Nuts wrote:Anyhow... milk starting to steam, almost boiling, in went the 'custard' mix. The immediate frothing should have alerted me to the pending disaster but I decided more vigorous stirring would help. As everyone looked on my jaw dropped, the mixture (in a spectacular display like some yr 7 science experiment) gathered the energy to 'explode' from the pot. Milk and saline went everywhere, dousing the stove, sticking to everything (including my hand) and leaving me stirring the remnants in the bottom of the pot..
I wasn't allowed anywhere near the food for a while after that...
Phillipsart wrote:
I don't know what I was thinking at the time...
phan_TOM wrote:That one had me laughing out loud Philip !
I could imagine it very well as I've done something similar with metho. Just trying to picture the look on your face as the flames flew up to the container towards you is priceless (I love a bit of physical comedy)... I tried to pour metho into my trangia that looked like it had gone out (but hadn't ). The 1 litre container was about half full and went whoosh! and flew backwards out of my hand covering everything in metho and had me jumping around dancing slapping at my myself to put it out... Once the initial shock wore off I had a laugh but I was lucky that I didnt burn myself or my brand new tent or set the bush on fire, could have been mighty embarassing. Better than coffee as a morning heart starter anyday.
corvus wrote:My worst experience was boiling water in a Billy that( unbeknown to me) had Metho leaked into it , using said water for our nice warming cup of soup on a cold and wet Tasmanian night and discovering that Metho residue on an aluminium Billy releases a very distinctive awful flavour rendering food to even a hardened pallet of school and army food like mine totally inedible
corvus
John Sheridan wrote:Is Metho worse that Petrol Or diesel
Which one do you prefere
Cheers.
Overlandman wrote:On the overland track back in the 90's, I had been having 2 minuite noodles for a quick snack each day, you know, the ones with the seasoning sachets, then having fresh meat each night, steak days 1 & 2 , Bacon 3 & 4, Cabana day 5, anyway on day 6, I had my first dehydrated meal, (simallar to the back country meals) at Pine Valley. I put the sachet in towards the end of cooking, I noticed that the meal was dry & tasted weired. That night I didnt go to the loo, and needed to drink more water than usual. The next day I continued to drink more water & made my way to Narcissus hut. That evening I cooked another dehydrated meal, I went to put the seasoning sachet in & to my horror read on the sachet, DO NOT EAT, Silica Sachet.
Regards
Overlandman
John Sheridan wrote:Is Metho worse that Petrol Or diesel
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