Our local park is the designated area for the Pacific Crest Trail
Association annual kick off, or should I say hike off.
http://www.pcta.org/about_trail/overview.asp

This is one of the nifty lightweight things hikers use while on the
trail.
I'll never complain about my stove again.

Alcohol burner stove.
http://i44.tinypic.com/2ugciuc.jpg

koko
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There is no love more sincere than the love of food
George Bernard Shaw
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updated 04/19

On Fri 24 Apr 2009 06:41:37p, koko told us...

>
> Our local park is the designated area for the Pacific Crest Trail
> Association annual kick off, or should I say hike off.
> http://www.pcta.org/about_trail/overview.asp
>
> This is one of the nifty lightweight things hikers use while on the
> trail.
> I'll never complain about my stove again.
>
> Alcohol burner stove.
> http://i44.tinypic.com/2ugciuc.jpg

LOL! We use to use something similar to that in Boy Scouts, unless we were
somewhere that we could build a campfire.

--
Wayne Boatwright
------------------------------------------------------------------------
I have long believed that good food, good eating is all about risk.
Whether we’re talking about unpasteurized Stilton, raw oysters or
working for organized crime ‘associates,’ food, for me, has always
been an adventure. ~Anthony Bourdain

In article 0>,
Wayne Boatwright > wrote:

> LOL! We use to use something similar to that in Boy Scouts, unless we were
> somewhere that we could build a campfire.

Sterno

leo

koko > wrote:

> This is one of the nifty lightweight things hikers use while on the
> trail.
> I'll never complain about my stove again.
>
> Alcohol burner stove.
> http://i44.tinypic.com/2ugciuc.jpg

Does anyone still use a Primus stove? That contraption would be the one
to compare to your stove, as it used to be used by millions as a home
stove, not just on a trail. It was what enabled whole cities in the
former Soviet Union to survive the first 30+ years of its wretched
existence, as it was the only stove available or feasible to use.

BTW, Harry, my poor grandson, once told me, here on rfc, that Primus was
an example of lousy marketing, with the company introducing a great
portable stove and then allowing another company (Coleman) to dominate
the market with an inferior product.

Victor

koko > wrote:

> This is one of the nifty lightweight things hikers use while on the
> trail.
> I'll never complain about my stove again.
>
> Alcohol burner stove.
> http://i44.tinypic.com/2ugciuc.jpg

We all know Fosters Lager sucks royally, but heating it is a little
unfair.

-sw

"Leonard Blaisdell" > wrote in message
...
> In article 0>,
> Wayne Boatwright > wrote:
>
>> LOL! We use to use something similar to that in Boy Scouts, unless we
>> were
>> somewhere that we could build a campfire.
>
> Sterno
>
> leo

>
That's what I was going to suggest! Sterno is cheap and very transportable.

Easy to extinguish, too. Alcohol burners, not so easy. I had an alcohol
burner under a fondue pot once. If you spill any of the denatured alcohol
then light a match, watch out!! It's a good thing I had it sitting on a
glass "cutting board" otherwise my table would have been on fire.

Jill

In article >,
says...
>
> koko > wrote:
>
> > This is one of the nifty lightweight things hikers use while on the
> > trail.
> > I'll never complain about my stove again.
> >
> > Alcohol burner stove.
> > http://i44.tinypic.com/2ugciuc.jpg
>
> Does anyone still use a Primus stove? That contraption would be the one
> to compare to your stove, as it used to be used by millions as a home
> stove, not just on a trail. It was what enabled whole cities in the
> former Soviet Union to survive the first 30+ years of its wretched
> existence, as it was the only stove available or feasible to use.
>
> BTW, Harry, my poor grandson, once told me, here on rfc, that Primus was
> an example of lousy marketing, with the company introducing a great
> portable stove and then allowing another company (Coleman) to dominate
> the market with an inferior product.
>
> Victor

Are these the Primus stoves we're thinking about?

http://www.litebackpacker.com/gear-primus/index.html

T > wrote:

says...

>> koko > wrote:

>> > This is one of the nifty lightweight things hikers use while on the
>> > trail.
>> > I'll never complain about my stove again.

>> > Alcohol burner stove.
>> > http://i44.tinypic.com/2ugciuc.jpg

>> Does anyone still use a Primus stove? That contraption would be the one
>> to compare to your stove, as it used to be used by millions as a home
>> stove, not just on a trail. It was what enabled whole cities in the
>> former Soviet Union to survive the first 30+ years of its wretched
>> existence, as it was the only stove available or feasible to use.

>Are these the Primus stoves we're thinking about?
>
>http://www.litebackpacker.com/gear-primus/index.html

They look familiar, but I have never had one. Instead, I've
used a Svea 1-2-3 stove for 30+ years.

Steve

On Sat, 25 Apr 2009 11:51:33 -0400, "jmcquown" >
wrote:

>"Leonard Blaisdell" > wrote in message
...
>> In article 0>,
>> Wayne Boatwright > wrote:
>>
>>> LOL! We use to use something similar to that in Boy Scouts, unless we
>>> were
>>> somewhere that we could build a campfire.
>>
>> Sterno
>>
>> leo
>
>>
>That's what I was going to suggest! Sterno is cheap and very transportable.
>
>Easy to extinguish, too. Alcohol burners, not so easy. I had an alcohol
>burner under a fondue pot once. If you spill any of the denatured alcohol
>then light a match, watch out!! It's a good thing I had it sitting on a
>glass "cutting board" otherwise my table would have been on fire.
>
>Jill

The alcohol they use are little cubes that sit in a little holder.
Hope this picture does it justice. I wish I would have gotten a better
photo. Above the yellow lettering are the alcohol cubes and their
holders.
http://i43.tinypic.com/rm0k9e.jpg

koko
--

There is no love more sincere than the love of food
George Bernard Shaw
www.kokoscorner.typepad.com
updated 04/20

T > wrote:

> says...
> >
> > Does anyone still use a Primus stove? That contraption would be the one
> > to compare to your stove, as it used to be used by millions as a home
> > stove, not just on a trail. It was what enabled whole cities in the
> > former Soviet Union to survive the first 30+ years of its wretched
> > existence, as it was the only stove available or feasible to use.
>
> Are these the Primus stoves we're thinking about?
>
> http://www.litebackpacker.com/gear-primus/index.html

These are some of the modern versions. The original Primus, a Swedish
brand, was - and still is - a kerosene pressure stove that looked like
this:
<http://your.slv.vic.gov.au/treasures/contributions/images/206.jpg>.

Sir Edmund Hillary used a Primus stove on Mount Everest.

Victor