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Perhaps not immediately useful but I would suggest buying an alcohol fueled camp stove in the future. A can of denatured alcohol (paint thinner) is compact and

Perhaps not immediately useful but I would suggest buying an alcohol fueled camp stove in the future. A can of denatured alcohol (paint thinner) is compact and stable indefinitely. That will allow you to do most of the things you would do with a regular stove burner during a disaster. There are even devices sold for camping that will let you do limited baking over such a stove.

NoZebra120vClip 3y ago
I purchased a chafing pan and Sterno fuel, such as would be used for catering. It was readily available at the local Smart & Final. I've never opened or used it, unfortunately. My friend informs me that camp-stove cooking is a very, very slow process that could take hours to heat a meal. I really want to test this thing out before I have to use it in a crisis. I suppose that I should maintain a stock of food that I can actually prepare with this system, because I really don't normally cook anything at home. I doubt I could make pasta, because that requires boiling. At this point, I would probably clear out the freezer, which currently contains a lot of sourdough bread, frozen fruits and veggies. I could probably get a few presentable meals out of that stuff.
- jfim 3y ago
  > I really want to test this thing out before I have to use it in a crisis. Definitely do, you can just have a no electricity/running water day at home or go camping to test if what you have is going to work or not. The worst thing would be to actually need your cooking gear and notice you're missing something silly like a lighter to turn it on.
- ThrowawayR2 3y ago
  There are camp stoves of varying sizes and heat outputs. I'd suggest doing some research (there are plenty of YouTube video demos, for example) before writing the idea off.
bartvk 3y ago
This. Google for Trangia. Great stuff, very light and compact.
rwmj 3y ago
I have one of those Korean / Japanese portable propane stoves[0]. They take disposable propane cylinders which are widely available in asian stores and last virtually forever. Much less fiddly than dealing with alcohol or other liquid-fueled stoves. Also you can use them to make nabe[1] and sukiyaki. [0] Random Amazon listing, but something very similar to this: https://www.amazon.com/Iwatani-Cassette-grill-tatsujin-CB-TAS-1/dp/B013U7AUA4 https://www.amazon.com/Iwatani-Cassette-grill-tatsujin-CB-TA... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nabemono https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nabemono

NoZebra120vClip 3y ago

I purchased a chafing pan and Sterno fuel, such as would be used for catering. It was readily available at the local Smart & Final. I've never opened or used it, unfortunately. My friend informs me that camp-stove cooking is a very, very slow process that could take hours to heat a meal. I really want to test this thing out before I have to use it in a crisis. I suppose that I should maintain a stock of food that I can actually prepare with this system, because I really don't normally cook anything at home. I doubt I could make pasta, because that requires boiling. At this point, I would probably clear out the freezer, which currently contains a lot of sourdough bread, frozen fruits and veggies. I could probably get a few presentable meals out of that stuff.

jfim 3y ago
> I really want to test this thing out before I have to use it in a crisis. Definitely do, you can just have a no electricity/running water day at home or go camping to test if what you have is going to work or not. The worst thing would be to actually need your cooking gear and notice you're missing something silly like a lighter to turn it on.
ThrowawayR2 3y ago
There are camp stoves of varying sizes and heat outputs. I'd suggest doing some research (there are plenty of YouTube video demos, for example) before writing the idea off.

bartvk 3y ago

This. Google for Trangia. Great stuff, very light and compact.

rwmj 3y ago

I have one of those Korean / Japanese portable propane stoves[0]. They take disposable propane cylinders which are widely available in asian stores and last virtually forever. Much less fiddly than dealing with alcohol or other liquid-fueled stoves. Also you can use them to make nabe[1] and sukiyaki. [0] Random Amazon listing, but something very similar to this: https://www.amazon.com/Iwatani-Cassette-grill-tatsujin-CB-TAS-1/dp/B013U7AUA4 https://www.amazon.com/Iwatani-Cassette-grill-tatsujin-CB-TA... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nabemono https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nabemono