Fernnan, showing off your highbrow meals. I never knew what sardines were till I was quite an age. I was unaware of the invention of them in the UK.
We ate pilchards. Pilchard sandwiches were the thing. And if they were in season sometimes you got a slice of tomato.
Richard, Good pot rest/wind thingy, is that the type where the flame reaches the parts others dont. Or am I getting confused?
Have seen brillo pads used in those alcohol burners.
They seem to do the job.
Personally don't like anything with a flame of that type when I'm out, because I can be very clumsy. I do have a gas stove but since discovering the flameless system I've never used it. One heat flask, one 20gram heat pack and water. Dehydrated meal and hot chocolate from one pack. Seemingly you can make your own heat packs from lime, which can be easily bought at decorators warehouses. But having seen lime being slaked as a kid, (limewash was used to paint the hemels, both to clean and disinfect them) , I prefer buying the ready made kits. Oh and the heat flask can store the packs and the spork etc when in the knapsack.