I am after a kettle to take down the plot.
Choices are 12v plug in / small gas burner
Anyone got either, or even better had both?
Gary
I bought a small gas stove from Lidl a few months ago.
With a kettle you are limited to boiling water, but with the stove and a small pot you can heat up a can of soup or even boil up and enjoy some of your own produce as fresh as it will ever be :)
I use a volcano kettle which burns sticks or dry grass. couldn't be more convenient as long as I remember to put a stock in the shed now and then.
I use a petrol stove used by the army. It comes in a little metal box. When the lid is open it folds out into a windshield. Fantastic. Not sure of the exact name. Also have a dual fuel peak stove. Hot water in about 60 - 90 seconds! Perfect! ;)
we've got,in the communal shed ,an electric kettle, if anyone can be bothered getting the generator out of the box,
a gas stove with a whistling kettle,
we've got, personally our old gas camping stove with a grill!!
and we've also got an old paraffin stove we can heat a kettle up on,
how do you know we're always brewing up ? ;D
QuoteI use a volcano kettle which burns sticks or dry grass. couldn't be more convenient as long as I remember to put a stock in the shed now and then.
Yes, I got one after a recommendation from people on this forum, very good too
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Thanks for your replies, I just put a bid in for a small gas stove/burner on ebay at the moment.
Gary
Just looked for a volcano kettle on ebay- only one at £41 so far! It's a charity auction. Where did you get yours?
Mine was a total stroke of luck. We have a charity shop at my church, and inevitably, we get given loads of stuff which is just plain unsaleable. The rags go for recycling, and periodically I get a skip to dispose of the rest. Often, I pick up something useful. Last time I found a rather sooty volcano kettle; nobody else had any idea what it was, but I recognised it, and snaffled it for the allotment.
Lucky you Robert. On my Christmas list (say's she hopefully).In the meantime mine's an ebay bargain burner, too. 10p + postage. ;D
I treated myself to one each of these :D and a whistling kettle.
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My daughter's got one of those & it has survived Leeds Festival 3 years in a row, so they must be tough. My other problem would be remembering to take water down with me, as we have none on site- probably easier just to take a flask!
You could always get a set of mess tins from a camping store. The smallone is covered by the larger onecreating a pressure cooker effect. Boil water on a small fire. Takes minutes. To clean the outside of the mess tin from scorch marks - rub it vigorously on grass for a few seconds. :)
To clean mess tins, just rub them with a bit of soil, then rinse before use with a splash of water. The soil is very abrasive and cleans pans a treat.
Quote from: Robert_Brenchley on December 01, 2006, 20:26:25
I use a volcano kettle which burns sticks or dry grass. couldn't be more convenient as long as I remember to put a stock in the shed now and then.
Gosh! That brings back memories of childhood (and that was 1/2 century ago). We had one of these and always had it on picnics. Took along a bundle of old newspapers to burn. Hot water in no time if I recall and a great "roaring" sound.
Calor gas or equivalent, and double burner here gary, if you're still listening. The gas is far cheaper if you buy in big bottles. Any kettle will do but I recommend one that whistles - it's just too easy to put it on, then get engrossed in some job. A double burner because I also have a saucepan and a frying pan on the allotment, to take advantage of really fresh food. Or to boil some lettuce for my taddies when they're at that age. Or to make a bacon sarnie - etc.
Geoff.
I only have a flask!
Flasks are convenient, but it's worth getting one of the metal ones. Glass ones break too easily.
I have a small cartridge type gas burner and an expresso coffee jug. It does not need a whistle as the smell of fresh brewed coffee wafts across and reminds you it is ready. I know this might sound like a bit of a rigmarole just for a drink. But I am addicted to real coffee.
All together now, sing up.
All I want is a proper cup of coffee
made in a proper copper coffee pot
I may be off my dot
But I like a cup of coffee and I like it hot
Iron coffee pots and tin coffee pots
they're no use to me
If I can't have proper cup of coffee from a proper copper coffee pot
I'll have a cup of tea.
Right, thankyou, thankyou. You can put your teeth back in now ;D
I use a stainless flask - find it invaluable ...
I now have a metal flask. I did have a glass one, but the vacuum went and it no longer kept my cuppa warm!