The Frugal Lifestyle

[Blade]

OK call me stupid.............what the heck is a rice cooker?

[femmennoir]

Originally Posted by Blade

OK call me stupid.............what the heck is a rice cooker?

It is a Japanese electric contraption which steams rice perfectly, but seeing as rice is so easy to steam, I don't crowd my small New York City kitchen with one....Used to live with a partner who was raised in Okinawa, and she swore by hers!
Elle*

[Linus]

I just saw this article on HuffPost and have to say, this is a prime example of leaving Frugal to the extreme and when you have to: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/0..._n_697279.html

[Gemme]

Originally Posted by Linus

I just saw this article on HuffPost and have to say, this is a prime example of leaving Frugal to the extreme and when you have to: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/0..._n_697279.html

Wow! A rocket stove!

[christie]

Originally Posted by Linus

I just saw this article on HuffPost and have to say, this is a prime example of leaving Frugal to the extreme and when you have to: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/0..._n_697279.html

Very interesting story in that he did this by choice. I do think that its not unusual to be able to live and sustain without money - it seems to me that we have millions of homeless folks who do this every day. The big difference is that he makes a choice to do it and has the support systems of the organic farm and the freeskilling group and that he obviously has access to information so he can learn how to make his mushroom paper and such.

His story reminds me of a TV series from the mid 90s called Promised Land. Gerald McRaney and his family traveled from town to town, living in an Airstream, homeschooling their kids and him picking up odd jobs to make money as they needed it. I always thought that it was a novel idea, but that the reality of that situation would be far different than as portrayed.