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So, backpacking season is coming up real fast here. When I take the kids, cooking is a different story. But, when I go by myself, pretty much all I use is water. No pots, no pans, and best of all, no dishes!
I get away with that by dehydrating my own food. Pasta, beans, meat, fruit, if we eat it at home, I dry it out.
I now make up my own recipes, but Freezer Bag Cooking really got me started on cooking with no pots.
I can almost just get away with a metal cup. But, I came across this cool kettle, and figured I would give it a try this year.
Freezer bag cooking aside, a cozy is almost essential for winter camping. So, if this idea doesn't work out too well this summer, it will definitely get used in the winter. But, many people heat water to boiling, put in their ingredients, put a cozy on their pot, shut down their stove (to save fuel) and let the heat do the cooking.
I have a higher purpose in mind. Coffee!!
I don't like carrying a coffee press while backpacking. I figured this cozy would help for keeping coffee hot, or if I decide to stray a bit from my bag cooking.
There is a lot of "clean up" I need to do on it.
I used two pieces of US issue wool blanket.
In the middle, I put an old space blanket.
You see the space blanket poking out in some of the pictures because I cut it oversize to make sewing easier, then figured I would cut it back. I only hurriedly cut it, so now I need to take some time on it.
Since the pot will be HOT, I didn't want it folding up. In order to put it in the cozy one handed, I made flaps.
So far, it works out well. I ran a little "test" the other night. While it was done at room temperature, at least it was ONE data point. I heated water to boiling, then stuck it in the cozy.
Now, a HOT drink is probably around 170F. A pretty good temp is probably more like 160F. After 40 minutes in the cozy, my water was still at 190F. I was tired and went to bed, and did not continue beyond that.
Now, I just need to try it in the field.
I get away with that by dehydrating my own food. Pasta, beans, meat, fruit, if we eat it at home, I dry it out.
I now make up my own recipes, but Freezer Bag Cooking really got me started on cooking with no pots.
I can almost just get away with a metal cup. But, I came across this cool kettle, and figured I would give it a try this year.
Freezer bag cooking aside, a cozy is almost essential for winter camping. So, if this idea doesn't work out too well this summer, it will definitely get used in the winter. But, many people heat water to boiling, put in their ingredients, put a cozy on their pot, shut down their stove (to save fuel) and let the heat do the cooking.
I have a higher purpose in mind. Coffee!!
I don't like carrying a coffee press while backpacking. I figured this cozy would help for keeping coffee hot, or if I decide to stray a bit from my bag cooking.There is a lot of "clean up" I need to do on it.
I used two pieces of US issue wool blanket.
In the middle, I put an old space blanket.
You see the space blanket poking out in some of the pictures because I cut it oversize to make sewing easier, then figured I would cut it back. I only hurriedly cut it, so now I need to take some time on it.
Since the pot will be HOT, I didn't want it folding up. In order to put it in the cozy one handed, I made flaps.
So far, it works out well. I ran a little "test" the other night. While it was done at room temperature, at least it was ONE data point. I heated water to boiling, then stuck it in the cozy.
Now, a HOT drink is probably around 170F. A pretty good temp is probably more like 160F. After 40 minutes in the cozy, my water was still at 190F. I was tired and went to bed, and did not continue beyond that.
Now, I just need to try it in the field.
