Bushcraft in January | Ohuhu stove, pine cone fuel, campfire omelette
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- Опубликовано: 25 янв 2019
- In this, the first of my 'monthly bushcraft' video series for 2019 I set out to my local woodland permission to experiment with using pine cones as fuel in my Ohuhu stove, dose myself up with pine needle tea and cook myself a campfire omelette for the first time.
Let's just say that not everything went to plan....
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Hi Craig. Great video. Loved the forest in the fog with the rich green moss etc. Good to know about the wet pine cones as I have only attempted using them dry. Wet silver birch twigs also good to know. It’s Saturday morning in Toronto,Canada and I think I’m gonna make my wife and I an omelette for breakfast;)
Thanks for the feedback John and I'm glad I've inspired your breakfast! I currently have a pile of cones drying out at home so I can experiment with burning them once dry, although it sounds from your comment that they should burn OK?
The Bushcraft Padawan I burned some dry pine cones in my house when the power went out once. I tried using them for a little light and produced a hot blue flame. I had them in a thick glass holder and they burned so hot that the thick glass cracked.
Craig, it doesn't matter if your original plan doesn't work, it's having the ability to react and adapt to circumstances. Which you did admirably.
Cheers Keith, if I hand't known about the silver birch burning well when wet I would've gone hungry! Thanks for watching.
When things fail is when we best learn. Great stuff. Cheers Tim.
Thanks for watching Tim, it's really appreciated.
"The learning is in the wobbles"
Everything tastes better cooked outdoors on a fire 😋 Always have a plan B, maybe even C, D and E - All hail the Birch, the bushcrafter's friend
I was told that pine cones close when it rains... or something like that lol
Btw you inspired me to make a pre-filter for swamp water today... ketchup squeezy bottle, old charcoal type disc for brand bottle... made 2 little discs, some super glue... no doubt toxic lol and a freebie sock cover from the shoe shop because I wasn't cutting up a bandana... this enabled me to lift up the disc from the bottle top and secure any possible gap for filtration.
Made some yucky swamp-like water out of the kitchen cupboard and after unscrewing the lid several times to put air back into the bottle... the resulting water was indeed coffee coloured with no dried fruit, no bread, no mixed herbs... no visible anything except the colour of instant coffee granules... no granules either.
The discs are easy to cut and shape... but you must watch the mesh layer remains on the disc.
It's a keeper... just in case the swamp hits the fan!!! LOL...LOTS
That sounds like a real MacGyver project!
Well done on you for taking the time to experiment with it 👍
Another great video. Thanks from a fellow Veteran AAC
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Failure is always the best teacher. I carry nettle and mint tea bags
Indeed she is Darren, indeed she is! I'm never far away from a sachet or two of hot chocolate 😉
Hey Craig, Thanks for posting. Its always good to try new things. Try this with the pine cones, Use ones that are "opened". The ones I saw in the stove looked closed up. I have used pine cones but the ones I've used in the past were all opened up. Given also they were dry when I used them, but they burned quite readily. Not sure if it may have to do with species either.
I think that food cooked outside is always better. I am not sure because you feel like its been earned or if its the fact that it takes longer and you are more appreciative of it.
As far as things not going as planned, its good that you show that this happens. I do this as well, I believe it shows that sometimes you have to back up, plan again and come at issues at different angles. It makes us more confident, capable, and proficient in the woods. This can also be brought into our daily life and used to help us overcome obstacles that rear up to complicate our lives.
Great stuff as always Craig. Whether you are doing and all day, an all night or something of a hybrid keep them coming. Thanks!!!
Do flavours change in the woods? I am pretty sure that all in stew tastes better on a cold wet night at 2am after a patrol, than it does in a bowl at home. So in defence of your Mrs omelette, she could be considered environmentally challenged. I point to chicken in brown sauce as an example of something you would only ever consider eating in the woods!
Awesome video as always.
LOL, thanks for the feedback, much appreciated. You can't be a good old "all inner"! 😉
Well Done on your ability to react and adapt to the situation. Little cooking lesson for you mate, cast iron (what we in the states call the cooking pan) holds heat very well, as you know, but eggs will still continue to cook after you take them out of the skillet. So take them off the fire before they are fully firm and transfer to another vessel to eat from. The meal will be fully cooked but not over cooked and hard eggs. Best of Luck!
Nice to know I will give that a try. It is so easy to scorch eggs over a fire.
Looks really tasty, I use pine cones to keep a fire going if I'm finishing up, they burn good in an established fire and gives you time to burn up the last of the logs. Playing a risky game mentioning the wife's cooking 😂
All the best mate 👍
Skye
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I had my doubts about the pine cones from the beginning but that didn’t diminish my confidence in the twig stove. I do and always will believe that is little stove is a great piece of kit. So very reliable and such a great performer.
Thank you for the video.
