SILVER WOLVES TAKE IT UP A NOTCH

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

more videos on the way thank you for watching

[@jasonvant7714]

There’s a trick when you heat up a canned food, dent the side of the can. Then put the can in the water to be boiled and when the dent comes out it means the food is good and hot temperature wise.

[@jasonvant7714]

@@lydiajohnston4954 just remember that when you open the can it may still have some pressure so it might come out of the can and heating the can in water will disperse the heat around the can. And this it is also a security measure that you wont smell the food warming up like in an open pot,however if you are worried about that happening a cold camp might be more in order.

[@dalemeyer8207]

Can goods are lined with plastic that melts when ya cook in the can.... I rarely do that anymore But ect Be Well

[@billg7101]

Long Live the Republic 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 God Bless America 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@awatt]

Theres a lot you can do with such a simple setup. This is the sort of thing i carry if im on a day or weekend hike. I like that you use store bought items and not the sort of thing found in camping shops. I like adding water to thin egg noodles aling with some bullion and scallions. Leave for ten minutes to cool and the noodle have rehydrated. So much better to my palate than instant noodles. There are simple recipes that work well. One of my favourites is to lightly heat chorizo then add half a tube of tomato puree, a good spoonfull of paprika and a tin of potatoes along with its water. After about twenty minutes of simmering you have a hot stew packed full of flavour.

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

i agree i like to cook what i like instead of eat a prepack meal ..they have there place to be sure tho

[@kvonzwild8979]

Blackie, you deserve a million subscribers or more. There are very few who know as many hacks, tips, hints as you. Thanks for sharing.

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

Wow, thanks!

[@Rowan-qd9ec]

Smart thinking. Thanks Blackie!

[@geanhitchcock1170]

blackie we need a book of wisdom to pass onto the younger generation. i feel the silver wolves have a lot of teaching left in them and this needs to imparted on those willing to learn. thank you.

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

glad to do it

[@michaelmichael8406]

WRT instant coffee, unless you prefer instant, you might like Foldger's Coffee Singles. It's coffee in a big tea bag. You steep it while finishing cooking, and it tastes like real coffee, because it is.

[@baronedipiemonte3990]

You discovered my "secret"... Folger's singles.

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

yep those are good

[@DamianBloodstone]

I love my little Trangia stove. I even bought another with a cook set for it, minus the kettle. I mainly got it for power outage indoor cooking since propane isn't allow or to be used indoors in most cases. I also got one of those Evernew DX titanium stoves with the burner for it. (The trangia simmer ring/snuffer works for it too.) This way I have a fuel base stove and I can still use it as a twig stove in a pinch. That stove will fit in a 750ml cup. I carry a terracotta plant saucer with it so as to not start ground fires. Just a tip I learned online from others is to put carbon welding felt into the center of the trangia or other stoves like it and then a piece of stainless steel mesh over it. It helps prevent spills somewhat and makes the fuel last a little longer. Take Care and Stay Safe, y'all.

[@thomasmusso1147]

👍 .. that works very well. I filled my Trangia Burner loosely with Ceramic / Glass Wool, topped with a tight-fitting roll of Carbon Felt. This removes the need for the SS Mesh on top. In addition to the Spillage issue, other advantages include quicker lighting and getting the pot onto the burner with the flame being snuffed, in minus temperatures and a more controlled burn, especially with the simmer ring. Carbon Felt / Ceramic / Glass Wool inserts are now a given in the majority of my Alcohol Burners .. very importantly to reduce the spillage hazard. The Swiss have absolutely no sense of humour with those who burn down their forests .. eye-watering fines being the order of the day.

[@DamianBloodstone]

@@thomasmusso1147 What type of Ceramic / Glass Wool did you use? What was its temperature rating?

[@gijr2003]

What about the folks in the country that use propane tanks for heating / cooking? Some folk are scared to use sterno / alcohol indoors to cook. They are making stoves that use canned fuel to heat (with fan blade) and cook indoors for power outage.

[@hiramhaji7813]

Great information

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

Glad you liked it

[@MichaelR58]

Good video Blackie, thanks for sharing, God bless

[@trynsurviven2440]

There are so many options that in my opinion it’s hard to mess up. The food options available are so much better these days than back when we were camping in the 70’s. Pulled pork and rice sounds good to me.

