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Originally Posted by Reloder28
The bag sounds simple. But, I would not eat anything from hot plastic!


Some of the nerds on one of the backpacking sites did an in depth write up on it. They looked at all the materials and evaluated the safety of cooking in bags. Their conclusion was the name brand Ziploc Freezer Bags were safe. Other brands had a slightly different composition and weren't safe. It was convincing enough for me. I repackage my MH meals into quart bags to get the right portion size and to save weight and space.

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Google freezer bag cooking. Book "Freezer Bag Cooking" by Sarah Svien has great recipes. Save the cost of freeze dried meals. Everything you need is in the grocery store if you are are not concerned about long term storage.

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Originally Posted by bobmn
Google freezer bag cooking. Book "Freezer Bag Cooking" by Sarah Svien has great recipes. Save the cost of freeze dried meals. Everything you need is in the grocery store if you are are not concerned about long term storage.

This book is currently available on Amazon for $990.51. FREEZER BAG COOKING

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problem of cooking in tents is not asphyxiation but residual food odors that can attract furry visitors. I adhere to the triangle of cooking and eating area, latrine area and sleeping area. Store food 150 yards from tent with two locations for backup.

Soto ODR-1 for me with ti cup for most hunting and I have most stoves.

I have moved to a jetboil Minimoto for last 4 years because you can simmer. This allows you to cook game meat. Its worth it.

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I love the cheap china made little stoves in the orange plastic case that hook to canisters. Can be found on ebay for less than $20 bucks to the house.

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Originally Posted by jeeper

I love the cheap china made little stoves in the orange plastic case that hook to canisters. Can be found on ebay for less than $20 bucks to the house.



Agree. While having an MSR, SnowPeak and Optimus 8R, gotta say my little China canister stove is excellent for $13.88 shipped!


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I love the cheap china made little stoves in the orange plastic case that hook to canisters. Can be found on ebay for less than $20 bucks to the house.



Agree. While having an MSR, SnowPeak and Optimus 8R, gotta say my little China canister stove is excellent for $13.88 shipped!


X2-normally use a snow peak giga but bought the cheap Chinese one off eBay for $5 (with piezo ignition) and it's been flawless.


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I have the Optimus Crux, been very impressed with it so far.

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Rock Chuck: Amazon Prime has it for $14. Where in the world did you find that posting? Your Google must be different than mine.

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I searched on google for "freezer bag cooking svien" and one of the hits was this amazon link. If I enter the same search directly on Amazon, I get several hits. I do get the $14 one but I also get the $990 one. I sent Amazon an incorrect info notice. Usually when I do that, they'll respond but they haven't this time.


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I will sell you my copy at half price - $450. I will pay shipping.

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I have a msr pocket rocket. It works well. I had one of the ones that go on the top of propane and used a jetboil of a buddies. The msr is my favorite so far.

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msr pocket rocket flat out works... also jetboil gets it done.

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MSR Windburner here. About a 1 pound plus fuel. It's compact and real stingy with the fuel because it heats water very fast.

I was in camp a couple of years with some guys that were using a pocket rocket style stove and the time difference between it boiling water and the Windburner boiling water made a lasting impression.


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Like the 4-Dog stoves... their 3 versions of Titanium Bushcookers are about all one needs, $105, $75, and one at $35. Light weight, can use just about any type of fuel.


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Originally Posted by bobmn
Google freezer bag cooking. Book "Freezer Bag Cooking" by Sarah Svien has great recipes. Save the cost of freeze dried meals. Everything you need is in the grocery store if you are are not concerned about long term storage.


Don't have the book but I don't get real fancy with cooking. The majority of my hiking is on the App trail and I resupply from grocery stores in trail towns. Instant potatoes and "Knorr pasta sides" combined with Tuna in flexi pouches are pretty much the gold standard for availability. Red chili powder and Mrs. Dash to make things edible. It's not good, not even up to MRE standards, way below Mountain House etc. The noodles are always going to be undercooked and chewy and there's only so many flavors. I repackage the Knorrs into the freezer bags before leaving town. Some people make their own freeze dried meals and mail them ahead for pickup at post offices. It helps to put the freezer bag meal in some sort of insulator while it's preparing, pretty much a hot/cold bag you'd get from a grocery store, a beer coozie, or your sleeping pad if you use a foam pad. Perks of this setup are you don't have to eat where you cook (or sleep) and your stationary cooking time only consists of the time it takes to boil water.



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Me, I use a small little canister wood burner. Has a fan in the bottom with one C battery. Cooked a meal for 4 once, one fry pan, tatters, peas, ham. Used about 12-15 pine cones. With the pan on top there's a small opening to put sticks, cones, whatever burns, with the fan on high it's like a mini forge, on low nice steady heat, can't remember the make??? Made a stainless one at work one or two shifts. Its a bit heavier but is more stable. Other wise use the same one Rock Chuk put up, mines older & the Cary tin it fits in is a pot, & the top is a smaller pot !!! 🐾👣🐾👣🐾👣

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I’ve had a snow peak gigapower for about twenty years and it gets used the most. Even thaws frozen triggers...[Linked Image]


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I have been on backpack Elk hunts with a Coleman Peak 1 that I bough at Wal Mart for under $25 and it performed as well as my friends backpacking stove from MRS costing much more. It truly is a lot of bang for the buck.

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Originally Posted by jeeper

I love the cheap china made little stoves in the orange plastic case that hook to canisters. Can be found on ebay for less than $20 bucks to the house.


Sounds like the BRS my wife bought. Pretty much a miniturized Pocket Rocket... I was skeptical but the TINY little sucker works great.

If it's cold I still use the MSR Whisperlite Intl I've had since the late 80's. Just replaced a few O-rings on it... canister stoves can be challenged by cold. I just sleep with the canister in my bag which is fine in normal conditions, but doesn't help on a really cold elk huntin day.

My wife has been coming up with home made backpacking meals that she then wraps in waxed paper bags. I was skeptical at first but it works great and your trash is then burnable. Pretty slick. We rehydrate either in our Minimalist cups or in the above mentioned ziploc bags. Cuts way down on the trash compared to say Mountain House or the like.


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