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Good try on the pine cones.. my gut said it wont work but you gave a good try thought you might have got there.. but those little stoves are amazing.. you can cut a piece of branch the right size for the stove.. the split it down and stand the splits in the stove like a Norwegian candle put some birch between and lighter up that will burn nice. Looks like you had a nice time. Man i have to hand it to you .. you do go out there and try try try.. way better than a lot .. J
Thanks Jeff and as always I appreciate your kind words. I had much greater 'first time luck' with the drive back in the (very dry) Summer of last year using the very approach that you've just mentioned.
This is one of the videos on RUclips that come close to a good friend showing you something he is good at and taking you with him. I feel honoured to share this experience with you, thank you very much for that!
Wow, thank you!
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No harm in trying new ideals
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Hi, thx for the vid. I have the same stove but I think you used it incorrectly, or at least, inefficiently IMHO. Just light it as you normally would any fire - tinder/kindling/fuel - burning up, not down. And not too much at once. The secondary wood-gas burn kicks in quite quickly but it's easy to starve these stoves of air. I've seen a lot of YT videos with people ramming twigs and thicker fuel etc into these until full, then wondering why it doesn't burn. Wet pine cones will work once there's a bit of heat. I've modded my stove to raise the pot stands, as once a pan is on it the airflow is restricted and starves the fire. Also makes it easier to add fuel without taking the pan off. Atb.
Hi Paul and thanks for watching. I used this stove for the first time back in August and utilised the 'top down' burn process which worked incredibly well for me (as it did on this occasion once I'd moved on from the pine cones) 😉.
Thanks for sharing your modification with us, it sounds very sensible!
In my area (northern central USA) we regularly go camping in January and February, when it gets to -30 C! You spend most of the day preparing your bed and gathering dry twigs for the weekend, then light your stove to make a cup of soup or hot cocoa, then tea (if you have fuel for it) then some hot water for oats in the morning.
Sounds great! Thanks for watching and sharing your own experience.
Loving the omelette dude.
Another one for my repertoire along with the pancakes! Thanks for watching Colin.
Good video. You got photo bombed by your dog. A very risky business comparing omelettes. Liked it.
Cheers Les, Willow is very good at the photobombing - especially when there is a whiff of food in the air! 😉
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Another great video Craig it's actually better to have seen the challenge of pine cones as a fuel in the wet to see the birch save the day. I also use the same stove and like the wa it works in reverse to a traditional fire lay . lots of ads! is that the way ahead ? just a question not a negative.
try chilli flakes in with the egg ...... Yum
Hi Russell, firstly thanks for the feedback on the ads, my channel has been monetised for a few months now but I would never want the ads to get in the way of people enjoying the videos so I haver tweaked a few settings in YT to try and reduce the amount of them - thanks again.
Secondly, thanks for the tip on the chilli flakes, one for the 'to do' list I think!
Thanks for watching and apologies again.
Thanks sir first time I wached your video I learn something from this thanks Alok Banerjee from Kolkata West Bengal India thanks lot's
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Great video - I always have problems with pine cones :)
Great video.
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LOL , PINE CONES , even better weather pine cones are great .... If you tear them apart ..reason being they are densely packed . been there there done that ,lol .. Been away awhile life things .But as usual great video . You always teach me some thing keep the Ohuhu vids going .Be the leader . Be safe be well.
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Please consider using Lard for the cooking. It's just as good as butter, tastes good, stores well, and you could even eat it.
NO flat cap today? Bollux!
Thanks for the tip and thanks for watching 👍
Betula Pendula the Lady of the Wood.
Great Video well done 👍🏻
Thanks Michael, she's certainly a very helpful species to know 👍
Bring a bag of wood pellets and start a couple of handfuls with a cotton ball smeared with vaseline inside some wax paper. Saw this on line and it worked fine.
I do experiment with wood pellets in a more recent video but I'm always keen to try and use fuel that I'm able to source from the environment I'm in, as opposed to carrying fuel with me.
@@TheBushcraftPadawan Yes, I agree but when there are times when fuel can not be found or is soaked its nice to have some pellets on hand and especially if one is traveling by car and not in the forest.
I am surprised that your subscriber list isn’t higher. Your videos and subject matter are great. I particularly enjoy the twig stove videos, you do it correctly. Thank you,
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Hi Craig! Sorry for your pine cones. But in the end you (and willow) got an omelette. :-) Birch for the win!
I'm still impressed with your upside down fire in the twig stove. I saw it in your first video you used it, but when I tried to light my twig stove last Saturday in the snow, it was very tough to keep it going, because I didn't remember your upside down method. Now I put a little note in the stuff sac of the stove to try it next time! :-) ATB André
Great video! Searching for that stove is what led me to this video. Question, what brand and name of hat are you wearing...totally got to get me one of there. Thank you in advance! 👍💪👌
Darn pinecones! Haha
They were wet and not dried out so yea it wasn’t going to happen. You can burn ones that are opened up and wet but not both.
You could use a kojin alcohol stove to preheat the wood from bellow, as I often do when it’s wet - but that does make it smoke quite a bit.
Cheers
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i own one of these wooden stoves and never learnt how to properly use them until now. i have tried this method in my yard (very strange, burning top to bottom) and it works fantastic!! thank you so much for your videos!!! happy bushcrafting to all! we just got back from 3 days trip on the mountain but can't wait to get back there and use my stove, this time the right way!
