Gotta love the Trangia!

[chockswahay]

OK I admit that this was not cooked in or near the van but I used the Trangia which we keep in the van for emergency use or for cooking outside. When in France a few weeks ago I had a go at high temperature steak cooking……. Simply fire up the Trangia at max chat then dry fry a Ribeye for two minutes a side then chuck in a little butter near the end of cooking…… sublime! As Mrs Chox is away (haha, see what I did there?) I fancied rerunning the fun.

And all the spitting fat and smells stay outside

 

[lohr500]

That looks very tasty

 

[kurienp]

OK I admit that this was not cooked in or near the van but I used the Trangia which we keep in the van for emergency use or for cooking outside. When in France a few weeks ago I had a go at high temperature steak cooking……. Simply fire up the Trangia at max chat then dry fry a Ribeye for two minutes a side then chuck in a little butter near the end of cooking…… sublime! As Mrs Chox is away (haha, see what I did there?) I fancied rerunning the fun.

And all the spitting fat and smells stay outside

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Ooooh! That looks yummy.

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[Corradobrit]

Thanks. Its 21:30, I've eaten and now I'm hungry again.

Washed down with a nice glass of French plonk.

 

[wildslammer22]

I might have to dig out my old Trangia set for a nostalgia trip (I still use the burner occasionally for a brew on a day trip in the woods). I think the last thing I cooked on my old 25 set was Spam & eggs - that steak looks a significant upgrade on that!

 

[soulstyledevon]

Thanks. Its 21:30, I've eaten and now I'm hungry again.

Washed down with a nice glass of French plonk.

I’ve just woken up and seen this, and now I want steak for breakfast…

 

[Corradobrit]

I’ve just woken up and seen this, and now I want steak for breakfast…

Breakfast of champions

 

[chockswahay]

Haha, sorry guys I was only intending to highlight the usefulness of having a Trangia in the van …… small, takes up little space and no gas required

Although…….. I haven’t had brekkie yet………..

 

[Californication69]

Imagine the physique you’d have, eating that for breakfast everyday.

I have a vango roar, is that the same kind of thing?
What are you burning inside?
Bits of dead animals ? Or a couple of firefighters ?
Where’s the gas bottle?
So many questions

 

[Ch1pbutty]

This just popped up as an offer. …budget gas version:

https://www.sportpursuit.com/catalog/product/view/id/2426965

 

[WelshGas]

So 1 pot cooking on 1 burner. Remind me how many burners has the New California got?

 

[RockinNRollin]

I've not used a Trangia since I was at school; memories of meths leaking out of the bottle and soaking everything in the rucksack on D of E expeditions (although being a rank teenager, it probably "sanitised" things for the better). I do remember a particularly unseasonal snowstorm with driving winds; the Trangias kept going no matter what, you just had to have the patience of a saint to wait for a pot of water to boil.

Related; I regularly take a 1950s Bialaddin pressurised paraffin lantern with me in the Cali; it is a lovely bit of engineering, but also generates loads of warm light as well as literally warmth - nice to sit outside by (definitely not one to use indoors!).

 

[secret lemonade drinker]

So 1 pot cooking on 1 burner. Remind me how many burners has the New California got?

One, but it will be a fast boiler and your beans will burn! Oh and the smells inside your van will be abhorrent. you will have to get a dometic extract fan!

 

[Californication69]

This just popped up as an offer. …budget gas version:

https://www.sportpursuit.com/catalog/product/view/id/2426965

Think I’ll stick with my vango roar.
I have the wind shield as well. Works well.
Just need to retire so I can get out there.
Oh and get a new campervan too

 

[JuanVecino2023]

I might have to dig out my old Trangia set for a nostalgia trip (I still use the burner occasionally for a brew on a day trip in the woods). I think the last thing I cooked on my old 25 set was Spam & eggs - that steak looks a significant upgrade on that!

Not a venison steak from a stag you caught with your bare hands?

 

[wildslammer22]

Trust me, eating spam in the early 1980’s was more treacherous than stag hunting!

 

[wildslammer22]

Imagine the physique you’d have, eating that for breakfast everyday.

I have a vango roar, is that the same kind of thing?
What are you burning inside?
Bits of dead animals ? Or a couple of firefighters ?
Where’s the gas bottle?
So many questions

It’s an alcohol burner, typically you use meths. So not only have you got a cooker but you can use the meths as a beverage if times are desperate.

As I keep saying everything in my van has to do double duty if at possible…

 

[JuanVecino2023]

Trust me, eating spam in the early 1980’s was more treacherous than stag hunting!

I used to end up eating the Spam I took as fishing bait when I never caught anything and was bored

 

[secret lemonade drinker]

Trust me, eating spam in the early 1980’s was more treacherous than stag hunting!

Bacon Grill and Beans on a Hexamine stove on some windswept rain soaked part of dartmoor, I hated basic training!

 

[Wannabecamperman]

Thanks. Its 21:30, I've eaten and now I'm hungry again.

Washed down with a nice glass of French plonk.

Merlot or malbec for me please. Failing that, a Faustino Rioja would suffice.

 

[JuanVecino2023]

Bacon Grill and Beans on a Hexamine stove on some windswept rain soaked part of dartmoor, I hated basic training!

Ex-forces - this explains a lot. And why I enjoy your comments. To the point.

 

[JuanVecino2023]

Merlot or malbec for me please. Failing that, a Faustino Rioja would suffice.

Not a 1961 Cheval Blanc?

 

[Corradobrit]

Not a 1961 Cheval Blanc?

I think Aldi stocks that

 

[chockswahay]

I think Aldi stocks that

Nah…….Lidl

 

[JuanVecino2023]

Nah…….Lidl

Makes me wonder. Has anyone fitted a wine fridge to a Cali

I may get my spanners and welding gloves out. See where we end up at dawn.