First off... my older (much:o) brother
still thinks that coffee crystals
are still the cat's meow !!!  Sheeesh !!!   ;o)

Secondly,
I'm trying to remember that can toaster.
if it was holes poked in the bottom
or a pre-made steel weave of some kind.

I really wasn't getting past the little lady
that was showing it to me...
Even though she was a little on the mature side ;o)
She was travelling alone and wore the
most far out Tie Dye I'd seen in a long time !!!  ;o)

A Bunch of Characters out there I tells Ya !!!!  heh...heh...

>>>>like traveling to Logan, Utah to look for a Bentley in Tom's used
bookstore!
Oh Yeah, that reminds me...
I did meet an Ezra Taff Bentley in Logan once !!!
May have been in Tom's used book store?
Since I moved away from that little 3 lettered state,,,
My memory's a fadin' !!!  ;o)

JC...

On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 1:08 PM, Joy Hecht <jhecht@alum.mit.edu> wrote:

> Sounds convenient!
>
> But who buys coffee in cans any more?  For us coffee snobs, who buy fresh
> roasted beans and travel with coffee grinders (and in my case, because I
> couldn't find a decent manual grinder, who also had to buy an inverter so
> we could run the electric coffee grinder in the van), this would be kind of
> like traveling to Logan, Utah to look for a Bentley in Tom's used
> bookstore!
>
> Why punch holes in the bottom (now top) of the can, rather than simply
> removing the bottom so it becomes a cylinder?  Does it toast better with
> some small holes rather than one big hole?
>
>
> Joy
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 5:08 PM, James Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I'm on it.
> >
> > Jim
> >
> >
> >
> > On Jan 2, 2012, at 2:32 PM, Steven Johnson <sjohnso2000@GMAIL.COM>
> wrote:
> >
> > > Okay, I think it's just a matter of time before this is Wiki'd or put
> in
> > > the ETKA files....   With specs for
> > > the hole spacing in the coffee can...
> > >
> > > Steven
> > > 91 Westy
> > >
> > > On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 11:45 AM, chris and/or ruth <
> populuxe59@yahoo.com
> > >wrote:
> > >
> > >> I have been following this thread but didn't reply earlier because I
> had
> > >> no glossy pictures to post.
> > >> Now that the tin can idea is out there I will try and describe what I
> > have
> > >> without pics.
> > >>
> > >> You place a large coffee can over a stove burner--the bread sits on
> top
> > of
> > >> the can.
> > >> It is super simple and free. You only need to punch a bunch of holes
> in
> > >> the bottom  (which is now actually the top)--this is your toasting
> > surface.
> > >> I think the reason why it works so well is that the bread is kept far
> > from
> > >> the flame.  My family used a toaster like this at a primitive camp
> since
> > >> the 1940's but it was slightly different.  We had an old fashion 4
> slice
> > >> pyramid style toaster but the this can method always made the better
> > toast.
> > >> Alternatively;  you can completely cut off the bottom of the coffee
> can
> > >> and create a wire grid to hold the toast high above the flame.  Use
> > >> about 30 inches of some thick solid copper household wire. Punch some
> > holes
> > >> around the perimeter of top edge and thread the wire through to create
> > the
> > >> grid .
> > >>
> > >> Best part is that the can can be used to hold things while you travel
> so
> > >> it doesn't waste space. We keep clean-up stuff in it.
> > >>
> > >> Chris C
> > >> Wisconsin
> > >>
> > >>
> >
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > >> 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...
> > >>
> >
>