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Voyager
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Initially Posted - 06/22/2008 :  23:37:10  Show Profile
Has anybody tried using a can of sterno for boiling water, making coffee or cooking some soup or veggies? Any luck frying sandwich steaks or making eggs in a frying pan?

I used it to heat hot water for instant coffee and tea, but tried cooking nothing else with it. Seemed to work ok for boiling water ......

I jury rigged a metal stand for the teapot with a small wire grate and some sheet metal sides. I'd imagine you could buy a purpose-built sterno stove of some sort.

Weblinks would be appreciated.
Bruce Ross
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Response Posted - 06/22/2008 :  23:53:10  Show Profile
I used Sterno years ago for backpacking - it will eventually boil water and even cook if you have the patience. If you want a small burner, look in an outdoors store, there are a variety of simple propane and butane backpacking stoves. Personally, I love my little Kenyon Express II. It is a proper single burner stove with a case and you can buy the butane cartridges at WM and other outlets for $5 each or oriental groceries for about $1.
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Response Posted - 06/23/2008 :  08:25:51  Show Profile
Yup, those portable butane stoves are a quick and easy fix for light cooking onboard.

Here's one for $22 + $6 shipping.

http://www.buy.com/prod/stansport-portable-butane-stove/q/loc/17250/203533213.html
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Voyager
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Response Posted - 06/26/2008 :  20:30:47  Show Profile
I actually have a Primus type Coleman dual fuel stove that works like a charm. I just wondered whether anybody else uses sterno, since its a no brainer.
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Response Posted - 06/27/2008 :  22:04:52  Show Profile
What about that solid gold Origo alcohol stove I got for you, Bruce??
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Voyager
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Response Posted - 06/28/2008 :  08:50:36  Show Profile
Dave -
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"> ... that solid gold Origo alcohol stove ... <hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">
I have no idea what you're talking about.

The stove top area was more or less permanently enclosed by a countertop board when I received <i>Passage</i>.

The area underneath is now usable as a storage space, but a stove is nowhere to be found (unless I completely missed it in an unknown storage area).

And now as I look at the website and see what you're talking about, I understand why you'd refer to it as 'solid gold'.

They really are built for the job.
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