Urban campsite

This time, a more urban campsite

There have been some more urban camping sessions, but I've not thought to report them all. This time there are some new experiences and equipment to talk about.

The Primus Mimer stove has been a hit and a miss, as a little wind could disrupt a water boiling process. From my experience I'd not recommended it for winter, even if it did perform ok that one time.

Now, in warmer weather it did much better, at least with a frying pan. It looks like it is more useful for frying pans, as the flame spreads to a broader area.

A Crivit from Lidl boiling potatoes, Primus Mimer working on the non-meat balls.

Still, the flame had to be quite high to counter the wind, which easily made it a little too strong for controlled cooking. The cooking oil started boiling almost instantly. The köttless-bullar were in a danger of blackening from the outside while cold from the inside, something I've not seen much after my student days. Finding the proper level while moving the balls around aggressively did help, though.

Some new equipment. A triangle-shaped stand for gas cartridges is a welcome addition. These gas canister-based burner contraptions make me fear of tipping everything over, but using this as a base it's far less likely. It fits quite neatly with the standard cartridge, and with a little fiddling it fit a somewhat non-standard one too.

Triangular plastic base

But I have to say adding these bits and pieces makes me think that with Trangia you have a full system where these things have been thought over and over!

The Wildo camp-a-box is another new family member. The set has a 6dl fold-a-cup type can, a normal fold-a-cup, a tripartite spice container and a fork-spoon-knife combo. The halves of the box work as plates and there's a sort of cutting board thrown in.

Wildo Camp-A-Box contents

The setup is smart in that the parts fit together in only one way, and the shapes are suggestive of how this should be done. So no Tetris at the campsite. Weighing at 280g, carrying it all might not make sense. The combined utensil might not excel as a spoon, fork or a knife, but it brought the food to the mouth.