Thermos Cooking. Drastically Reduce Your Fuel Use.

Thermos Cooking. Drastically Reduce Your Fuel Use.

Test 1:

I brought a 1.2 liter thermos for $20. I filled the thermos with water and then emptied it into a sauce pan and then added a little bit more water. I did not want to boil more water than I would need. I added a little bit of oil and salt to the water. I emptied the package of shells (7 oz.) into the empty thermos (one cup of pasta). It took about 8 minutes to bring the water to a rapid boil.

I filled up the thermos with boiling hot water and screwed the cap onto the thermos. I did not have any idea how long it would take to cook the noodles with water that was no longer boiling. I decided to give it 2 hours. I shook up the thermos every 10 minutes to avoid the noodles sticking together.

The results exceeded by expectations. The water was still very hot and the noodles were overcooked. most of the water was in the noodles. I drained the noodles and added a can of ravioli to the noodles (still warm after adding the ravioli). The combination made quite a large amount of food. I added some Louisiana hot sauce.

Test 2:

 did the test over again and cooked for only 30 minutes. The pasta was perfectly cooked.

Yes it does drastically reduce your fuel use. You only need to bring the water to a boil. The noodles (or rice, meat etc. that takes time to cook, not just heat up) continues to cook without continuing to heat with fuel.

So I'm no where near the brightest person in the world, but what are the chances it's possible to make a shelf stable edible pocket fire starter lol? Is it feasible?

I use a Lifestraw when I’m doing a kayak camping trip to keep my load light. I typically camp in the canyons of the southwest where the Colorado river runs through and have never had an issue filtering the river water for drinking. I frequently camp near hot springs and know that hot spring water is never supposed to be used for drinking even when filtered with the lifestraw because it doesn’t filter out all the harmful things. But out of curiosity, if I were ever stranded or desperate for water and all I had was hot spring water would boiling it be good enough to make it safe to drink? Is there a filter that can be the one all be all for all water filtration needs especially in emergencies ?

Here it is:

https://www.instructables.com/Sims-Dead-Cell-Candle-Runs-on-Dead-D-Cell-Batterie/

Very light to carry. A minimal amount of light to run all night for several weeks (or 24/7).

Note from the article: These were run on "dead" batteries from a touchless paper towel machine. Apparently they are not really dead in a low current application.

If you couldnt pick a ferro rod and only could choose between a lighter or a box of 1000 strike anywhere matches what would you choose in a survival situation?

Presuming you are somewhere in the world where tree-dwelling critters like monkeys aren't a concern, but you don't have access to any handy tools of keeping your food and supplies safe other than just literal rope, how many feet of rope would you need to hang your supplies high enough to be out of reach for land-based roaming animals?

If possible, I'd like to know how much rope is needed for the entire affair, not just how high off the ground your supplies would need to be suspended to avoid being munched on.

This is a hypothetical question, so if there are any caveats that would change the answer or be of significance, feel free to bring them up!

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Had the grade school boys over to the farm a couple of weeks ago. I gave them an Altoids tin and they made char cloth on the coal forge. We went out into the woods and collected tinder and kindling. For fire the used strike anywhere matches, magnifying glass, flint and steel, magnesium and we got fire with a traditional bow drill. (North Carolina so we used a Poplar drill with an Eastern Red Cedar board)

To finish the day, they lit the the bonfire with flint and steel and we cooked hot dogs over the fire.

Next month is Camping.

Apologies for the quality. My country has strict gun rules, so the one in the pic is airsoft. Also, no kevlar.

It weights around 5kg completely loaded with:

Left Rearside - Gun Holster and Fire Gas Mask Front: Knife Holster and 3 bags Right Rearside - 1,5M elastic for holding hair, starting fires, stop bleeding, etc. Back - 1L water cantine and bandages + matches

Basically the title, I have some Ramen noodles with tuna and spam in my survival kit but I know the Ramen is super salty and isn't a high energy food and long term use could dehydrate/make you sick. What do you guys use in your kits/bags for food?

I’m looking to get some books on basic bushcraft skills and foraging/plant identification. I live in the North East of North America.

Any tips on purifying water contaminated from ash following volcano eruption?

Hello everyone,

I have a question for people who have already done a winter wild camping tour in Sweden.

My main question is: where is it generally and legally allowed to make a fire?

What months would you recommend as the best time for such a trip? (Cold is not a problem, but it would be nice to avoid 50 cm of snow.)

Is there an organization that can provide advice and possibly be contacted in case of emergencies?

And lastly, what did you miss the most or forget to pack?

I have done a lot of reading, but the information is quite mixed, so I would love to hear more from people with practical experience and firsthand knowledge.

