I know I have bragged on this before, but how do you all feed yourselves in the great outdoors?
As of late, I have used an alcohol stove (both a mil surp Trangia as well as a current modern version) to cook food and boil water with great effect. This would also be a great addition to a bug out bag if you like to have a decent meal while avoiding the Zombie mobs.
This year I am planning on using grain alcohol (aka Everclear) in my pack as it is non-toxic, and has medicinal purposes as well. It only costs $16 for a 750ml bottle, and the option to add a little to my Kool-aid makes it worth the cost.
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I take my coffee how I take my women: bitter and overbearing.
I used to have a coleman gas stove but I prefer to cook my food over an open fire while camping. For hiking I like to eat things that dont require cooking for breakfast and lunch and have something warm like a mountain house or a can of chilli for dinner.
I know I have bragged on this before, but how do you all feed yourselves in the great outdoors?
As of late, I have used an alcohol stove (both a mil surp Trangia as well as a current modern version) to cook food and boil water with great effect. This would also be a great addition to a bug out bag if you like to have a decent meal while avoiding the Zombie mobs.
This year I am planning on using grain alcohol (aka Everclear) in my pack as it is non-toxic, and has medicinal purposes as well. It only costs $16 for a 750ml bottle, and the option to add a little to my Kool-aid makes it worth the cost.
I'll sell you some corn squeez'ins for 6 bucks a gallon !!! All you want !!!
6.oz of this stuff will burn all night long !!! And light up the shy !!!
I normally use a Coleman gas stove. Next trip I'm going to try a 2 ft or less x 1 ft deep hole, with one end open. Hard to spot. Wind resistant and easy to cover. I'll bring some wood for it and throw a light weight grill over it. It's supposed to cook real good, you can wrap up meats and veggies and bury them, while your heating beans and coffee. And and you can even use it to sleep on it if it is cold. Just make sure you put enough dirt on it! Then use it for a toilet, cover it and it's all natural.
I've always cooked with a campfire while hunting and camping...I've never owned a gas stove. If ya choose dry wood with minimal bark, then build the fire under a leafy tree or bush to disperse the smoke, it's almost invisible. The smell of a woodfire can be detected at quite a distance though. The firepit mentioned above works well for night fires (to cut down on visibility.
Now that I think about it, the smell of cooking food would be as noticeable as the smell of woodsmoke...so even gas stove isn't "stealthy".
__________________ I'm here for a good time, to h*ll with the red wine, pour me some moonshine!
I like the little Coleman Peak 1 and MAX folding mini propane stoves. Pocket-sized without the mini gas cartridge. Lasts long enough to hot up several MH meals and coffee.
For longer and better equipped camping, I like my Coleman Dual Fuel single-burner stove - I can use gasoline from my bike in addition to stove fuel.
Ha! If Wendy's served alcohol I might also camp there...
Just found out that we will be one horse short of a camp, so now I have to pare down weight more than expected. I am going to attempt to build myself a Soda Can stove or a Cat Can stove (you can read about them on Zen and the Art of the Alcohol Stove, a very informative site I visit often).
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I take my coffee how I take my women: bitter and overbearing.
Coleman stove....... Used one for years. Also have used a sterno stove.
Have used the sterno more than once to heat up a can of soup while sitting in my stand. Nothing like hot soup on a cold winter day.
Found my Esbit stove! Also made an altoids stove (breath mint tin, filled with perlite for an alcohol wick) and it fits right in there. Seems to do okay with my Snow Peak 600ml cup, but I didn't have an appropriate space to see how long it takes to boil a mug of water... whole thing can't weigh more than a pound - will attempt some pictures tommorrow!
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I take my coffee how I take my women: bitter and overbearing.
I have a cheapo US-made Esbit knock-off - works but my US surplus canteen cup doesn't fit on it without trying to tip off.
The folding sheet steel Sterno Stove works better - more support for the cup or a pot.