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Keep on cooking , love it .
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Open fir cones burn well, closed are too damp. Also, where i live, squirrels strip and shred the cones to eat the seeds, so theyre never around long.
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@@TheBushcraftPadawan 😄 a very polite way of saying to me thanks for pointing out the bloody obvious 🤭
Thumbs up video Bro!~John
Thanks John, I'm glad you enjoyed it.
Craig; Remember: Lack of success is a result. Failure is a choice. You learn much more when things DON'T work out! So a great way to start the year's outings!
Glad to see the stove is serving you well. My guess would be that the cones aren't burning more because they look like they're pretty tightly closed. I suspect if they were at least a little open, they'd burn ok. I've burned "wet" pine cones. But those were pretty open, so more surface area to light. And "wet" obviously comes in degrees.
Also... for goodness sake, man! Make a second omelette! Gotta take care of your canine costar! ;-) On that tip, one video you might consider is hiking with a furry friend. All sorts of insect nasties and various mechanical injuries can occur to our beastie besties if we're not careful.
Commented the same thing today, scrolled down and saw you say what I had 😂
Pine cones generally do not burn well, even if they are dry.
That's interesting as I went back out some time later with bone dry cones and they actually worked really well 🔥.
Have a great weekend 👍
Lol. We all have those days Craig. Good old birch bark eh? glad the omelette turned out ok? Things cooked outdoors always tastes great eh? Top tip: Next time gather pine needles on the way in. Another great video mate.
Hello Craig good video again I must of missed the one about this stove so went back and watched it very informative and looks a awesome set up I have one question can you prepare load it at home with dry wood so if it wet and no birch trees around you can still use it as a quick set up in need be . 😎😎
They can be buggers to light them stoves. i prefer to take 10 minutes to cut and split a bit of hard wood, preferably oak, and load it with that. It tends to burn a lot longer, i'll try the pine cone idea sometime though. in May when its dry perhaps.
What about all the dead wood pile off the ground probaly decently dry right behind you
That wood you can see had only just been picked up off the floor and stood against the tree to build a 'den' for some Forest School activity, so sadly it was just as wet as everything else.
It was also a good opportunity to experiment with something slightly different to the usual type of fuel that I use in this stove.
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Nice Jacket Mate
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heh, welcome to lighting a fire in New Zealand ... it's either Fire ban season ... or it's wet wood. ;-) well we are a rain forest. .... and EVERYTHING tastes better when cooked in the bush :)
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share with your friend,Mr/Mrs Dog,please.
Done!
The pine seeds is potential food for animals and humans. So don't burn them. You can burn pine cones, if they are open.
There was plenty to go around 😉
Keep up the good work Craig. I've been on the journey with you right from the start. What jacket and boots do you have in this video? Cheers J
Great video. Whatbrand of gortex jacket is that?Looks a lot like the American Cotton/Poly jacket that was used from WW2 to Vietnam era
Hi Lewis, thanks for your feedback on this video, I really appreciate you taking the time to watch and comment.
The jacket is a fairly recent British issue and was sent to me by a former colleague of mine who is still serving. It's one of the best issued Goretex jackets I've worn as the material is so soft, you don't really know that you're wearing it.
Craig, Thanks. It's hard to get extra large sizes in surplus here in the states. I keep looking.
Hi Craig, I thought your video was awesome, I love the dog. I have thousands of pinecones, I think I'll gather a bunch of them up and put them on the back porch to dry out in case I need them. What did you say about pine needles, were they green, picked right off the tree? Can you burn green pine needles?
Thanks for sharing what you know. Love, Jude from Kentucky✝️🥀🐎
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What’s the dog’s name? My trail partner’s dog provides our adult supervision.
Courtesy of Half Vast Flying
Her name is Willow, because she likes to have her feet in the water, just like a Willow tree?
Sorry for posting on an old video, but do you know if that jacket can be bought anywhere as surplus?
Hi there and thanks for dropping by. I must admit I have never seen one for sale on surplus sites and despite searching just a few minutes ago, nothing seems to be coming up - sorry!
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@@TheBushcraftPadawan no worries thanks for the reply
Do not cut the video when it does not work. This is a learning lesson for us all. Show what did not work and where it failed. I learned nothing from your failure. Hopefully most of us would have cut a couple of the dead branches from the pines . Cut them into 4 to 5 inch section, split them down, used the fat wood end to start the fire. Then the rest as the fuel. Thank you.
Thanks for watching. The pine cones didn't burn, simple as that - I figured people wouldn't be that interested in watching something not burn.... I guess I figured wrong 😉
Why do I always see videos of these " outdoorsmen" talk about light weight equipment and bring a cast iron frying pan or a Dutch oven? 😂😂😂
Bring a £6 coal shovel and you can use it for many other things.
Gday Mate, Not the day for cooking but that omelette would be great if you had 2 mates and served in a bread roll a little lettuce, tomato and mustard. or wrap it up and reheat it. by the look of that weather it would be a few days before it went off.