Now for open fires.... been camping a bit - and for a while in a 'medieval recreation' group...

There is the famous 'one pot method' - everything cooks in one pot.... :-)

Any clean steel/iron plate will do to cook bacon, eggs, sausages, etc. If you heat it till a little water dropped on it explodes, then it will be well above 100 deg C and anything nasty for human consumption will have been neutralised!

Thus the old (allegedly dating back to the Roman Army) shovel cooking method...

Then there is the "AJ Can Cooking" method...

AJ - Aussie affectionate term for the 'Army Jerk' :-) intelligence not needed supposedly...

Take can, whack on big tree branch twice on opposite sides so that there are 2 noticeable big dents.

Throw in fire - it is useful now to ensure that there is some rapid safe method of extraction and opening...

There now are 3 subsequent events to be watching for. First the can will pop the two dents, and then explode!

So... once the can has popped the first dent, the can has started to steam and will be quite hot inside. You should now prepare to remove the can and open it. If the can has popped twice and you are not already in the process of removing/opening it, then RUN! :-)


As I said 'AJ' does not imply a LOT of intelligence... but nowadays the Aussie Army has insisted that lace up boots (slip ons on longer allowed!) are used as an intelligence test.... :-)