---- Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> Any details? After seeing a demonstration of a backpacking alcohol stove
> made from two aluminum cans, I am a believer in such stuff.

I can vouch for homemade devices for cooking being excellent.  I made a backpacking oven from a coffee can and two backpacking tent stakes.  Simply drill the stakes through the can one inch from the bottom to make a rack.  Put the can on the stove grate, put whatever is to be baked in a small pan in the "oven" on the rack.  Put a cover (Since I actually carry small aluminum plates for backpacking, I use one of those) on the open top.  Remove the item when done and eat it.  With this, I can have corn bread, biscuits, even a cobbler.

mcneely

>
> 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...
> >
> > On Sat, Dec 31, 2011 at 9:58 AM, James Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > I recently started taking insulin, so toast is something I can think
> > about
> > > for the first time in a decade. Of course I want to figure out how to
> > make
> > > it in the Westy. My wife has made it with tongs over a flame (with many
> > > dropped and burned casualties) and on a griddle. I have been looking
> > online
> > > at several types of toasters that might fit the Westy grill.
> > >
> > > As it is with many things, the more a stovetop toaster costs, the lower
> > it
> > > is rated by people who have actually bought and used it. The cheapest and
> > > highest rated is this at campmor:
> > >
> > > http://www.campmor.com/outdoor/gear/Product___23102
> > >
> > > It folds flat, a big Westy plus, and it's cheap enough not to disappoint
> > > if it doesn't work.
> > >
> > > This is $4.00. The ones on the marine sites cost ten times that, don't
> > > fold and are rated poorly by users.
> > >
> > > Can anyone speak for the item linked above?
> > >
> > > A "toast" to camping in the new year,
> > >
> > > Jim
> > >
> >

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David McNeely