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Date:         Mon, 2 Jan 2012 13:50:56 -0800
Reply-To:     "John C..." <yacoltyayhoo@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         "John C..." <yacoltyayhoo@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Speaking of buttered pumpernickel toast-camp stove toaster
In-Reply-To:  <CAFeNKKG8rJpuOakT=+ST1fnVjB_CkhLHL1rbfjiDiTpK2ySEPw@mail.gmail.com>
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First off... my older (much:o) brother still thinks that coffee crystals are still the cat's meow !!! Sheeesh !!! ;o)

Secondly, I'm trying to remember that can toaster. if it was holes poked in the bottom or a pre-made steel weave of some kind.

I really wasn't getting past the little lady that was showing it to me... Even though she was a little on the mature side ;o) She was travelling alone and wore the most far out Tie Dye I'd seen in a long time !!! ;o)

A Bunch of Characters out there I tells Ya !!!! heh...heh...

>>>>like traveling to Logan, Utah to look for a Bentley in Tom's used bookstore! Oh Yeah, that reminds me... I did meet an Ezra Taff Bentley in Logan once !!! May have been in Tom's used book store? Since I moved away from that little 3 lettered state,,, My memory's a fadin' !!! ;o)

JC...

On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 1:08 PM, Joy Hecht <jhecht@alum.mit.edu> wrote:

> Sounds convenient! > > But who buys coffee in cans any more? For us coffee snobs, who buy fresh > roasted beans and travel with coffee grinders (and in my case, because I > couldn't find a decent manual grinder, who also had to buy an inverter so > we could run the electric coffee grinder in the van), this would be kind of > like traveling to Logan, Utah to look for a Bentley in Tom's used > bookstore! > > Why punch holes in the bottom (now top) of the can, rather than simply > removing the bottom so it becomes a cylinder? Does it toast better with > some small holes rather than one big hole? > > > Joy > > > > On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 5:08 PM, James Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote: > > > 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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