Burying tin cans??

[bushcraft_lad]

I am in the search for a sealable plastic bag that can be put in boiling water or boiling water put in it. Anyone got aany ideas? I'm thinking of a light plastic bag to put dehydrated food in that can take boiling water to re-hydrate and then eaten out of without passing BPAs or other nasties into my system or melting away. I have tried a few tesco ones (ziplock with a slider and press ziplock ones) the press ziplock ones were best but not quite right. The ziplock ones went soft, tacky and contracted which means it has undergone a chemical or physical change. The press one was starting to so not quite there.

Basically if I can find one make that is cheap it will allow me a better way of cooking in the hills as I dislike actually cooking in my pot/mug only boil water (I hate washing up with a passion).

Maybe a pour 'n' store bag mate made of heavy plastic and boiling water can be added to it,Do a quick google search i know mike Dixon of stone age bushcraft sell's them on his

regards,Jord

[MrEd]

Gluten free flour, there is another name for that stuff Toddy, SAWDUST, does not taste like the real thing we used some last week... never again

if you dont have a choice, then its better than not. and the gluten free stuff is way better than 4 or 5 years ago and much more widely available.

glutafin mini crackers are about the closest thing to ritz crackers you can get, and they are available on prescription!

[poddle]

I don't have to avoid gluten, but I was round at the Mums place last week, and she tried cooking with it, she is a good baker, but was not happy with the result.

I suggested that she sent the unused stuff to the Blue Circle factory in Westbury for testing, maybe they could make a new cement out of it.

Makes crap pastry that's for sure

[beachlover]

I am in the search for a sealable plastic bag that can be put in boiling water or boiling water put in it. Anyone got aany ideas? I'm thinking of a light plastic bag to put dehydrated food in that can take boiling water to re-hydrate and then eaten out of without passing BPAs or other nasties into my system or melting away. I have tried a few tesco ones (ziplock with a slider and press ziplock ones) the press ziplock ones were best but not quite right. The ziplock ones went soft, tacky and contracted which means it has undergone a chemical or physical change. The press one was starting to so not quite there.

Basically if I can find one make that is cheap it will allow me a better way of cooking in the hills as I dislike actually cooking in my pot/mug only boil water (I hate washing up with a passion).

I got this from another forum, but try the resealable bags from Boots and other such places that breast feeding mothers use to put expressed breast milk in.
Hold enough for a one person portion, have a double seal, work a treat and cost about six quid for 40.

[Alexlebrit]

I've got an old Scout manual that says the same thing, how times change.

As for plastic bags, I try and avoid them too, they really don't biodegrade, and to be food safe you shouldn't really reuse them. If you're thinking of making boil in the bag to avoid washing up, then you're probably not thinking of bring them home sterilising and re-using anyway, and tossing them to buy more seems a right waste.

I read something the other day which while probably not always true made me think about plastic bags, it went something like this.

"The sh*t you dog just did will take 72 hours to dissolve into the ground, the plastic bag you just picked it up with will take 6000 years."

[nevetsjc80]

with how unfit i am these days id use more energy digging a 3 feet hole than id get from the food in the can!! LOL

[TinkyPete]

OK one here from military training areas, now on most you are not allowed to did holes deeper than 2 ft due to damaging the area (Salisbury plain has alot of archaeology in it (95% of the plain)) in places where it is allowed it must be checked out by an archaeologist first and each corner must has a 10 fig grid reference, people often use the same sites to set up "camps" and bivi areas and so when you dig your shell scrape somewhere were people have been digging them in the same place for over 40 years it is amazing how many tins still keep coming up and now you have to take it with you now.

[pango]

Do the same rules apply to artillery batteries, TinkyPete?

[Bravo4]

shave and a haircut...

[Andy2112]

Maybe a pour 'n' store bag mate made of heavy plastic and boiling water can be added to it

Poundland do those pour and store bags FYI. saw them the other week.

[Toadflax]

so when you dig your shell scrape somewhere were people have been digging them in the same place for over 40 years

I recall digging in on SPTA for a bridge defence exercise and the adjacent pair laughing at us, 'cos they were just emptying a trench that had been filled in...

...until they got to the bottom and found that it had been a latrine trench!


Geoff

[Miyagi]

Probably a bit of the old victorian practices kicking around in the book, Asa
They were notorious dumpers and buried everything.

It wasn't just the Victorians though.

It's been happening for thousands of years. You should see what that fellow Howard Carter found in the Valley of the Kings.

The locals were so shocked, they all went "Tut tut, C'mon!?"...

Is that my Camel? I'll just get my Shemagh

[Logical]

I am in the search for a sealable plastic bag that can be put in boiling water or boiling water put in it. Anyone got aany ideas?

Dunno if this is what you are looking for but this looks like something along those lines.
http://www.lakelandbushcraft.co.uk/a...Hydration.html

The Sourch Vagabond Liquitainer more or less do the job and can withstand freeze to boil technolgy without melting over your food.

Woo. First time ive contributed rather than just asking for you guys help!

[FoxyRick]

They say that there's an entire sea of plastic in the sargasso these days

We really do need to do more about making plastics and wrappings biodegradeable.
Even if it only happened in specific sunlight, moisture and temperature fluctuations.

cheers,
Toddy

Got to tell you this...


A little while ago I was in our immersion heater cupboard and found a load of finely shredded Tesco bags. My wife said, 'Oh no, we've got a mouse.' Judging from the amount of shredded stuff, more like several.

Then we found a load more shredded in the drawers under the bed in the spare bedroom. We started doing a real clear out, thinking we must be infested and cursing the lazy cat, who was sleeping on the bed as usual.

I grabbed a few Tesco bags from my 'office' to put rubbish in - we always hang on to and make use of the bags this way. Picking one up full of stuff, it shredded in my hands and emptied its contents on the floor. I rubbed another between my hands and it fell apart.

The things were shredding themselves! We didn't have mice, just a bunch of carrier bags in the process of decomposing

[wingstoo]

The things were shredding themselves! We didn't have mice, just a bunch of carrier bags in the process of decomposing

I think it is because they have corn starch added to the mix when they make the plastic for the bags, I have heard that you shouldn't put the bags down in wet weather as this speeds the process and you are likely to leave your shopping behind.

Wings