Jan,
I have a Trangia, and it works great for boiling water. It is much slower and not able to regulate it as refined as a butane type stove. I have a clickstand and then use an aluminum shield around it to block the wind.
My meals are usually from browned dehydrated hamburger or dehydrated white Swansons Chicken in a can. I use Knorrs Sidedishes for the base of the meal and add the burger or chicken.
One of my favorite is Teryakki Chicken Rice Sidedish. I also add dehydrated broccoli, and dehydrated Red and Green Peppers. I put those it very small zip locks I get at hobby lobby. I then add a little additional dry sauce packet of terryaki powder from the chinese isle at Hy-Vee. I add chicken to it.
I made this for Boppa on our last trip and it turned out wonderful.
I ussually make goolash out of dehydrated spagetti sauce, noodles, and dehydrated hamburger.
So I warm the water, not even to boiling, rehydrate my stuff, boil up the noodles on the trangia, and then add the drained off other stuff. It works fine...but a lot slower than say a butane stove.
Here is a picture of the Terryaki Chicken
( I did this on a butane stove, but have done it on a alchol stove it is just slower)
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