Your videos are criminally underviewed! Could you please consider doing a video on a super-light, compact, but nutritious food supply to take on a multi day trek? That's at least what I would appreciate! Maybe others would be looking for something like this.

@OffTheBeatenPot

2 жыл бұрын

Of course. Is this beyond my recipes already? Specifically for a set amount of time? Feel free to go into detail and I’ll do my best to make a video (or series of) And thank you for saying so. I think it’s my fault for having too many gaps between uploads but I’m working on that!

@robmccarthy210

2 жыл бұрын

@@OffTheBeatenPot I suppose maybe just presenting it like - 3 days trekking, XX weight or size ration pack for proper eating. I myself end up carrying dehydrated pre-made food which, whilst passable when you're wet and exhausted just isn't nice. I think proper food is the one thing I am really missing from my longer treks! Is just an idea! :D thanks for the videos anyway do enjoy the content :) Rob

@OffTheBeatenPot

2 жыл бұрын

@@robmccarthy210 I’ve been meaning to do this sort of video for a while. Before My last trip to Dartmoor I’d planned this very video but I got really I’ll and instead spent the week in bed! 😂 So it’s on its way. Promise! And thanks!

Me and my son Andy just joined your patron thing. Keep up the good work. Cheers Rick an Andy.

Good one. You made me stop and think. Even if I have wiped the hands with sterilizing wipes, I tend to depend on the food being well packed and straight to pot without touching it. Where I am probably slack is utensils. I have a cut down wood spatula, a tea bag squeezer for tongs, a spork and a Swiss army knife. After use they tend to get a wipe and a promise. The knife alone with all the gaps and tools is probably a huge red zone. I need to think of a dedicated short thin blade with no nooks or crannies. Bad enough if you make yourself sick but if you do it to someone else... 😩 Didn't know you were a trained chef.

@OffTheBeatenPot

2 жыл бұрын

I love your utensils! There are a lot of gaps in the knife. I have an opinel. Still has a gap but can be easily cleaned. More recently however I’ve been using a tog pocket knife. You can get titanium sporks with a aerated knife on one side. I used a wooden spoon for years. They work a treat. But my gerber compleat has been a game changer!

@OffTheBeatenPot

2 жыл бұрын

And I was a trained chef many years ago in a different life haha!

@paulkennedy5021

2 жыл бұрын

@@OffTheBeatenPot so I am more the bushcrafter than the hiker. The reason the SAK (110mm Champ) makes its way into the kit is it has a saw and pliers as well as an excellent blade for veg prep. The pliers when opened to 90° make a great backup pot lifter for a Trangia fry pan. I cook with wood in a Firebox.

@OffTheBeatenPot

2 жыл бұрын

You have to suit your own needs. You can always clean the knife and lather it with alcohol gel and give it a pass over a flame. There’s always something to suit your system.

Hand sanitizer is a really effective fire starter too.

@OffTheBeatenPot

2 жыл бұрын

Dammit. You’re onto my video!!!

Great topic Thom 🙌

@OffTheBeatenPot

2 жыл бұрын

And rarely talked about!

@Braapncamp

2 жыл бұрын

@@OffTheBeatenPot Taken for granted which could be a misstake.

@OffTheBeatenPot

2 жыл бұрын

I met someone on the trail who had food poisoning. It didn’t look fun!

@Braapncamp

2 жыл бұрын

@@OffTheBeatenPot Not a fun place or situation either. Knock on wood, never seen it or been it so fart out there.

Could you make a video about how you clean food off of pots? Sanitizing the pot does not sound difficult.. but cleaning food? I hate it. For cleaning food, I boil some water in the pot then use a scraper for stuck food.. then usually I drink the water. Not fun haha For sanitizing I try to get the boiled water all around the pot, but I like your idea of directly using the flames to do that!

@OffTheBeatenPot

2 жыл бұрын

I don’t need t make a video on that! The answer is go out with a friend. Do the cooking and get them to clean! Sometimes it’s just a gross job at the end of a day. If you’re not precious about your pans. Boil the water with some sand or small pebbles. They’ll agitate the food. Does mean you can’t then drink it afterwards though 🤔. Honestly. Your method is the method I use and even the method trangia say to use in their literature. I use a metal scourer and scraper too. But I don’t drink the water after. Though that’s a too tip for not wasting water and keeping hydrated.

I use Zoflora and a squirt of washing up liquid mixed with water in a spray bottle, that stuff kills everything.

@OffTheBeatenPot

2 жыл бұрын

I’ll have to check that out. I’ve never heard of it. Thank you for the tip and not least for taking the time to watch my videos and to comment.

@countryside_guy

2 жыл бұрын

@@OffTheBeatenPot Aldi and home bargains do an equivalent called Fabulosa.

@OffTheBeatenPot

2 жыл бұрын

@@countryside_guy thanks. I have an Aldi very close to me so I’ll go on a scouting mission.

@countryside_guy

2 жыл бұрын

@@OffTheBeatenPot They do one that smells of rhubarb, very nice it is. When I wasn't homeless I used it in the kitchen in the house I had. Not been ill once since living in a tent for almost a year.

@OffTheBeatenPot

2 жыл бұрын

One of my favourite scents!

I’ll be your crew! Please.

@OffTheBeatenPot

2 жыл бұрын

Great! My first recruit.

How safety is Titanium for cooking please?

@OffTheBeatenPot

Жыл бұрын

Very safe!

HI Thom, I'm confused about raw egg 🥚and how likely it is to get to get sick from it, especially when you see these body builders eating them raw! Should I worry when breaking eggs and getting it over my hands, then transferring it to other surfaces/food? I am actually thinking of breaking the eggs before leaving home and transporting them in a small Nalgene bottle which may make the point moot anyway but would love to know your thoughts! Great to see the videos coming out more regular now as well, keep up the great work!

@OffTheBeatenPot

2 жыл бұрын

Treat eggs like a ‘contaminate’ though they’re often not as scary as people make out. If you keep cleaning your hands and surfaces you should be fine. Eggs can last for a very long time unbroken. So when you break them into the bottle, be sure to use them within a couple of days and keep them as cool As you can or just not in direct sunlight. Eggs can be eaten raw. Personally I can’t think of much worse but if you use as fresh an egg as possible you’ll be ok. A good way to check eggs is, when raw give them a jiggle. If you really feel an egg yolk bouncing around in there. It’s not as fresh as it might be.

@IrelandOutdoors

2 жыл бұрын

@@OffTheBeatenPot Thanks Thom, sage advise as usual! I'm gonna being jiggling my eggs from now on and yeah, swallowing raw eggs 🤢🤮

@countryside_guy

2 жыл бұрын

@@OffTheBeatenPot An egg is only really bad if it floats in water.

@countryside_guy

2 жыл бұрын

@@IrelandOutdoors Just do the float test, if it floats bin it.