On Fri, 26 Feb 2021 08:34:15 -0500, Gary > wrote:

>On 2/25/2021 7:35 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>> On 2/22/2021 8:55 AM, Gary wrote:
>>> On 2/21/2021 8:09 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>>> > I did salt the water in the pan under the steamer basket.
>>>
>>> Why did you? That "steam" contains no salt.
>>>
>> Of course it does.
>
>Not really said the Kangaroo.
>
>In a survival situation, you can boil seawater, collect the moisture
>from the steam and have drinkable water.
>
>Either set up a makeshift still or just put a cloth over the container
>and wring the steamed distilled water out of the cloth.

I learned that survival trick in the Cub Scouts... simply tip the pot
lid and collect pure germ-free distilled water in another vessel.