Drying Dung

[Agar]

But has anyone cooked with it?

[Thetaris]

lol. Probably not. I'd prefer to (at least, my characters do) use the already-there fireplaces etc

[num1]

wouldent the food taste like shit (literaly)

[Confutus]

I seem to recall that there was a project that attempted to introduce solar ovens in one nation in order to save the dung that was being used for cooking, for fertilizer instead. Reportedly, the project flopped, among other reasons because the people thought the food cooked in the solar ovens was tasteless...

[Lumin]

I don't know about Cantr, maybe you can get carnivore dung in the game, but in real life the stuff people use mostly comes from ruminating herbivores. So dung is basically dried plant material. So no, it doesn't stink anymore than any kind of grass or leaves you might pulverize, add water to, and then dry.

[Frejan]

Why can't we dry dung with the help of a fire place?

[Confutus]

don't know about Cantr, maybe you can get carnivore dung in the game, but in real life the stuff people use mostly comes from ruminating herbivores. So dung is basically dried plant material. So no, it doesn't stink anymore than any kind of grass or leaves you might pulverize, add water to, and then dry.

Not that I'm a farm boy, but I have on occasion lived and worked in the general vicinity of cattle, and goats, and horses. There is a difference between dung and lawn clippings. Sometimes a very noticeable difference.

[Confutus]

Why can't we dry dung with the help of a fire place?

[Okud]

Oh drying dung with the fire pit, very nice And how do you get that firepit? What if you don't have any iron to build the bloody shovel?
The primitive islands say: "Thanks for all the dung. But you didn't have to, really."

[EchoMan]

Who would use wood in the pit to dry fresh dung and then as result have dried dung wich is a less effective source of fuel than wood? It seems backwards.

[tiddy ogg]

[quote="EchoMan"]Who would use wood in the pit to dry fresh dung and then as result have dried dung wich is a less effective source of fuel than wood? It seems backwards. :)[/quote]

I Figured you can assume the fire pit icontains embers that, while not hot enough for cooking, can dry the dung.

[Lumin]

Not that I'm a farm boy, but I have on occasion lived and worked in the general vicinity of cattle, and goats, and horses. There is a difference between dung and lawn clippings. Sometimes a very noticeable difference.

Well, I wouldn't call myself a farm girl, but we do raise a handful of cattle. And yes, there's an obvious difference in appearance once the grass has been digested, but it's still made up of the same stuff. What goes into the stomach comes out of the stomach. It's not like there's anything disgusting added during that process that people have to freak out.

And a fire pit is a start, but as had already been mention, they require a shovel to build. I'm hoping that's just one of the methods possible, and more will be added once somebody gets around to programming a new machine made with simpler tools and materials.

[Sotar]

I've burned cowsh... eee... cow dung myself and I must say the smoke has a rather nice smell. Nicer than many kinds of wood. I don't see a problem in cooking on it, at all.

[wichita]

http://www.cantr.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6787&start=45 Look at what I wrote here on the relevant thread in Genral Discussion. To summarize for those who only know this thread exists...

Drying is possible now in the firepit, as well as the primitive oven. (I will try and get this to the wiki ASAP). As for the entirely justified tool requirement against the firepit (I want to see it changed as much as ya'll do), the primitive oven was added for that very reason. It requires no tools, only mud. A drying project on the drying rack has been discussed, but not added so far. The stone wall thing is a nice idea. I'll have to give that some thought.

[Pie]

It alredy dryes by itself.