Hi Folks,
Relatively newbie here. When it comes to cooking outdoors on one of my walks I tend to use my Tatonka cookset on my Coleman's F1 gas 'stove' and it works really well (except that I still manage to get food sticking to the pan when I fry something, but I'm working on that
Last month I went 'regular camping' with my dearly beloved and the Tatonka kit was supplemented with a non-stick frying pan I bought especially for the occasion from a company called 'Robert Dyas' and christened it the Camping Pan. It is large enough to cook for two people and at £6 (I think) great value for money. We were car camping so size/weight etc. wasn't a problem but we also intended to go walking alternate days and to take along some food and the means of cooking/heating it up. Generally we had ham or cheese baguettes and heated some soup on the stove or made an omelette, fried some bacon or sausages, etc. So we took the stove and the frying pan along in my 25litre day bag. The problem was, the shape of the pan, with it's handle especially as it is tilted slightly upwards at an angle, made it difficult to pack efficiently in the small-ish bag.
When we got home I decided to make a modification. The handle was held to the pan with two stout aluminium rivets and I cut these out. (I don't have a man cave and therefore don't have many tools, so this was done with a hacksaw blade held in a folded tea-towel....). The handle came off relatively easily. I had bought some M6x12mm bolts especially for the job so I used these bolts to replace the rivets.
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The advantage of doing this is, when I need to pack the pan in a rucksack, I can undo the handle and fix it inside the pan using the same bolts. It seems to work well.
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When I need the pan it is quick and simple to reposition the handle where it should be!
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One of the other things I like about this pan is, the handle is stainless steel and hollow. So, if I wanted to, I could lengthen it by jamming a piece of wood into the end of the handle to extend the handle if I wanted to hold it over an open fire.
What you think ?
Relatively newbie here. When it comes to cooking outdoors on one of my walks I tend to use my Tatonka cookset on my Coleman's F1 gas 'stove' and it works really well (except that I still manage to get food sticking to the pan when I fry something, but I'm working on that
Last month I went 'regular camping' with my dearly beloved and the Tatonka kit was supplemented with a non-stick frying pan I bought especially for the occasion from a company called 'Robert Dyas' and christened it the Camping Pan. It is large enough to cook for two people and at £6 (I think) great value for money. We were car camping so size/weight etc. wasn't a problem but we also intended to go walking alternate days and to take along some food and the means of cooking/heating it up. Generally we had ham or cheese baguettes and heated some soup on the stove or made an omelette, fried some bacon or sausages, etc. So we took the stove and the frying pan along in my 25litre day bag. The problem was, the shape of the pan, with it's handle especially as it is tilted slightly upwards at an angle, made it difficult to pack efficiently in the small-ish bag.
When we got home I decided to make a modification. The handle was held to the pan with two stout aluminium rivets and I cut these out. (I don't have a man cave and therefore don't have many tools, so this was done with a hacksaw blade held in a folded tea-towel....). The handle came off relatively easily. I had bought some M6x12mm bolts especially for the job so I used these bolts to replace the rivets.
The advantage of doing this is, when I need to pack the pan in a rucksack, I can undo the handle and fix it inside the pan using the same bolts. It seems to work well.
When I need the pan it is quick and simple to reposition the handle where it should be!
One of the other things I like about this pan is, the handle is stainless steel and hollow. So, if I wanted to, I could lengthen it by jamming a piece of wood into the end of the handle to extend the handle if I wanted to hold it over an open fire.
What you think
?