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

your correct today a walk down a grocery store isle will produce tone of foods that can be broken down in to smaller portions and cooked in camp

[@jamesellsworth9673]

Thank you for making a fine tutorial on light cooking gear.

[@crazysquirrel9425]

Carry your lunch to school - either brown bagging it or you got out the Scooby-Do METAL lunchbox... Parents had PLENTY of stories like that. And grandpa loved to embellish the snow level when walking 10 miles to school too lol I bought a Trangia and a Redcamp. Reason for the Redcamp is it came with that exact type stand whereas Trangia is too cheap to include one. If you want to see an alcohol flame in the sunlight, put a pinch of salt in the alcohol. It will turn the flame orange so you can see it. Put rice, beans, similar in a Thermos soup container. Add hot water. Replace lid. It will cook without adding heat after a while.

[@forestgnome55]

Hey Blackie! "Let's say I've got a pasta dish I want to carry with me..." Every time I get to that part I hear "possum dish". Yeah I know, but you know me, I just can't help it! ;) Good stuff my brother, keep up the good work!

[@smoothvern165]

Great cooking setup, and that pulled pork with rice is so tasty and filling👍

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

So good

[@jeffrichards5106]

Great tips, Blackie. Thanks! 👍

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

No problem 👍

[@PlayaSinNombre]

When I was younger, my mom used pot liquor to make gravy, or cheese sauce instead of water. It was also used to make rice.

[@benterwellen]

Blackie, Totally enjoyed this video…ty

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

Awesome, thank you!

[@themetalninja8102]

First comment ;) seriously though wider base is always best for heating up food/drink due to the space available to apply heat to. Great explanation Blackie

[@awatt]

Third comment but you still get a 🥉

[@mikebohling2280]

This was a great video. I was just thinking about some of this lol !

[@pascalmarti4403]

I love my solostove nestelnd in the 900 pot. Light compact and you find fuel everywhere.

[@johnthomasjr262]

👍good video👍

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@arthurlambart7115]

Great advice.

[@observationpostcharlie1365]

Great video bleack as a kid we all used our dad old us army mess kits for camping I still have my dad's 1942 and I have the 1 I got when in the army thanks so much

[@jenniferbauman4802]

Good video. God bless. From Glenn CATT. In Massachusetts.

[@randyjohnson4614]

Thank you for the knowledge

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

So nice of you

[@timlacy2284]

Blackie, Great Video and Outstanding Information, Greatly Appreciated Tips and Tricks on Silver Wolves Series. Also it been a while since I had heard the term "Pot Liquor " that was a term I heard my both grandparents houses. I Appreciated Your Time and Knowledge and Wisdom and Experience and Passing on the Craft and Your Hard Work. Thanks Again. Tim L.

[@hagman1077]

Hello Blackie- Im glad you do videos like this to show people who may be new to the craft, some options they can have. I know from experience that everyone has their own ways, methods, ect.... I carry a small Esbit folding stove that can store 4 feul tabs inside of it when collapsed for carrying. It hardly takes up any space and weighs close to nothing. I was taught the acronym KISS many years ago and try to apply it to bushcrafting. Good video as always and you be safe out there in that heat down there- Carry On-

[@zippitydoodah5693]

classic

[@outbackowl4026]

Hi Blackie , greeting From Australia, thank you for your time to make these video’s. I use a trangia 25-2 complete with a kettle, trying to change from Aluminium, still a greet kit but have to keep an eye things .

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

thanks for watching my channel safe journeys to you

[@martinhafner2201]

Spam also comes in 2-3 ounce foil pouches. If you want beef, the tins of corned beef work really well. You can also get a canister of bone broth powder and just pack a little in a zip lock pouch or small pill bottle. Eating some pecans or peanuts is simpler than cooking noodles or rice. And of course, beef jerkey or smoked sausages. If you have a german deli around, they probably make jaeger (hunter) sausage, which doesn't need refrigeration. I've been doing keto/carnivore for a while, so a lot of my camping ingredients are focused on good saturated fats and voiding bad seed oils, overly processed food or any carbs like noodles, rice, potatoes or bread. I've also been using the Trangia mini and various clones for about 10 years and they work great. Methanol fuel is cheaper and better at your car racing supply store. A foil wind screen around the stove and pot makes it cook a lot better. Esbit and Zen make excellent light, cheap, stainless steel triangular pot/stove stands for the Trangia mini that pack flat.

