Yak-camping stove recommendations?

[missingdna]

i picked up a sportz trek cooker for the grand sum of 40bucks on special....last one they had in stock and they wanted it gone......biiig savings over a genuine trangia

[Shoota]

I've found their complete anodized version which is equivalent to Trangias $220 version only going for $70 on a website I have saved on my IPhone

I was lucky to pick up a Trangia 20 page brochure book which showed everything. What I found which was interesting was Trangia have an outdoor cooking comp with gourmet chefs/ ingredients to be used. They actually cook in extreme weather and the rules require the use of a Trangia so anybody can cook it. Fascinating to see some of the creations done by these experts on a Trangia with ordinary ingredients

Cheers

Shoota

[Shoota]

Hi Guys,

I'm planning on doing Leyand Brothers Lemonade Scones or a pineapple/ peach cake in my Trangia over the weekend.

I'm currently hunting down reciepes from the web so I can compile my own Trangia cook book. Don't see much Kayaking happening this weekend with rain etc. Might be a good time to tune my Motorbike, get my camper trailer ready and go sight my rifles in at the shooting range as I'm planning on going away hunting in the next month and half.

Cheers

Shoota

[Shoota]

Sat out on the back patio with my Trangia Mini trying more recipes today, went very fancy on pancakes and breads.

Kids scoffed them all down.

So far done grilled chicken strips and veg ( not packet stuff but the real thing)

Pancakes and breads

Tomorrow I'm going to try a meat cube stew like an "'Irish Stew" in my Trangia Mini.

I am determine to cook as good off that little cooker as I do at home in the kitchen. More practice with new reciepes every weekend.

I want to get pretty good out bush etc or yak camping with the Trangia Mini, so experimentation and self learning is the only way to do it.

Cheers

Shoota

[Shoota]

Cooked a big damper last night with sultana's in my Trangia Mini


The damper turned out great but did burn the shit out of my pot, so I'm cleaning it up/ soaking it hopin the stuff comes off OK.

Cheers

Shoota

[StevenM]

So where are all the pic's

Mate did a whole suckling pig in mine but camera batteries were flat, sorry bout that.

[Shoota]

No "suckling pig" mine yet champ,

Probably just turn into "pig sucked"

Still cleaning my Aluminium pot out, did a good number on it " scorched earth policy"

I added 1.5 cm of water in the pot, put in a dough mix of SR flour, sultanas, sugar, bit of mix and some water before placing in pot with 1.5 cm of water. Let it cook while watching tv and used the fryin pan as a lid to keep the steam in.

About 3/4 of it came out with the help of a plastic knife while the other 1/4 stuck to the pan and a bit black.

My pancakes were much more successful as it was nothin more than the small non stick pan and a plastic container of shake and bake pancakes which all you need to do is fill with water , shake and then just pour into the pan.

Still have a bit of trial error to do to fine tune my skills

Shoota

[Shoota]

So where are all the pic's

Mate did a whole suckling pig in mine but camera batteries were flat, sorry bout that.

As a matter of fact I do have pics of the chicken and veg I cooked, but don't have my computer up and running, I can email you the pics if your that keen, just PM me the details. The whole time I've been a member of this forum I've posted 100% of topics using web based I Phone access, I don't think I can pics using web ( I phone application), but am
More than happy to email you my pictures if your that keen and you send me your email address.

So yes I do have proof and can send them if you like.

Shoota

[eric]

One time I boiled some water in a Trangia.

I was then able to use that water to make a coffee using instant coffee powder - I choose Nescafe's Gold for the perfect blend of simplicity and taste.

Another time I fried up some pork bangers.

But usually I just heat crap up and then eat it in the laziest manner possible, an approach I take to all camping because If I wanted a gourmet dinner and a nice comfy bed, I would not be on a beach on a island looking at Bass Strait wondering how much wind and rain is coming in and whether TFM will murder me in my sleep if I sing Milkshake one more time. The Trangia is my choice of tool because it ticks the boxes and I don't get fussy how my food is cooked or even what it is.

Light. Small. Reliable. Easy to clean. Can heat water for a cuppa and cook porridge. No maintiance requirements - ever.

[mingle]

Just name the day/time and I too will join you for a game of murder in the dark...

Or failing that, just staring out into Bass Strait!

Mike.

...If I wanted a gourmet dinner and a nice comfy bed, I would not be on a beach on a island looking at Bass Strait wondering how much wind and rain is coming in and whether TFM will murder me in my sleep if I sing Milkshake one more time...

[StevenM]

Would love to see a run down shoota.

When you use the simmer ring etc.

Pam ( seaaquirt ) did something like that and was great to see what can be done. Think that may be on the other forum.

[missingdna]

Ive just been doing the heating up of food with my sportz trek, no real cooking as yet. I'd like to see some photos/run downs on peoples cooking sucesses (and failures) with spirit stove cooksets. Maybe the mods could make a sticky for it.

frankie

[TheFishinMusician]

Sat out on the back patio with my Trangia Mini trying more recipes today, went very fancy on pancakes and breads.

Kids scoffed them all down.

So far done grilled chicken strips and veg ( not packet stuff but the real thing)

Pancakes and breads

Tomorrow I'm going to try a meat cube stew like an "'Irish Stew" in my Trangia Mini.

I am determine to cook as good off that little cooker as I do at home in the kitchen. More practice with new reciepes every weekend.

I want to get pretty good out bush etc or yak camping with the Trangia Mini, so experimentation and self learning is the only way to do it.

Cheers

Shoota

Nice work there shoota, good on ya for moving on from the usual camping staples of rice & pasta.
Theres a bloke on YouTube doing a pizza calzone from scratch on his!

Keep it up.

[Shoota]

My burnt out pot did clean up.

So far I've found the little frying pan great/ easy for cooking meat or veg cut pretty good if cut into strips. Pots great for boiling and what Ive found with beads, cakes etc is pikelets and pancakes seem to be easiest bread style product. If you get the latest Trangia Product catalogue ( BCF or any Camping Store), you will see a page showing what Trangia runs as " Outdoor Chef of the year"' they have expert chefs do gourmet cooking outdoors in the snow on a Trangia. I did some google searching on what kind of fancy food people are capable of doing on a Trangia and have seen some pretty impressive and complex reciepes which has lead me and probably alot of people presume you couldn't do as much with a Trangia and seriously under estimating what the little cooker is capable of doing in expert hands.

It's been fun experimenting with this little cooker, and the practice will only mean bein better prepared for gourmet camping meals with a little bit of practice / effort.
Cheers

Shoota

[StevenM]

Hey shoota

went up to Spicers Gap with the young bloke today.

Felt like a cuppa. So out came the Kelly Kettle S/S Trekker. Was already full of water,gathered some leaves and twigs, lit the sucker then poured two satchels of hot chocolate in the mugs.

About two minutes later water was boiled.

Into the cups and stir. Then it was time for something to eat with it. So cracked open the Oreo's.

Job Done.

http://www.kellykettle.com/