Sierra Cups

[Goatboy]

Santaman, in case you're wondering what a Clootie dumpling is, LINK and LINK

 

[Dave Budd]

A Canadian lady saw my copper and brass cups at a show recently and mentioned Sierra cups, I'd never heard of them until that point.



I coat the inside with tin so there is no problem of acid attack from your food/drink (the top picture was taken before tinning). I s'pose I could make more with metal handles and more like the sierra cups

 

[Goatboy]

Oh wire bail handles are light, but yours look soooo much better Mr Bud. I've lusted after them since you first posted them.

 

[g4ghb]

Never had one but always wanted one since reading one of my favourite childhood books - The Hardy Boys Survival Handbook -


I was obsessed with survival kits as a lad and idolised them - can't for the life of me think how I ended up here!?!?!

 

[oldtimer]

I bought sierra cups for the family when we travelled across the States in the 1970s. My wife and I still have them in our packs. Excellent piece of kit and an source of memories and one of my most valued belongings.

 

[santaman2000]

....too small for a decent brew, too small to cook in .......

Yeah generally too small to cook anything substantial (instant oatmeal and grits aside) But too small for a cuppa? The standard one is 12 ounces (same size as a canned Coke) and the larger one is 16 ounces.

 

[santaman2000]

So Santaman, Maddave & Mary, why did you get your cups? They were never mainstream.

They were here; particularly in the 1950s, '60s, and early '70s. They were almost Boy Scout "issue gear." LOL And as jimfbte said, the same with the Sierra Club.

 

[Goatboy]

Yeah generally too small to cook anything substantial (instant oatmeal and grits aside) But too small for a cuppa? The standard one is 12 ounces (same size as a canned Coke) and the larger one is 16 ounces.

Ah no wonder we used to get falling down drunk filling them up with spirits, makes a nice bushy Quaich though.

 

[Toddy]

Tbh, most of the ones I remember were brass, and they definitely weren't trophy things....we use quaichs for those, and quaichs are either pewter or silver and occasionally wood with a silver lip.
Maybe someone in the UK produced them ? Funny though, I always associate them with the brass paraffin cookers.

cheers,
M......who is so in the notion for a bit of clootie dumpling. Lot of eating for a house of adults these days though; kids worked their way through one in two days

 

[Goatboy]

Toddy, I'm craving some dumplin' too, my brother and I used to fight over the bummy ends. Spread wi butter and a cup of tea for a lunchtime treat.

 

[Toddy]

I loved that cheugh end bit of the skin, chewy and fruity Buttered and a cup of tea. Soul food
That's just put me in the notion to bake!


M

 

[Tony]

i've got a couple of sierra cups and like them a lot, used mostly for ginger beer and ice I'm sure i got them off you Dave about 5 years ago, so i'm not sure you've got any at home now I do like my leather tankard though, holds more and it's got personality....

 

[widu13]

Never heard of them until now! It was always the '44 pattern mug for me in the mob in the 80s that was sought after. The Survival Aids mug changed all of that and became so popular that a version of it become a demand item through the NSN system.

 

[John Fenna]

Yeah generally too small to cook anything substantial (instant oatmeal and grits aside) But too small for a cuppa? The standard one is 12 ounces (same size as a canned Coke) and the larger one is 16 ounces.

A coffee is not a coffee unless it is at least a pint!
My sierra was only about 8oz...

 

[santaman2000]

A coffee is not a coffee unless it is at least a pint!
My sierra was only about 8oz...

LOL. I know some peole who carry a mug of coffee as if it were a permanent attachment who'd agree with you.

That seems like a small Sierra cup though (8 ounces) I've never seen any advertized that were less than 12 ounces. I do see plenty of larger ones though (but they never seemed to be popular for whatever reason.

 

[dave53]

to hijack thread has anyone got one of these spare to sell

 

[santaman2000]

Not a spare. But ebay has them: www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=sierra+cup
As does The Find: www.thefind.com/sports/browse-sierra-cup

 

[Man of Tanith]

Amazon has them in Stock at moment....