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Subject:Re: Speaking of buttered pumpernickel toast-camp stove toaster recommendations?
From:Jim Felder
Date:Mon, 2 Jan 2012 11:40:11 -0600

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...
>
> 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
> >
>