On the stove, oil bubbled in a pan; little blobs of pulverized potatoes, onions and spices sizzled as they were dropped in, and gave off a tantalizing aroma.
"For a lot of them, having a high school education is important, but it's not as important as … 'Am I going to have food for my family?' 'Do I need to miss class this morning to get some stove oil to heat the house?' 'Do I need to go dump the honey bucket because the honey bucket's full?'".
A 2006 report from the Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management, a nonprofit association of Northeast air quality agencies, found that average particulate emissions from one outdoor wood boiler equaled that of 22 wood stoves, 205 oil furnaces or as many as 8,000 natural gas furnaces.
They also took two 18-gallon casks of water (one of which was damaged during the loading and let in sea water), two Primus stoves, paraffin, oil, candles, sleeping bags and "a few spare socks".
3. On top of the stove, heat oil in heavy three-quart casserole.
2. Return pan to stove, add oil and cook onion until translucent.
There are now markets for rocket stoves, vegetable-oil generators, solar refrigerators, cheap wind generators and reusable water bottles used as solar lamps.
Heat a pan on the stove, adding oil when it's hot.
For this reason, you'll want to heat the skillet on the stove without oil for about 10 minutes.
Sue was shrewd enough to begin dealing in parlor stoves when the oil crisis hit.
