Boundary Waters Quetico Forum :: BWCA Food and Recipes :: typical meals made using an alcohol stove
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Hamm0cker |
I pack out an amazingly small amount of trash, NEVER wash dishes, eat very well and enjoy the accomplishment of making this style of camp food work. When the boy and I go, he gets one cook kit, I get another. To your question though, simmering alcohol stoves are out there, but I use an old foil votive tea light base filled with fiberglass as a simmering stove. You can heat soups and stews. I can also bake just about ANY "just add water" over the counter baked goods. Muffins, cornbread, biscuits and such. There is a trick to this, and it requires a little practice, but again, I enjoy the challenge of going into the woods with an ultra light kitchen. |
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SunCatcher |
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) SunCatcher |