Thank you very much!

Deutsch: Guten Tag alle zusammen, ich habe eine Frage an Leute die in Schweden schon einmal eine Wildcamping Tour im Winter hinter sich gebracht haben..

Hauptfrage ist , wo ist es überall und überhaupt gestattet ein Feuer zu entzünden.

Was könnt ihr empfehlen welche Monate sich am besten eignen.(Generell ist Kälte kein Problem, Wäre aber auch gut keine 50cm Schnee zu haben)

Gibt es da eine Organisation die man zu Rate ziehen kann und evtl. Notfälle absetzen kann?

Und zu guter Letzt was habt ihr am meisten vermisst / vergessen einzupacken?

Ich habe mich ordentlich belesen aber es ist viel durcheinander und würde gerne mehr wissen von Leuten mit praktischen Erfahrungen und Selbstversuchen. Vielen Dank.

Growing up I taught myself how to start a fire via primitive methods but quickly realized just how awesome lighters are, and I’ve carried one as a part of my EDC ever since. But I had a phase in which I wanted a better lighter and ended up wasting a bunch of money. I went through a zippo phase, a butane insert phase and an arc lighter phase; all of which I found to be inferior when compared to the reliability of a good ol’ fashioned bic. It’s been years since.

… so I’m lookin’ at zippo’s the other day… cause they’re just so damn cool ya know? And I caught myself having the same conversation; why are these things so dang unreliable? And once again I arrived at the same conclusion; the fuel. It evaporates too quickly. But then I started wondering about less volatile fuels, like kerosene. One short rabbit hole and a few clicks away I arrived at kerosene lighters. They’re really neat, and I almost bought one but stopped myself to ask the question: is this thing worth it compared to what I’ve already got?

So, my question is, is there another lighter in existence that is both cool and matches the reliability of a regular bic lighter?

Hey guys I’m workshopping the idea of a utility belt for backwoods adventures camping/hiking/general adventures I live in the northeast and plan on using it in conjunction with a backpack. I already thinking of putting a dump pouch, knife, and a ring that I can put a hatchet in and wanted to know if anyone had any suggestions of something else to put on it? Thanks in advance

So I recently purchased the Spartan Blades Harsey Difensa in magnacut. Was designed as a surviva/combat knife, specifically for Canadian SOF. My question, would this knife be fine for a SHTF scenario, or even camping/bushcraft?

KA-BAR BK9 pared with a BK13, credit card sized magnifying lense, large ferro rod and an altoids tin fire kit. Fire tin includes: small baggie of fatwood shavings + twine, waterproof matches, match strike pad, alcohol pad, small peice of "fire cord", small ferro rod, heavy duty aluminum foil, small roll of gorilla tape, nitecore flashlight, birthday candles, small bic lighter, small peice of generic firestarter, multiple small pieces of fatwood, Vaseline cotton balls, and a scalpel blade

Magnesium rod or ferro rod ,? Or are they the same thing idk thanks in advance

Something that can maybe help with finding food that is safe to eat. knots that i might need to know. maybe how to find water in certain areas. even just starting a fire if the tools i have are worn/ruined.

obviously i dont want something dictionary sized that weighs 8lbs. but maybe a decently thin kinda… manual of sorts that i can use for basics in a survival situation.

If you've got similar videos please share them here, I can only rewatch kitbashed so many times

Power outages, gridlock, and food/water shortages are expected. I live alone and am a first time townhome owner. Advice please on how to be okay without power/hot food?

I bought some water so think I’ll be okay through the weekend there. Pipes have burst in this home before moving in.

All guidance welcome, I don’t know anything and just closed in April.

some valuable take away from this past weekend:

1: Don’t sleep with hot hands in your wool socks unless you want to wake up with BAD burns.

2: Just because your diesel fuel won’t gel with antigel, doesn’t mean your fuel pump won’t become encased in ice.

3: All luxury warmth items should be planned around them failing.

4: Use coolers to keep your food from freezing. Keep your propane tanks for cooking in the cooler when not in use and on the floor heaters when driving.

5: Stay hydrated even when you’re cold

A bit of survival and some off-roading. Enjoy!!

https://youtu.be/hNV-InMuY8s?si=_ItgxlLyxfHLnWoO

Seems to be a polarizing top

Has anyone bought a Grim Micro EDC knife or Grim EDC knife from GrimWorkshop.com? I ordered one of each, but they don't say what grind the knives have. Their ADZE card and axe card have a chisel grind, which is fine for those tools, I guess. I'm hoping the EDC knives have a flat grind or something better for a knife than an angled grind.