Honey on Tour (Could become pic Heavy...)
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Cheers chap ~ wouldn't have been able to take that pic* without your help ~ or, for that matter, Martin's.
* Similar, yes. Exact, no
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* Similar, yes. Exact, no
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Time to give the thread a little nudge
Baking a pie at the May RC Meet ~ _bloomin_ loverly!
Decorum, when you say pie, do you mean like a cottage pie or steak and ale with a pastry top?! Either way, some one should award you with bushcraft points!
YES, as in one of those Fray Bentos type pie in a tin jobs --- damned show off !
It's not a new idea and I can't claim credit for it ~ but thanks for the kind words anyway.
It was a bit of a play to see whether it was possible
. One and a half (ish) fills of an old but 'legit' civvy trangia burner was more than enough to bake the pie, heat the veg (tinned on this occasion ~ fresh would take longer) boil water for a decent sized brew and for washing up .
I'd say that it could have been done on one filling ~ lots of time, heat and fuel were lost due to fettling and adjusting.
The one thing I definately need to look at improving is the method of raising the item being baked. This pie was sitting on three similar sized stones and, due to the amount of extra space, the pie tin slid when I moved the mess tin and I gained extra losses on the heat, time and fuel use opening the mess tin to reposition the pie tin . I think a small rack would be a better option ~ and it would also allow the possibility of baking multiple items .
Cooking time for the pie will be comparable with what it would be at home
It was a bit of a play to see whether it was possible
. One and a half (ish) fills of an old but 'legit' civvy trangia burner was more than enough to bake the pie, heat the veg (tinned on this occasion ~ fresh would take longer) boil water for a decent sized brew and for washing up . I'd say that it could have been done on one filling ~ lots of time, heat and fuel were lost due to fettling and adjusting.
The one thing I definately need to look at improving is the method of raising the item being baked. This pie was sitting on three similar sized stones and, due to the amount of extra space, the pie tin slid when I moved the mess tin
and I gained extra losses on the heat, time and fuel use opening the mess tin to reposition the pie tin . I think a small rack would be a better option ~ and it would also allow the possibility of baking multiple items .Cooking time for the pie will be comparable with what it would be at home
I like the thought of roasting the veggies underneath - bit like one of those cob ovens i you've ever seen one.
Everything needs to be lifted away from the base ~ anything remotely organic which comes in contact with the base during baking will quickly be carbonised :yikes::yikes::yikes: .
Decorum
What is the container on top of the HS? Is it army surplus? It looks very useful.
Alan
It's home grown surplus
~ a search on 'PAN SET FOR No2 & No12 STOVES' should get you a good few results. Prices can vary though [h=1][/h]It's a very useful bit of cook kit~ and, if nothing else, it serves as hard storage against night-time gnawers
It's not a new idea and I can't claim credit for it ~ but thanks for the kind words anyway.
It was a bit of a play to see whether it was possible
I'd say that it could have been done on one filling ~ lots of time, heat and fuel were lost due to fettling and adjusting.
The one thing I definately need to look at improving is the method of raising the item being baked. This pie was sitting on three similar sized stones and, due to the amount of extra space, the pie tin slid when I moved the mess tin
Cooking time for the pie will be comparable with what it would be at home
Hi I no this is an old thread but have you thought about taking the top and bottom off of a small tuna fish can and sitting the pie on top of that?
Or have I got the wrong end of the stick completely when you wrote about finding a way of raising the pie?lol
Cheers
Steve
I came up with a method to create a raised rack a while back ~ but kept forgetting to sort some pics for the thread
.Now rectified
...The rack in place ~ with a lonely oxo cube to try to show the height of the rack when in place. The rack allows for the choice of cooking either one or multiple items
. The corners are bent to form legs.
An added benefit of the rack is that, with the application of a silicon baking sheet, I can also bake soft items (cookies, damper etc) should I so wish
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When not in use the rack and sheet 'live' on top of everything else ~ again the curved corners allow an easy fit to the lid. Due to the flatness they take up very little space (always a good thing
) .
Mileage may vary, but it works for me
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Just joined the honey stove owners club, ( arrived ten minutes ago ), hope to contribute to the thread soon.
