[pct-l] Simmer with alcohol stove

[Craig Stanton]

I fully agree with Donna here. I carried a Trangia on my hike and loved it. I put the flame out exactly when I wanted to and could save the fuel until the dinner. It's rock solid and not much heavier than a pepsi-can rig.

On Friday, January 25, 2008, at 09:18AM, "Donna Saufley" <dsaufley at sprynet.com> wrote:
>I was a faithful soda can stove user, until I hiked with Aaron and Nathalie
>who had a Swiss "Trangia."  It has a simmer ring which lowers the amount of
>flame being emitted.  I also like it because it has a cap that allows you to
>carry unused fuel in the stove.  Check it out at:
>
>http://www.rei.com/product/657906
>
>The whole system weighs slightly more than my old set-up, but I am very
>happy about being able to control the flame.  
>
>I must confess that I was cooking my supper on the Bighorn Plateau, before
>dropping down to Tyndall Creek, and the flame on my alcohol stove licked out
>and started to burn some forest duff.  I got it out immediately, but the
>thought that I could have been responsible for starting a fire in one of the
>most beautiful places I'd ever been was really a wake up about the dangers
>of alcohol stoves without any flame control.  
>
>L-Rod
>
>-----Original Message-----
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>On Behalf Of Rick Ostheimer
>Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 7:16 PM
>To: pct-l at backcountry.net
>Subject: [pct-l] Simmer with alcohol stove
>
>David wrote:
>
>I love eating and cooking, especially while backpacking. I'm trying to
>find a way of doing some "simmering" using an alcohol stove, any
>specific design that works better? I am thinking about ways to still
>manage to cook grains that take 5 mins of simmer / rest in hot water /
>final 5 mins of simmer. Any ideas? "
>
>Check out this one:  www.packafeather.com/stove.html  
>
>I used it on several trips this year---including in cold weather.  The
>adjustment really worked well.
>
>Handlebar
>
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