We may be creating World peas, but if your not careful, you may lose some knuckle hair in the process! I certainly did this week when lighting my new alcohol stove. Those mini bic lighters get you close to the action!
I made a youtube video showing how the new stove system works.
Meal of the Week
The featured meal of the week is World Peas with Chicken TVP (textured vegetable protein) and veggies. This meal comes from “Recipies for Adventure” by Glenn Mcallister. I added medium salsa to the recipe, so it had a great bite to it. The recipe is really simple. You blend peas, salsa, spices, bouillon and water until creamy, then dehydrate until it is completely dry. See Glenn’s website for more information about making bark. Then you add whatever type of protein and some veggies and you are ready to go! It rehydrated very easily and tasted fantastic. Give it a try! I get all my TVP from Harmony House Foods.
In the Gear Corner
I have been playing around a lot this weekend with different alcohol stove set ups. The tea light stove is crazy simple, but in order to boil 3 cups of water, I would have to refill it in the middle of cooking. It also takes a long time to get that little stove to boil the water. I made a Super Cat stove from a fancy feast can in the past, but that was way too hot for my little compact system. I decided to try the slower cooking Simmer Cat design with only one row of holes and it worked perfect! It takes about 9 minutes to boil 3 cups of water. This gives the food a long slow cook time. The stove only weighs 0.25 oz. Twice that of the tea light stove, but still so light that you barely notice the thing. The whole stove system with pot support, reflector, stove, windscreen and cozy weighs in at only 3.3 oz! If I add my pot and ultralight lid I get up to 9oz. Not bad at all for 2 people cooking dinner. You still need to add fuel of course, but that will depend on how long you are out for. It burned really well for my meal this week and was super easy to use.
Tips and Tricks
For my tip and trick this week I am going to save some of the knuckle hair you love so dearly. When lighting an alcohol stove with a small lighter, you end up putting your hand right over the stove. To keep your hand at a distance, use your lighter to light an eight inch long stick that is 1/16 inch in diameter and use that to light your stove. We all know how attractive that knuckle hair is, so be careful!
Have a great week everyone and remember to keep cook’n!
Dustin
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