[@maxlutz3674]

Good tips. There also is the famous "landjaeger" - basically a portion sized salami. It has a long shelf life without needing refrigeration. Unlike the venerable Erbswurst it is still around and probably will be for some time. I switched from Esbit to the BCB fire dragon. The stove can burn more fuels and still is a compact package when carrying the fuel tablets inside the stove.

[@grahammctygue724]

Here in Eastern US bringing in uryganian beef in foil pouches low salt at three oz or so wild harvest brand just rite tare in eat heats up well with rice be safe

[@jelkel25]

It's a traditional thing to have a hot beef or chicken flavoured drink in the winter in the UK. Football (soccer) fans used to drink it at half time to keep out the cold on the terraces. There's a specific brand, Bovril. I seem to remember seeing jars of Bovril at the supply cabin used by Scott at the beginning of his Antarctic expedition (didn't go so well!). The other good thing is it doesn't go off indefinitely, those jars in the cabin were over 100 years old and still could have been used today (though I saw no one volunteering to try it!)

[@thornwarbler]

Dont forget the pies at the match. A stray dog would turn their nose up at them🤢😁

[@jeffconley6366]

If I have the room I like to carry two Trangia burners. I then use one to fix my food in and the other for my hot drink.

[@Bucky1836]

" 2 is one...."

[@billg7101]

🇺🇸👍🇺🇸👍🇺🇸👍

[@Covertdaily]

Hey blackie I have a question. I feel like more and more people are getting those old surplus mountains sleeping bags myself included my question is do you think you could make a video on the best way to wash them without damaging them. Thanks and I appreciate all the videos!

[@ahabstar]

I like my MSR alpine pot. Holds everything, locks tight and I am not a tripod cooker. I’ve even froze a chicken breast, packed noodles, bullion cubes, celery and carrots inside it and made chicken noodle soup that night. Bannock on a stick and you have a feast there. In a long term situation, you’ll eat plenty of odd soups, stews and breads from foraging.

[@billg7101]

🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@TheTnstick]

I Like my penny stove

[@Bucky1836]

I stepped on my first one 😂😭

[@toddgibson9861]

The good thing is that the same cook gear for the trangia stove will also work fine on a small cook fire....

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

Very true! that way i can use it on cool days in camp when i will be keeping a fire going any way

[@Shihabdeenrecreationalcyclist]

Hi please kindly upload a video about how to repair sewing our bags or rent in field

[@gijr2003]

Some folk fill their trangia style burner with too much alcohol. It does burn longer, but if the burner gets too hot it can cause flare ups and cause flames over two foot high. One sail boat person almost burned his boat down because of flare ups.

[@scottpinson6309]

I have a few different penny or soda can stoves that should work like the trangia. I can only regulate the heat by the height.

[@awatt]

I regulate the heat by using stoves of different widths. The smaller ones simmer and the wider ones bring water to a fast boil. I may put up a video on my channel in a few weeks time. I'll let you know if I do

[@troydixon9019]

You can also make scrambled eggs or omelettes in the Ziploc freezer bags

[@Bucky1836]

I like using potato chip bags for making omlets

[@pirate0jimmy]

In fall/winter Pacific NW, I find alcohol to be not hot enough fuel. Alocohol gel or Sterno is light, cheap, convenient, but when the weather is cycling above and below freezing with at least some wind, boiling water is a challenge. The lightest weight effective carried fuel for me is a toss up between iso-butane cartidges and trioxane tabs. Of course, I love burning dry wood, but the forests alternate between Black Flag fire danger and soaking wet, depending on the season. Then, there is Altitude, making my cartridges work worse, making Naptha-White Gas the SubAlpine Winner in colder seasons. MSR XGK is a high btu torch pointing up. Not light weight, cheap, or compact. Thanks for the hints and strategy for being sneaky, older and still having fun.

[@bretjohnson6188]

I'm also in the NW Pacific and usually utilize Butane/Propane mix. Pure alcohol stoves REQUIRE a good windscreen where I am. Without something to hold the heat to the pot (keep it from being blown away), I can't get hot water -- even after 30 minutes. That's why I liked Blackie's use of the canteen cup stove with an alcohol fuel.

