won't fall out if you hit bumps. After about a 2-3 hour trip stop and pull the package out of the exhaust manifold make sure you use oven mitts and open and enjoy a hot fully cooked meal.
That would be a really interesting recipe to try. Thanks for the tip 🙂👍
Great idea! I know some people cook their oatmeal, or other grains, in a thermos - so, same principle. We have a little oven that looks like an old-fashioned lunch box. It plugs into the 12 volt outlet and cooks at about 300 degrees F. This is faster than a slow cooker, but slower than a regular oven. It's lovely to have a hot meal ready when you arrive at a campsite, especially if it's a cool day.
That’s what we thought. Would be great if you had a busy day planned or a lot of driving and just wanted a hot meal ready and waiting for you 🙂
A cool bag or box would also work, particularly if your pan does not have a removable handle.
That is a very clever idea, perfect for the wonderful taste you have with slow cooked food. Thanks for sharing. Take care and keep enjoying yourselves
Well, that was an interesting hack 👏🏻 Hope you weren’t both sitting cross legged, bursting for the loo while dinner cooked 😆
Haha. That would be a potential problem 😁
Sounds corny, but just your intro tune makes me smile!
Cocking boxes is classic! My grannie was boiling christmasporrige that way, and meny ather dishes to. The hunting dog did like it very mutch to after early hunting on sunday mornings, especialy during the winter, warm and cosy to curl up around !🌨
Christmas porridge sounds good, especially on a cold winter morning 🙂👍
Brilliant idea and worked very well. I would never have given that a thought.
its interesting to see different ideas.
Nothing wrong with thinking outside the box, er………..loo. Very creative 👍🏼. Contemplating the thought pattern that lead you there 🤔💭. 😆
Haha, thanks 😁
Same principal as Haybox cooking that I remember from power cut days of 73/74. First used during WW2.
Excellent work!]
We used to cook our supper at Guide camp in the 1960’s by putting a pan of stew in the ground where straw lined the hole which we had dug ourselves of course! We also dug our latrines! !
Glad to bring back those memories 👍
You should come to bury st Edmunds one day I think you would love it it’s a lovely town ❤️
I love that the old methods,of cooking are still being used. As a Guide leader I’ve produced may hay oven meals. Take care Gill
If only we all knew all the other great tips we have lost over the years.
It works perfectly fine without the bivy loo part. My mum always used to cook the rice in bed. Same principle. Heat until boiling, then wrap in cotton kitchen/bathtowel. Cotton is more heat resistant and in case anything spills... the wrap in the bed covers and wedge with cushions if necessary. Work the same.
You are right but I used the bivvy as it had a wide base as the van was on the move all day. Also lots of people use them in their vans. 👍
Well who would have thought. Thanks for experimenting and showing it will work.
I love to hear about any type of cooking tip....this was a good one!
Perfectly timed for these high energy cost times! Reminds me of the lovo oven used by Fijians but I think that requires some kind of heat source.👍👍
Never heard of the lovo. Will have to look that up now 😁👍
There you are, a most useful lesson applying past skills and using what you have got not what you haven't got! However, a little technology for reassurance could be helpful. My do find Taylor very useful. Taylor is a multifunctional cooking thermometer with a temperature probe on a longish lead. Best wishes.
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Cooking in a Bivvy Loo I love it! I have a friend who cooks on her car engine with foil. That works too. Love your videos and the drone footage is wonderful.
Thanks for watching 🙂👍
Creative, something with multi purposes. That's always promoted when living in a small space.
We love the challenge of finding multiple uses for things in the van. That way they earn their right to be taken on a trip when we have limited storage 🙂
Brilliant idea ! Thanks for sharing glad you enjoyed your meal. 👍👍👍👍
Thanks for watching Linda 🙂
That was interesting!
A very clever successful hack.. Thanks for sharing and yes I would try it for sure. 👍😁
Thanks for watching Lorraine 🙂
What great idea very clever way of cooking.
That’s a great idea for a slow cooker while travelling and get to your destination and have a hot meal. I Have a thermometer cooker, same principle, I find also it’s great just to keep soup hot, in cold weather for when you’re ready to eat. Great video again. Cheers Judy, Australia
Cheers Judy ❤️
Move over Sir Thomas Crapper! An epic life hack. LOL Looked great.
you gave me a good chuckle... I would eat that. I love you guys.
