Congratulations. Enjoy your hostel life with your new weapon.
About the potato incident….. It was those days when you have 0 monies on you and nothing but a potato to eat.
I tried cooking the potato for 5 min with 5 min rest while it was in the same near boiling water so I don’t break the kettle, after trying for an hour or more I got hangry and decided I will cook the shit out of this tater, did this 5-5 min cycle till the next night….. until I got cooked instead and gave up.
The fkin potato won. The fkin potato won…
I ate my defeat with uncooked core and some salt.
[On the side note]
This is how you should cook food in the electric kettle, noodles and curries included. Full boil, 2-5min rest, full boil again. Repeat till cooked.
i got this recently and since it was on sale . I thought i should share it. Beside I saw similar model for even less but cannot find it on amazon. So search for it and you may get same model with different brand name for Rs 650 something.
it is ceramic coating. Tried egg boil and even made rice . All came out well within 10-15 mins.
Potato though was not upto the mark. it did but not still felt 70% boiled. It is not as you see in picture which shows different heat ratings. it is 450W fixed .
I Even made tea on it and that too was not bad. It is nice small and very light and even after using for more than 20 mins ..I could touch the body and move it.
In comparsion others have body that can heat up too making it difficult to touch.
Hope all this info helps. I really like the fact that the handle is removable and I can take it with me during travels.
Try to get this stove and an utensil with a laddle . The maggi does not cook enough with hot water . I also prefer adding veggies to my noodles which need slow cooking for extended time .
Another advantage is that if you have left over maggi and need to reheat it , the stove makes sense . I have the same stove which I carry overseas to various locations to avoid eating beef .
I can recommend this . Very similar to yours but with desi touch. but easy to self repair.
It is very easy to repair yourself and very cheap repair. Rs 40 for springs and Rs 60 for the entire plate. I keep extra parts with me.
Sometimes they continue working for me for almost 3-4 months and I am pretty bad user. I often end up spilling milk and all . So this works great for me .
Ofcourse the one you mentioned is bit more convenient I guess. But I like to have the option of able to repair it anytime and anywhere myself.
Just curious, is it due to religion reasons? Just asking because this particular thing really makes me wonder How much Hindu can be different in different parts of India.
So many Restaurants in South India with Hindu names were selling beef openly not far from temples also and same thing in UP can get you killed .
I actually love this about Hinduism being so vast in its ways that it can have room for everyone without restrictions. even though most people fail to see it that way and channel it into more extremism form instead of understanding its free flow idea.
Not just religion . In South India cows are associated with Goddesses . When we build a house the 1st to enter the house would be a cow if the owner is doing housewarming .
When we had cows in the village a few years back , only the cows and bulls were allowed inside the house . Dogs used to be outside and never allowed inside the houses . The walls , floors used to be smeared with cow dung and the portico of the house used to be washed with cow dung early morning .
So when one comes from a family of farmers the respect ,devotion and dedication for cow is very high . Cow meat is sacrilege for a farmer . We also consider it karma to eat cow meat for our caste . There are a few south Indian castes which eat cow meat , but it is not karma for them .
This is not safe . While it is easy for the coil to be replaced and serviced , accidental over flow and touching it can be a problem.
The one I recommended , it is chinese and it lasts well . Another advantage is that you can control the heat with the 5 step thermostat . I have used it with mains , gensets and car batteries .
Thanks for explaining the Cow part. I think many Hindus in South India eat beef and even in Bengal it is common for Hindus to eat beef . Atleast my Bengali friends do.
Anyways getting back to topic.
Alright . I might go for the one you mentioned if I happen to break mine completely. Till now it is working since quite few years with changing of coil every 3-4 months .
I do agree with being not safe. It is risky as one can end up touching the coil
But again it works best for me as I can easily service it .
btw have you tried take small camping stove too ( one that is not with lighter )
I think you can find butane gas canisters very easily almost anywhere in the world.
They can be a another small item that can come in handy for you incase your electric one breaks down or there is electricity issue for a short time.
They are easily available for Rs 400-1000. and works great in tight situations.
Recently when I was caught in landslide and was stuck in the road. We cooked tea and maggi on those small stoves.
maybe you are already aware of them but incase not. Can highly recommend them.
The cannister is not avaliable in many towns and villages in Africa . Cities it is avaliable . so I have a portable 3 KG LPG cylinder and unlike in India where the LPG company owns the cylinders and distributes , in Africa the consumers can buy the cylinders and fill anywhere in LPG dispensing shops .
I have something like the above where I can disconnect the cylinder and make sure the cock is completely turned off for safety . Mine is a refrigerant filling cylinder which can hold around 2 kg of gas which lasts at least 15 days . Refilling costs around 60-70 rupees .
Since you are into camping , I would suggest getting a small empty fire extinguisher or refrigerant cylinder with brass valve so that you can fill up LPG and make sure the cylinder does not get punctured or does not leak once opened .
Interesting but we have limited weight to carry. As our trekking altitude can take us above 14000ft to even 17000ft( base camps) so weight is big issue.
We mostly carry petrol. diesel or kerosene stoves which usually results in our fuel stoves getting destroyed in about 2 years or so that too with good care.
In Russia the local white gas that we used was of such high quality that my stove never had to be cleaned once .
Other stuffs that we carry to cook is canisters and sometimes woods( which we do it sparingly with respect to environment) and that too mostly for group when they request for campfire.
Burning wood is much more environment friendly than any other source.
Probably a turbo stove (a stove with electric blower) can help with lesser load. The heat is higher and can cook faster
Kerosene, diesel and petrol will leave residue or soot after burning. Pressurised kerosene stove is the best in that case. Due to higher altitude and cold climate diesel can solidify and will not burn efficiently unless injected.
You given me an idea for a business. Pressurised kerosene stove with proper external pump for air pressure.
