On Fri, 26 Feb 2021 13:04:50 -0500, Sheldon Martin >
wrote:

>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.

or dig a small hole, place a container in the bottom of the hole,
drape a plastic tarp over the hole, anchor the corners of the tarp and
place a weight in the center of the tarp. Condensation will form on
the underside of the tarp and flow to the weighted center and drip
into the container.