Thanks 🙏
Hello Ken / Carol well that was an interesting project how on earth did you think that one up :) there is a little bit of work doing it but the end result was very good well done . Take care thanks for posting.
We had pork chops recently and they were tough. Got me thinking. 👍
cooked many meals in a bivvy, but that's a new one👍👍
Brilliant! Could you smell the food when you got back to the van? Nothing better than coming back after a good walk to the smell of something tasty 😁
We couldn’t actually smell the food because it was so well wrapped up in the blankets! It certainly was a tasty end to our day 😋😀👍
Wow that is such an ingenious way of slow cooking a meal ,certainly saves the gas to ,very impressed carol & ken 😃 ,update rosie has had her operation all went well an is now home and resting in bed ,staples will be taken out on the 3rd June 😃 ..hope your both well and thank you both for your very kind words of support 💝
Thanks so much for keeping us updated on Rosie’s progress. We are glad the operation went well and she is doing well through each step of her treatment. Our thoughts are with you both. Take care ❤️
rose says thank you both for your kind words ,your a great and friendly couple 💞
Haven't watched it yet as I thought it might not be suitable viewing at teatime. 🤣 I'll watch in on the bedroom tablet a bit later. Trying hard not to mke a joke about "crap meals". 😳
Haha. Thanks Nigel 🙂👍 Hope you enjoy it later 😁
Great idea! Who would have thought using a portable loo to cook too. Haha!
Pure wool blanquet can cope with the heat but I wouldn't try it with a synthetic material without any other middle layer. Synthetics melt too easily. Wool doesn't burn easily.
Good point.
Hari OM
I remember my granny 'slow cooking' with hay and box. Put it in first thing, a day on the farm and then home to eat with minimal fuss. Well done you for this 21st century vanlife adaptation! YAM xx
Cheers Yamini 👍
I knew it would work.....I have used a similar method to cook corned beef....but minus the bivvy loo.
After I prepare the corned beef, I wrap the saucepan containing the corned beef in some big cotton towels & an old chenille bedspread.
Prepare in the morning....eat in the evening.
No fuss cooking.
Yes bivvy loo was only used as it made the whole thing more stable when driving. It would have been good to use our quilt but I feared it could tip over.
I think I’ll stick with my thermal cooker, but if needs must? Have a great week!
Don’t blame you 😁👍
That was interesting 😁 Thanks.
I love it! I don't have a bivvy-loo, but I imagine my Luggable Loo would work with a quilt in it.
Jon in rural BC, Canada
It would work in any container with suitable padding. A quilt would be great 🙂👍
Love it, very ingenious 👍
Liked and subscribed. I must say that you guys are rather creative.😀
Welcome Ned. Thanks for the sub. 👍
Apparantly it works if you wrap the pan in newspapers
I think newspaper is a good insulator. I think tramps used to use that method under their clothes.
A good idea and a good way to save on gas, as the prices rise on almost a weekly basis : / all the best ,brilliant video 😊
Gas !! Lol 😂need I say more 🤣
Could probably do with using this method at home to save on fuel costs 😊
I’m curious to know who came up with that idea! I liked the “little boy grin” once you realized it was a success!! Well done!! 👏🏻
Ken usually has the bright ideas 💡😀
How interesting.. thanks.
You’re welcome Larry. Thanks for watching 🙂
Great Idea 😁 Great Vlog 😁
That opens the repertoire of dishes I wonder if a stew would tenderise enough …. Who knew lol
All I can think about is that poor crucified Koala bear.
The ransom is currently £5000 to move him away from the cooker flames. 😈
Love your videos 👍☺️
Well done you two, another great idea, I must admit I was a bit worried when I first read the film title 🤔
Brilliant x
The "Bivvy Box" Brilliant adaption of the old strawbox system.. you could have put wet rice in the original and that would have cooked nicely.. now be quick and design some insulation to fit pick a pan and start selling ..
A business idea. I doubt people have the patience to wait these days 😁👍
Hi Ken and Carol Have you come across thermal cookers at all ? You could do the same job using even less energy with one. We keep ours in our caravan and find it sooo useful. Thanks for the videos.
