[pct-l] olive oil?

[m.karon at comcast.net (Marshall Karon)]

You could also use a permanent marker to indicate which bottle is which: oil
or alcohol. But, that takes the fun out of it! You also could use drinkable
alcohol and not care.

Marshall Karon
Portland, OR
m.karon@comcast.net

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <ROYROBIN@aol.com>
To: <judsonb@internetcds.com>; <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Monday, April 19, 2004 8:43 PM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] olive oil?


> In a message dated 4/19/04 5:23:50 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
> judsonb@internetcds.com writes:
>
> > Who's got a fool-proof way to carry olive oil w/o it leaking? I haven't
had
> > much success...
>
> _____
>
> I like the 250 or 500 ml disposable water bottles with the screw-tops.
They
> have never leaked, and are built to expand and contract with elevation
> changes.  Don't use the ones with the pull-valve.
>
> Try to dry all the water out of the bottle before you fill it with olive
oil.
>  If there's any water left in the bottle, it seems to darken the oil after
a
> few days.  I don't know if it's oxidation or what, but it causes problems.
>
> These are the same bottles I use to carry alcohol fuel.  No, haven't yet
> poured fuel into my couscous or oil into my stove, but it's an accident
waiting to
> happen!  I usually use the small bottles for olive oil and the larger ones
> for fuel.
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