Survival Tip by Karl
There’s a good chance that at some point, you’ll find yourself away from your base. Maybe you were forced out, maybe you were scavenging useful supplies, maybe you were caught away from home when it all went to down.
Whatever the reason you’ll be traveling light. Pots are rather bulky and extra weight to carry – how many people include one in their bug out bags?
However, you’ll still need to boil water. Cooking rice or pasta, making tea, attempting to sterilize drinking water, you need to be able to boil. So here’s a simple way to do it.
You’ll need:
-a plastic container or leather bag (anything that will hold water and not immediately start melting/catch fire)
-Fire (no kidding, eh?)
-sticks
-some clean stones
-some cloth to protect your hands
Build up your fire and place the stones around it. If you’re using a non-rigid container, build a stand to hang it from. Add water to your container. Take a stone from around the fire and drop it into the water. Stir so it doesn’t burn through the bottom. Continue adding stones until your water is boiling.
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If this really works, this is excellent info. I’m looking forward to trying it. Thanks for sharing this.
More important info everyone. We all better go out and try this. There’s no reason not to be ready.
Old indian trick, also works with rough fired clay pots. Pots not fired in kilnes can be senstive to direct fire. Also you can rotate stones from boiling bag to fire, in a circle so as to not overload bag with stones. leaves more room for soup or whatever.
Bravo, sir! I have not heard this one before. Very cleaver.
An old boy scout trick is to boil water in a paper cup right over the fire. The water keeps the cup from becoming hot enough to catch fire, although any part of the cup above the water level is at risk of burning. Also works with a plastic cup, paper bag or anything else that will contain the water.
I would say to use caution when trying this.I know some hot stones will burst when put in cold water.I knew a guy who used to build stone fireplaces, and I asked him how he “broke” them up, and he said he got them really hot in a fire, and then dropped them in water, and they would bust open.Then he could take nicer pieces and put them in place with mortar.Maybe the smaller ones won’t do this, but I know hot marbles will turn crackled if put in cold water, and some will break up.Used to do this as a kid.The ones that stayed in one piece were quite beautiful.I know hot and cold don’t always mix well.Ever put a cold coffee cup or dish in the micro.? Sometimes they break.I think eggs in the shell will explode in the micro..fun.lol And a hard shelled squash will explode in a fire if no holes are in it. Just some interesting comparisons.
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