I have just bought a 1l tatonka kettle/billy and can't decide what to carry in it whilst it's packed in my rucksack. Just wondering what you guys fill yours with.
What do you keep in your billy?
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Good Question! Its very handy for keeping a bow saw blade in if you coil it up, stops it from tearing up your kit. Otherwise basically anything you want.
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paddy
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paddy
I tend to keep a pot grip, seasonings, a small bottle of detergent, half a scouring pad and a cloth.
Might look into one of those collapsible water bowls to go in too.
Might look into one of those collapsible water bowls to go in too.
Assuming nobody on the forum responded to your query, what would you keep in yours?
In my usual hiking pot I have my Bushbuddy, a meths stove and a ferro rod, I stuff my mug with coffee sachets.
For canoe trips my bigger billy usually contains ground coffee and sugar in leather pouch, length of chain with a hook on one end and a Millbank bag.
For canoe trips my bigger billy usually contains ground coffee and sugar in leather pouch, length of chain with a hook on one end and a Millbank bag.
Pot grab, torch, brew kit, snacks all fit into my biscuit tin billy.
Pot grab and brew kit only if I only take the coffee tin billy....
Pot grab and brew kit only if I only take the coffee tin billy....
So far before the thread started I had three small hospital sample bottles (sterile ones) with olive oil, chili flakes and detergent and a sponge scourer.
Sounds good to me... most people I think will store like with like... cooking stuff together with brew kit etc.
If you drink tea and coffee, those are good candidates for stashing in there. I tend to go on regular raids to petrol stations that have sugar sachets as well as salt, pepper, ketchup etc and keep it all in clear ziplock bags in my cooking set.
I have a Mors pot and into this goes all my small cooking items, spoon, fork, chopsticks, gas canister, stove, washing up liquid, scourer, oil, lightmyfire grandpa's fire fork thing, lighter, tissues and anything else that will fit. my goal is to have no air in there because wasted space is pet hate of mine. weird eh.
If you drink tea and coffee, those are good candidates for stashing in there. I tend to go on regular raids to petrol stations that have sugar sachets as well as salt, pepper, ketchup etc and keep it all in clear ziplock bags in my cooking set.
I have a Mors pot and into this goes all my small cooking items, spoon, fork, chopsticks, gas canister, stove, washing up liquid, scourer, oil, lightmyfire grandpa's fire fork thing, lighter, tissues and anything else that will fit. my goal is to have no air in there because wasted space is pet hate of mine. weird eh.
Not weird at all makes perfect sense. I have the same feeling that's why I was looking for inspiration.
Thought you might like my recipe for 3in1 coffee. I used to use the sachets all the time but its a bit fiddly and and they were never quite strong enough. 10tsps of each milk powder, instant coffee and sugar (I like strong coffee with 2 sugars and fair whack of milk) dry mix it all and stick it in one of those little Nescafe Azeera tubs. Works a treat and cheaper than the sachets.
What a brilliant idea, thanks for that I will most definitely be doing that tomorrow.
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I do similar to you but add some coffee whitener too. The same with hot chocolate; Cocoa powder, bit of ground cinnamon, coffee whitener and milk powder plus sugar makes a good hot chocolate.
I did have a tub with coffee, whitener and sugar in it but had two issues.
1. Each powder has a different size and so separated in the tub, you see layers of coffee, milk powder and sugar and then it's a PITA to get a perfect cuppa.
2. sometimes I fancy coffee, sometimes I fancy tea and sometimes I want sugar for bread making.
After all that, I just went back to having it all on its own. But it's still a good thing to do and if it works for you, you're on a winner.
1. Each powder has a different size and so separated in the tub, you see layers of coffee, milk powder and sugar and then it's a PITA to get a perfect cuppa.
2. sometimes I fancy coffee, sometimes I fancy tea and sometimes I want sugar for bread making.
After all that, I just went back to having it all on its own. But it's still a good thing to do and if it works for you, you're on a winner.
Yeah it does tend to settle a bit, but if there's a bit of a gap in the tub you can just give it a little shake before use.
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