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DELee Feb 16, 2021 10:32 am


Originally Posted by pierre mclopez (Post 33028790)
I met a Scot who brought a cast iron skillet on the Milford Track. Sometimes it pays to break the rules, he cooked up some pretty good stuff!

What was his heat source? Did he carry a portable stove as well?

David

pierre mclopez Feb 16, 2021 1:57 pm


Originally Posted by DELee (Post 33041067)
What was his heat source? Did he carry a portable stove as well?

David

Milford Track has huts for stopovers. Kitchens have propane. It's pretty structured.

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GUWonder Feb 17, 2021 3:16 am


Originally Posted by pierre mclopez (Post 33028790)
I met a Scot who brought a cast iron skillet on the Milford Track. Sometimes it pays to break the rules, he cooked up some pretty good stuff!

Man of iron -- as in no iron deficiency. :D

I've got some old school cast iron skillets -- probably at least a hundred years old at this point (if not even older) -- and they are heavy. Heavy as in they can cause some real damage if falling onto a body part or onto floors. [Gently putting two on top of each other was heavy enough to collapse the corners of some of my glass/ceramic smooth-top stoves. With one stove I thought it was a fluke. Twice, I thought it was bad luck. Thrice, I was like these things are "heavyyyy!".]

So I guess when you say "break the rules" you mean carrying heavy equipment/supplies. I guess it's easier when it's someone else being encumbered with the heavy stuff. :D


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