Monday, October 20, 2014

Conservo Steam Oven

I've been looking for a Conservo for a little while, scouring eBay and local antiques shops to no avail. There are always a few on eBay, but for more than I wanted to pay relative to their condition. Using auction zip I found one being sold at an auction in Georgia, bid on it and won!

Made by the Toledo Cooker Company and patented in 1907 it is made with a tin body and copper bottom. The bottom, filled with water, generates the steam that bakes the items within. A nifty, low tech kitchen "appliance", my present to myself for my birthday.

It came today and I wanted to try it out immediately, but I couldn't think of anything to bake. I mused a bit and decided to use up a jar of our homemade peach pie filling and make a cobbler. I had to bake it in two bread pans because the Conservo can't hold a regular size cake pan.

I knew from a friend's experience with hers that anything baked with one will be very moist, but a cobbler should bake up just fine, right?

YES! Light, fluffy, moist, steamy goodness. Perfection.


2 comments :

  1. You are posting again!!! So lovely! What a find and what delicious looking cobbler.

    Looking forward to reading about your sweet family and life again...

    Kinderdly,
    Shan
    Honey Hill Farm

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    1. Shan, thank you! Life got busy and threw us some unexpected twists and turns, but I do hope to be blogging more regularly. I wasn't sure if anybody would even read this post, I've been away so long, thanks for commenting to let me know you're still there. :)

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