Wonderful facts about the Wonderbag
You've probably been asking yourself countless questions about the Wonderbag, which seems to be on everybody’s lips due to friends and families arriving at dinner parties with their warm bredies, soups, and roasts wrapped up in a weirdly shaped insulated bag.
This highly-sheltered bag allows for slow cooking without the use of electricity, like the functionality of a slow cooker, and can cook meals for up to eight hours.
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Over the years, the bag has been a huge benefit to poor homes that do not have access to electricity. The Wonderbag is ideal for days when we have scheduled power cuts and the slow cooking process improves the taste of all one-pot dishes, believe it or not.
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Bring your ingredients to a boil or appropriate cooking temperature on the stove, then place the saucepan inside the bag, and let it handle the rest. Essentially, it is a fabric slow cooker invented and manufactured in the KwaZulu-Natal region to save busy households time and money, particularly given the rising cost of energy.
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Since its creation ten years ago, more than a million bags have been sold worldwide, with over 20,000 entrepreneurs re-selling them to their own customer base. It is also sold and supplied in the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia, Denmark, Germany, and several European countries.
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Another interesting fact is that for every bag sold, a contribution is made towards the Wonderbag Foundation, which aims to help those who live in dire poverty. Talk about a real game-changer.
From stews to potjie, it does it all. It may even be used as a cooler on sports or beach days and makes an excellent companion for transporting food.
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