Firstly, thanks for stopping by! Secondly, I’d like to apologise for my blatant over-use of the word ‘um’ - I’ll try to mix it up a bit in future by using the word ‘err’ a bit more. I hope you enjoy the video! Simon.
Surely you’re a BBC presenter in the making Simon. A super clear video explaining all your gear in a concise and digestible way. This has saved me a ton of time looking gear up on various other websites. Sterling work sir. Top job!
Nice look at your pants I really cheered when I saw the cast iron tortilla pan come out because I have one that's a bit smaller than that, that's good enough for doing two eggs on, but I carry around a little flour and make flour tortillas when I'm on the trail because they're real easy they come in a premix so all you got to do is add water stir let them rise for 15 minutes and you're ready to go.
Simon: I can't help but smile while watching your videos. You are a well rounded man with skills! I still have my boy scout mess kit and a couple army kits as well. Don't do any backpacking anymore, but I still like to car camp and my little svea stove is still my go to for a fast pot of boiling water first thing in the morning. Keep on with these videos, gives me encouragement to keep outdoors.
When the video started I thought to myself ''blimey, look how easily he drags that canoe around'. The surprise only lasted for 6 seconds and then the truth was revealed. :-) Nice.
Simon, First of all, thank you for showing me all of my old haunts from my childhood (30 yrs ago), Your'e secret island was my playground! I'm a Dorset boy nowadays. Secondly, many thanks to Yourself, Hazey, Kent and Mike TA for inspiring to get back out and into the fresh air. Cheers from Dorset.
I'm one that uses cast iron, i use an 8" dutch oven with a lid that can be used as a skillet even when hiking, but im usually out with 2 or more people and most of the time I am the one cooking. It's bad when you get used to cooking with one and switch to another. By the way like the videos. And i take my 4 legged with us, (Daisy 14yrs) she loves getting out as much as we do.. makes everyone happy.
I think this is a very helpful video for alot of people especially those just purchasing and some of us that just love cooking at camp 👍👍I believe after all the years I've camped and backpacked I realized cooking may be my favorite thing wile out on the trail.
Me too! Well, one of them - it’s that nice time of the evening, all the chores and duties are done - camp set up, firewood collected and prepped, everything squared away - then sitting down to go through the ritual of cooking - very relaxing!
i love a good cook set....they vary...with each person....i'm sometimes take more that i need.....so i enjoy seeing what others are using as well....tyty cheers
I wanted to reach out a snap that twig for you, LOL Another great video Simon, thanks for showing us your Pots, kettles and Pan collection. It sure gives us a visual on what's being used in the field.
Hi Simon, I asked you elsewhere where I could find this fajita pan. I knew I'd seen it somewhere before. Anyway, all I have to do now is find one close to this beauty. Thanks for all your diverse posts.
Hello Simon, I just subscribed after having watched a number of your videos. Honestly this video was like looking at my own outdoorsy cooking gear! I feel so honored by that, being in such fine company! For Mother's Day my husband bought me a 2 Liter Dutch Oven, solving the void in my gear for a smaller one. Simon, I became a subscriber because of this video and the clear link for cooking gear. Now I know when you cook up anything I'm pretty well covered with whatever will be needed - so happy about that. It's a real money saver too as good gear is an investment over time for most of us. Well, there you have it in a nutshell. Just wanted you to know how your videos mean so much to many of our hobbies and life's enjoyments.
Thank you Pamela, and thanks for the sub! I totally agree - gear is an investment, I have bought things over the years that have turned out to be total rubbish, so I’m very careful now - I’ll spend as much as I can afford on quality items. 👍
Having just watched your video on cooking pots and pans i realised i watch two kind of bushcraft videos. One to watch for entertainment alone , and one to watch for entertainment and to pick up some very useful tips . Yours is the latter and may you keep on doing these. All the very best.