Yes, we were trying to replicate a thermal cooker using something we already had in the van as we don’t have the storage space to carry a separate oven. They are a great idea for a caravan 🙂👍
So you cooked a pork chop on the stove, added some canned vegetables (which were already cooked), wrapped it up in blankets and stuck it in your toilet for seven hours? And then stuck it back on the stove again to warm it up? Seems like you could have just eaten it after you cooked it on the the first time.
Green beans were raw. Browning meat is not cooking it. We reheated it only because we checked it was working. Stuck it back on the stove to heat the rice which was added cold. Your observation skills need some work but thanks for trying.
sooo all I will say is... I thought you left the loo at home so I guess I'm amazed you had it. Either that if I didn't know better I would have guessed you had to much time on your hands lol
It’s the chemical loo we leave at home. We always take the bivvy loo. I do have too much time on my hands for sure.
Well..... who'd have thought it. I think you definitely nailed that one Mr D. One well and truly impressed Polarbear here. I refrained from any loo jokes earlier but it has to be said " that's definitely thinking outside the box or is it inside the bog ". Sorry., not Sorry. I hope you get your copyright problem sorted as I always look forward to a new LiTS vlog dropping. Brilliant haybox update. ❤
😁👍 Bloody copyright claims. Pain in the bum when you have paid to use the music.
@@LifeistooshortCK yes and I hate auto correct. How can it change haybox to harbour.
Great idea 💡 👍, but what happens if one of you gets taken short 🤪😵💫🤣🤣
That could be a problem 😂
thats amazing guv
Cheers Dave 🙂
Well who would have thought that would work like a slow cooker 👌 very clever and definitely worth it for pork chops they dry out so easily when cooking them normally and get quite tough 👎🤣 thoughourly enjoyed the video I've missed watching you both 🤗
We cooked some pork medallions the other night which turned out tough at it was that got me thinking of slow cooking 👍
Those of us in the states had to figure out what a your device was!
Haha. Hope it made sense Jeanne ☺️
Well I never! who needs expensive LPG when you can cook in a Bivvy loo. You never know, we may all be using Bivvy loo technology before long 🤣 awesome way to save energy. As long as you don’t need the loo! 😬
That was a surprise! It makes sense that it would work. Hope the copy right snag is untangled! Mary
I am expecting it to clear today fingers crossed.
😂interesting! Have you ever thought of trying manifold cooking?
Not yet. 😁👍
A old method known as haybox cooking from Scouting handbooks
Exactly 👍
I’m worried about him, Carol. Keep an eye on him and make sure he doesn’t ‘lose the pot’! Enjoy the Jubilee holiday! Xx
Your worried ! I am terrified 😁👍
Just like the old WWII housewives "Hay Box" to save fuel.
Yes, exactly the same principal 🙂👍
Is that a cast iron pan? I just bought a Coleman folding oven. I have done this by wrapping a cast iron casserole in a sleeping bag.
No ours is aluminium. Cast iron would work much better but would be awkward for us as our cupboards are small and the pan is hard to get out at times.
GENIUS!!
But… I think we’ll stick to cheese toasties, looks like hard work 😄
It is a bit of work to be honest but I just fancied trying it 😁👍
@@LifeistooshortCK why the hell not 😁
You’ve spent way too much time stuck in that little van… 😂
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You could cook a VindaLoo in your Bivvy Loo!
😂😂😂
The principle is sound but I bet your the first to pull a meal out of a toilet:)
I bet you don’t need to bother giving a reheat halfway through, just leave it alone. Also, perhaps another layer of insulation under the pan?
It would have been fine but as it was our first try I wanted to be sure 👍
Yeah why not, you could always pack the bivvy with cow dung as a good insulator !
Only joking ken .
That’s next weeks video 👍
No. Sorry, I just don’t understand why you would cook in a bivvy loo. No need. Why not use a clean bucket? Or possibly, a brand-new/bivvy loo. I just don’t see the point. Sorry. I absolutely love all of your other videos though.
Lack of space and the bivvy is perfectly clean.
I couldn't eat out of a bivvy loo even if it is clean ,it's just the thought of what it's used for...but good thinking outside the box.
Thoughts can be powerful things but I learned to push them out of the way a long time ago 👍
Just like burying food in a hole covering a cooking…ever been to a Hawaiian luau?.
Never been to Hawaii.
Or.....Get a Take away
That is certainly quicker. 😁👍
Well to know it’s a loo,it’s a no from me 🙈