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Storm Kettle I'm not sure where I first saw one of these but our trip to Morocco seemed like a damn good reason to own one! They are excellent fun,
as well as being incredibly practical when camping out in the wilds. As
long as you have some dry fuel then they will boil a good quantity of
water quicker than any camping stove. A small trick that we soon
discovered was to use a single ordinary barbeque lighting block to get it
going. Once the fire is lit it's perfectly possible to boil more than one
kettle full of water if it's carefully tended.
The only downside in the UK is that many camp sites frown on having fires of any kind so it's sometimes necessary to stand it on a barbeque or some other non-combustible base. These kettles (sometimes also called Kelly Kettles) are available from many places but the particular one that I have is produced by the Eydon Kettle Company. The History of the Storm Kettle Originally, the Kettle was handmade in Ireland - often by travelers who produced them in copper - for fishermen, itinerant workers and tourists. John Grindlay who with his wife owns and runs the Eydon Kettle Company, modified the design and implemented modern manufacturing techniques in the early 1970's. Since then many thousand have been produced and exported to all parts of the world. For example, Storm Kettles may be found in the Solomon Isles helping remote islanders boil water to purify it and have accompanied the intrepid explorer John Blashford-Snell through Central America in his reed boats seeking signs of early civilisations.
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