Amazon y'all is my favorite place to shop. Anyone who knows me knows the first Amazon drone will have my name etched across the side of it. Two times in the last ten years or so, Amazon has had this Wonderbag on their home page-I think it's their idea of highlighting a charity, and I totally went for it.
The Wonderbag is made in Africa by African women and it is basically...a crockpot. The bag is huge-be thinking of where you will store it, or you can use it as a pillow on the couch if you pick the perfect fabric.
Today, I am making two gallons of yogurt in the my WB. I struggled for years to make yogurt since we buy raw milk from the farmer, and raw yogurt is something we would eat.
Maybe everyone else thinks making yogurt is super easy, but I had so many failures and re-Bayed so many yogurt makers, it's kind of sad. Therefore, this $52 handy bag is worth every penny. I simply take the half gallon jar and put a dollop of yogurt in the bottom, then I heat the jar(s) of milk to 110 or 115 degrees. Then, I put the jars in my WB, and by dinnertime I will have two gallons of yogurt.
My other complete failure-so many women seem to love it-is the crockpot. The toughest meat ever served at my dinner table came from the crockpot. The directions will say 6 hours when one hour would have sufficed. My better "way" and a seemingly slower way is to heat up the same dish for twenty or thirty minutes in a covered pot, then place it in the WB for the rest of the day. No timer. No tough bird. Happy family.
When you, the new owner of your wonderbag, purchase your bag, one goes to a family in Africa. (It is like the concept of Tom's Shoes-a pair for you, a pair for a child in need) This saves a tremendous amount of energy for the women in Africa, as they do the same thing that I will do this morning with their WB. They heat up the future dinner in a covered pot, place it in the bag, and go to work.
Finally, I will also take it in the car with me if I need insulation-either hot or cold-for groceries, picking up milk from the farmer, or if I am taking a huge pot of beans or chili to a party-it keeps the goods at the perfect temperature as long as necessary.
www.WonderBagWorld.com
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