>I think I saw a brief note about this in the Jade Mountain catalog. They >were exploring the idea of adding a small solar powered fan to see if that >improved things, but I love the simplicity of the original design. My >question is: should both pots be unglazed or can the inside pot have a >food-safe glaze so you can store milk or other liquids directly in it >without any other container? >
Carol I'm guessing that the inner pot could well have an interior glaze. I have traditional butter dishes and milk coolers here in Ireland that are terra cotta with an interior glaze. One stood them in a saucer of water and draped muslin over so that both pot and muslin wicked up the water - they work pretty well but of course Ireland is much cooler than a continental climate in summer. Adding a fan ought to work but it makes it a much more complicated and expensive piece of technology to build. I'll be interested to hear how the fridge and freezer experiment works out kathryn
