Date:         Mon, 2 Jan 2012 12:32:53 -0800
Reply-To:     Steven Johnson <sjohnso2000@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Steven Johnson <sjohnso2000@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Speaking of buttered pumpernickel toast-camp stove toaster
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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...
>