[@craigsawyer6453]

Dose any one know if we can make a wick, like the one Blackie used in the Sterno stove from Wal-Mart, and put in our Trangia for better burn times as well as less spilling? I am not complaining about my beloved Trangia just looking for potential.

[@Bucky1836]

Im playinv with a stainless steel wool insert , the trangia actually has a tall flat wick in it some chicom clones dont , if u clog those holes in bottom it wont feed right i cant get mine to bloom yet but ill get it 🥸

[@Bucky1836]

See "carbon felt trangia mod"

[@scottzackery3209]

I'm practical like you, I got a swiss m3777 military surplus stove, why pay all that for a alcohol stove. Used it till it ran dry, then used ita as alcohol stove ,soots pot pretty good, but works. Use isopropyl 90 percent alcohol. So lesson here is , if I cleaned it out used it as alcohol stove would it soot up pot ?? If it works leave it alone, or you might need to buy a new one.!!! Lessons from a 50yr old woodsmen, also get a lasky standerd sharpening system, red box with stones and jig. Can sharpen razor blade sharp in 20 min. Use 30wt mother oil instead of linseed oil, it stinks. Get a saphire polishing stone for it, essential to finish sharpening.will not regret that $16. And kiss, keep it simple stupid. Wish I did that years ago.

[@stevenmc56]

😂around here you have worry about it freezing lol and then warning it up

[@toms_dayoff]

👍 Yes, it's so bad to watch what's being sold as bushcraft on KZbin. People drive their cars into the forest, walk 300-500 meter into it, build their setup, making illegal fire and tout the latest gear as a must-have. You absolutely must have this new burner, cooker, the new fancy waterbottle or what ever. Without you are not a real bushcrafter. You're right, that's camping, car camping or sometimes a real cooking show, but not bushcraft. Bushcraft is about getting as far as possible with little stuff that is multi-purpose.

[@lelandgaunt3567]

The problem with cooking food in cans or in their retort pouch is that the insides are lined in plastic, which will leach chemicals into the food, and the outsides tend to use polymer wrappers for the labels instead of paper (and retort pouches are polymer n the outside, leaching chemicals into the water you'd then want to make your soup/drink with.

[@oldminer5387]

Thank you Blackie, good information. I agree about wider bottomed pots rather than tall, more heat capture at the bottom and less likely to tip.

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

Yes, exactly

[@stevenmc56]

I have a duch army mess tins that I use stainless steel

[@tenminutetokyo2643]

DOOD!

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

DUDE!!

[@PP-uv1kw]

my god..... these viewers must be from mississippi

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

lol some are and some are from Australia and new Zeeland germany canada the u.k.

[@FredFreiberger-pk6wc]

This reminds me of dress for the weather. Instead carry how you are going to cook

[@randybeeson3424]

One thing I disagree with. Your not suppose to use the rubber O ring to snuff out the flame, it'll melt it. Use the simmer ring and don't tighten down the lid till burner cools.

[@Bucky1836]

The 8 dollar o ring box from Harbor Freight has same size o rings that trangia use 🤓

[@randybeeson3424]

@@Bucky1836 well that's nice to know but with a little care in using the right part to snuff it shouldn't be an issue. Maybe his didn't come with the simmer ring he didn't show one. Both mine did.

[@unclebrat]

It is funny how Sterno is so denigrated and yet people carry alcohol and lighter fluid.

[@stealthkitchen4375]

Plz buy an external mic

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

my camera will not use a external mike plus with my heart problem anything on my chest will hear the THUMP THUMP THUMP of my heart often if you watch close you will see my shirt pocket jump from time to time so a chest mike just aint in the cards right now hopefully i will save up enough to up grade to a better camera..till then i am sorry if you cannot hear me i am doing my best

[@johngreen4278]

Trangia stove doesn’t last 45 min. 15 min if you’re lucky.

[@EdwinDekker71]

About 30 minutes in my experience and I use bio ethanol

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

thats strange when i did my burn time for that cheap trangia 25 nockoff i fill it to the top it ran 43 min as i recall i was very surprised myself

[@Bucky1836]

My knock off runs 40 min

[@offthecouch1999]

Ive been using! He wick stenos for years they don't work fast but they work and its much more convenient then the trangea if your not in a hurry

[@Bucky1836]

Great for car emergency kits but i perfel gel my self 🦝🧐