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STOVE
Cooking
by open fire is no longer advisable as the man-made fire can
endanger the forest. Nowadays, portable camp stoves are used
because of the convenience it offers. It is easy to operate
but one should exert an extra effort of going through the
manual first before operating the stove or any equipment and
take note of the precautions indicated.
There
is a wide array of stoves to choose from. But the basic types
are the refillable and cartridge stoves.
- Multi-fuel
stove
- This
stove is the most popular stove around the world. These
stove runs on liquid gas, most often white gas or lighter
fluid, paraffin, aviation fuel, unleaded, and kerosene.
This stove is more expensive than the cartridge stove
but the consumption and cost of fuel is minimal. This
comes in two types. Namely, multifuel with built-in
tank and multifuel with a detachable tank.
- Cartridge
stove
- This
stove use disposable gas cartridge containing butane
or propane. Although the stove itself is a lot cheaper
than the multifuel stove, the cost of fuel it consumes
and the thought of accumulating non-biodegradable gas
cartridges should be taken into consideration when making
a choice. You are also at the mercy of cartridge supplies
available at the stores. Ultimately, which will be cheaper?
COOKING
UTENSIL
The
basic cooking utensils for camping are few different sizes
of pots, or Billy can set. When cooking, both pot and stove
fire must be sheltered from the wind. This will conserve fuel.
You probably have lightweight small pots in your kitchen,
which you could use or improvise. For hikers lightweight cooking
utensils are preferred. Well you don’t have to bring
lot of utensils, you could convert a pot for frying pan, can
for mug and so on.
This
is the suggested Utensils.
Different
size of pot, frying pan, kettle, plate, mug, bowl, Billy can
set, fork, spoon, knife, and aluminum foil. Always look for
multi-purpose utensils to lessen the things you have to bring.
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