Sarah Kirkconnell has put out some great books for those that cook on the trail, but I am on the fence about the cozy - one can just wrap the Glad bag in a jacket right? well if you are doing pasta... doesn't work well. So tonight I am sitting around looking at that big spool of Reflectix that weighs nothing. Well most of it is cutting larger than a glad bag. So I eyeball hit the cuts and added a half inch at the bottom on one side to let the bag stand. As I am taping I took a small thin strip of duct tape and made sure the bag wont stick to the taped edges. thats 8" x 8"

Came in at 1.5 ounces. Could be lighter - but everything was double taped on the edges.


Grabbed some big Rigatoni 4 oz dropped it in the bag 2 cups boiling water and 20 minutes on the timer... stil wrapped it in the fleese jacket... now I am thinking I dont have to.

Came out very hot and a tad chewy so add 5-8 more minutes, but it works... poured off the excess water and added a dash of salt.

Good to know.... I will change it up... I was using these for tests anyway.

I remade the cozy with the foil tape and its under 1oz.... It has a closure that folds over the top

Here is how I cut the weight, I got it to one piece and two pieces of Duct Foil Tape.

Just for fun I have tossed out the first few attempts and cleaned up a template to make these Cozy's Each time I make one it just gets better. The diagram shows a smaller flap on the first attempts now its larger and closes the top nicely it's still about an ounce and really retains the heat of the simmer.

If you would like one for free PM me with address.

OK heads up I planned to get the stuff out on Tuesday. well the Termites and customers thwarted that plan, all hell broke loose and I took tomorrow off, I have the shipping stuff and will drop off tomorrow - might be dated Monday.

Is there anyone else that wants a cozy I got several mailers.

anybody ( BUMP)?

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