Date: Mon, 2 Jan 2012 14:38:27 -0600
Reply-To: James Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
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From: James Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Speaking of buttered pumpernickel toast-camp stove toaster
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I'm on it.
Jim
On Jan 2, 2012, at 2:32 PM, Steven Johnson <sjohnso2000@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> Okay, I think it's just a matter of time before this is Wiki'd or put in
> the ETKA files.... With specs for
> the hole spacing in the coffee can...
>
> Steven
> 91 Westy
>
> On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 11:45 AM, chris and/or ruth <populuxe59@yahoo.com>wrote:
>
>> I have been following this thread but didn't reply earlier because I had
>> no glossy pictures to post.
>> Now that the tin can idea is out there I will try and describe what I have
>> without pics.
>>
>> You place a large coffee can over a stove burner--the bread sits on top of
>> the can.
>> It is super simple and free. You only need to punch a bunch of holes in
>> the bottom (which is now actually the top)--this is your toasting surface.
>> I think the reason why it works so well is that the bread is kept far from
>> the flame. My family used a toaster like this at a primitive camp since
>> the 1940's but it was slightly different. We had an old fashion 4 slice
>> pyramid style toaster but the this can method always made the better toast.
>> Alternatively; you can completely cut off the bottom of the coffee can
>> and create a wire grid to hold the toast high above the flame. Use
>> about 30 inches of some thick solid copper household wire. Punch some holes
>> around the perimeter of top edge and thread the wire through to create the
>> grid .
>>
>> Best part is that the can can be used to hold things while you travel so
>> it doesn't waste space. We keep clean-up stuff in it.
>>
>> Chris C
>> Wisconsin
>>
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> Any details? After seeing a demonstration of a backpacking alcohol stove
>> made from two aluminum cans, I am a believer in such stuff.
>>
>> Jim
>>
>> On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 10:37 AM, John C... <yacoltyayhoo@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> The Neatest one I've come upon
>>> was shown to me by a little lady
>>> at BBtB last year !
>>> A tin can with holes poked into it
>>> as I recall?
>>> She said that it was a gift
>>> and that she had been using it successfully for years !
>>> Anyway, she said... the price was right !!! :o)
>>>
>>> JC...
>>
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