{"id":94299,"date":"2022-11-18T09:19:44","date_gmt":"2022-11-18T08:19:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mounthagen.de\/?p=94299"},"modified":"2024-07-19T09:19:32","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T07:19:32","slug":"cooking-with-low-heat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.mounthagen.de\/en\/blog\/greenlifestyle\/cooking-with-low-heat\/","title":{"rendered":"Cooking with <i>low heat.<\/i>"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"94299\" class=\"elementor elementor-94299 elementor-92520\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-639152f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"639152f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32885b5b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"32885b5b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-59b5e902 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"59b5e902\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-181a41f elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info\" data-id=\"181a41f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"post-info.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-inline-items elementor-icon-list-items elementor-post-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-4443ade elementor-inline-item\" itemprop=\"about\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-terms\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-info__terms-list\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-info__terms-list-item\">Green Lifestyle<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-27c79a01 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"27c79a01\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Cooking with <i>low heat.<\/i><\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7624f6d9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7624f6d9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Definitely not everything was better in the past, but the <em>\u201cpassive cooking\u201d<\/em> method is more than 100 years old and more relevant than ever. It\u2019s an easy principle: You use the heat of the pot, its content and the stovetop and just turn off the stove after two minutes.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ca52720 elementor-author-box--layout-image-above elementor-author-box--align-center elementor-author-box--avatar-yes elementor-author-box--name-yes elementor-author-box--biography-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-author-box\" data-id=\"3ca52720\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"author-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-author-box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div  class=\"elementor-author-box__avatar\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.mounthagen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/cropped-cropped-Portrait-Kristin-120x120.png\" alt=\"Picture of Kristin Oldenburg\" loading=\"lazy\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-author-box__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-author-box__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tKristin Oldenburg\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-author-box__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1bba63ce elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1bba63ce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tphoto: gaelle marcel on unsplash\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-10aa75ce elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"10aa75ce\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4fc71c6c\" data-id=\"4fc71c6c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-796c9b4f\" data-id=\"796c9b4f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12d07e77 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"12d07e77\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em><strong>An Italian pasta producer has rediscovered the low heat method and has even published a cooking-guide, that defines the right cooking times for different types of pasta.<\/strong><\/em><\/p><p><em><strong>The rule of thumb is quite simple:<\/strong> <\/em>Turn of the stove after 2 minutes of boiling and let the pasta cook one minute longer than the cooking time indicated on the box. The important detail: Put a lid on the pot, to keep in the heat.<\/p><p>You might already <em>(or still)<\/em> be familiar with this method from boiling rice. It also works perfectly with couscous, bulgur, or your breakfast egg <em>(the latter probably requires some practice)<\/em>, or with veggies like e.g., broccoli.<\/p><p><em><strong>The great thing about it:<\/strong><\/em> Passive cooking does not only save energy and thus, money. It also reduces the CO2 emissions by up to 80% <em>(according to the pasta producer*)<\/em>. <em>And that would really be huge effect.<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7217db1e\" data-id=\"7217db1e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-51f358d7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"51f358d7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5a8f9ddd\" data-id=\"5a8f9ddd\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-44ddc057\" data-id=\"44ddc057\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ba1ecc7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6ba1ecc7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">So, how to save energy when preparing your coffee?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-18c1ab14\" data-id=\"18c1ab14\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fb46344 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fb46344\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c9eae73\" data-id=\"c9eae73\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0995b04\" data-id=\"0995b04\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dc9dc66 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dc9dc66\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em><strong>Simply turning off the stove, does not work here. Saving energy in this context is a bit more complex.<\/strong><\/em> It depends on the brewing method, the machine, your individual amount of consumption, and some other factors. When you for example prepare a manual pour over coffee or use the French press, you should use the electric kettle instead of boiling the water in a kettle on your stove. That saves much more energy. Heating up \u00bc gallon of water on the stove uses about 150 watts. Heating up the same amount of water in a modern electric kettle uses about 100 watts.<\/p><p>A classical filter machine has an average power consumption of about 1kWh <em>(1000 watts) (when used twice a day for about \u00bd hour)<\/em>. Capsule or pad machines have higher power: About 1500 watt, but they don\u2019t run as long.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-812ac5e\" data-id=\"812ac5e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-42af859 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"42af859\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3b7d73e\" data-id=\"3b7d73e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a6760f8\" data-id=\"a6760f8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66d49cb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"66d49cb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Before it gets too complicated, we have some simple tips for you on how to save energy:<\/h4><p>Only prepare as much coffee as you actually drink. Turn off the hot plates \u2013 these are real power guzzlers. A thermos is definitely the better choice (and the coffee also tastes better if you keep it in here). It also has a long-term effect to not keep the coffee-machine in standby mode \u2013 pull the plug, to make sure that it is completely turned off.<\/p><p><em><strong>Sounds like peanuts? Every bit matters (also with regard to your wallet) \u2013 that\u2019s what we believe. And when many of us make many small steps, then we can make a big change.<\/strong><\/em><\/p><p><em><strong>More tips on coffee preparation \u2013<\/strong><\/em> for example how to prepare a pour over coffee \u2013 you can find on our blog in the section \u201c<em><a href=\"https:\/\/staging.mounthagen.de\/en\/coffee-culture\/coffeeprep\/\">Coffeeprep<\/a><\/em>\u201d in the article \u201c<em><a href=\"https:\/\/staging.mounthagen.de\/en\/coffee-culture\/coffeeprep\/the-aroma-of-2-minutes-30\/\">The aroma of 2 minutes 30<\/a><\/em>\u201d.<\/p><p>Source consumption figures: <em><a href=\"http:\/\/paxistipps.chip.de\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">paxistipps.chip.de<\/a><\/em><br \/>*<a href=\"https:\/\/www.barilla.com\/de-de\/passives-kochen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">www.barilla.com\/de-de\/passives-kochen<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cd99eb7\" data-id=\"cd99eb7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><b><I>Passive cooking? Ever heard of it? No?<\/I><\/b> It\u2019s a very old method <I>(mid-19th century)<\/I>, that does not only save a lot of energy. But also reduces the CO2 emissions, that would otherwise be produced, by up to 80%. That is at least what a famous pasta producer claims <I>(the one starting with a B). How cooking with low heat works exactly, you can read here. <\/I><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":111818,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[144],"tags":[],"custom_tag":[152],"class_list":["post-94299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-greenlifestyle","custom_tag-easy-ways-to-safe-energy"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.mounthagen.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94299","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.mounthagen.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.mounthagen.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.mounthagen.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.mounthagen.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94299"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging.mounthagen.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94299\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.mounthagen.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/111818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.mounthagen.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.mounthagen.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.mounthagen.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94299"},{"taxonomy":"custom_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.mounthagen.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/custom_tag?post=94299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}