A gas camp stove will run you about $25 at K Mart (or Bunnings, Big W or Target,) $30 if you find a cheap pot to empty those cans of food into. 4 cans of butane gas is about $7. One can should heat up twenty meals. Squatting by a van eating cold canned food is feral when you could have a butane stove, a saucepan, some plates and a storage tub to pack it all up in for $40. ,But don't EVER use it inside the van, the base and sides of the stove get very hot and can make flammable things around them ignite. One last point, dysentery is not fun. A stove can boil water to clean your utensils as well as heat up food, antibacterial wipes are good for car camping to keep your hands sanitary. Dirty hands + cold food = bad. Happy travels!
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A gas camp stove will run you about $25 at K Mart (or Bunnings, Big W or Target,) $30 if you find a cheap pot to empty those cans of food into. 4 cans of butane gas is about $7. One can should heat up twenty meals. Squatting by a van eating cold canned food is feral when you could have a butane stove, a saucepan, some plates and a storage tub to pack it all up in for $40. ,But don't EVER use it inside the van, the base and sides of the stove get very hot and can make flammable things around them ignite. One last point, dysentery is not fun. A stove can boil water to clean your utensils as well as heat up food, antibacterial wipes are good for car camping to keep your hands sanitary. Dirty hands + cold food = bad. Happy travels!
What are you eating out of cans?
stag chilli in one can (like a beef and bean chilli) and chicken noodle soup in the other. Neither is great cold.
So gross