Our pleasure Simon. No apologies necessary. People who watch your videos know you by character and demeanor. You’re brilliant in every video you produce. Honest & sincere. Question......Do you find as the popularity of bushcraft grows, does the industry “really” improve on the essential tools for bushcraft camping or are they just repackaging/marketing the existing products? Thanks and as always God bless & Safe travels 🙏🏼⛺️😎
I think that is often the case, but new, clever and genuinely useful ideas do also pop up too, addressing the problems people encounter with certain popular bits of kit - the nesting titanium cup for example - deals with the problem of storage by making the perfect size to fit over the bottom of the popular Nalgene or klean Kanteen bottle, folding handles and bail handle to limit size. Before, people were often carrying,an often oversized, and considerably heavier pot that needed to be packed separately. 👍
A toggle on a string will hold the nalegen over a fire quite well. ( alternative to fish spreader ). If tied off center it will come out easily when pressure is released.
I thought with pride oh I'm not as much of a collector as Simon until I saw water bottles count too as well as kettles. Then the trangia came out and I knew we were twins separated at birth. 🤣😂
When ATV camping or horse packing, I throw in a 12" aluminum dutch oven. You can also use it as a grill-- toss in some charcoal and put a 13" round grill right on top. When car camping, I'll have those cast iron ovens stacked 5 high. Great channel. Thanks for taking the time.
Great set of pots and pans you have, Simon! Lol slave to the pans😊🤣😂 I too, have that same problem, I think it’s gear period for me😇. Great seeing Mags out and about with ya. Gotta love it when wet dogs show their affection😉. Tfs and taking the time to tote them out with ya in the woods. Many blessings and take care friend, Nikki.
Cheers Simon, Liked the video, I have a ton of cast iron cookware . I use a iron skillet every day , it was my grandma’s , gave to me when I was 19 , almost 37 years ago. A lot of my aluminum cookware I buy is from goodwill ( second hand store) when I get it home I modify it to use on a open fire. I make my own bags now after watching your video so thanks for that . Well , Mr. Simon until we meet again , ATB.
Simons history of pans musuem!!! ? Curator = simon Chairman = simon Sponsor = simon Cleaner of pans = simon!! Advertising and marketing of pans = simon!! Author of the importance of pan use in the 20th c = simon!! Investor in the institute of pan technology!! = simon!
@@simonablokeinthewoods ive already booked you and a few others in for your therapy 12 steps program For pan enthusiasts Ive just been discussing most the nite about the advantages of stainless steel over the pricier uses of titanium !! So? Your severe illness is now catching!!
Camp cooks always fiddle with kit and love to think and to talk about their various items! Your take is well-considered and seasoned by years of really 'doing it.' The Petromax dutch oven you won got my heart beating: Kent Survival demonstrates a single-person cast iron 2-pc. set of grill and pan; the Petromax dutch oven would round out a transportable short-hike or canoe kit for one or two persons!
Legs for the Dutch Ovens allows them to be further from the coals - but it also allows them to be stacked. So you put coals under one, and on the lid - then you put another dutch oven on top of that, and so forth. Quite handy if you are cooking for a crowd, or multiple dishes at once. Petromax sell them with and without legs.
Love your doggie. I use a lot of pots and pans to.. have one for everything. Thank you for sharing. Blessings Peace and Love ♥ to You and Your Family ❤️
Funny I had the same idea as David Huxtable. The Pommie army are going to be staving cuz Simon nicked off with all their cooking gear and shot through into the woods. They'll be sending the SAS out to apprehend him, after a good feed of Simon's bush cooked tucker of course.
1st let me say that it's a pleasure to finally see a person paddle a canoe like it was meant to be paddled. On one side using the "J" Stroke without switching sides all the time. Canoeing I have the pleasure of taking a cast iron Dutch Oven and frying pan and not worrying about the weight , if anything the weight helps to balance the canoe out. Kayaking Have to be more thoughtful ( Stainless Steel ) since packing space is a lot more limited then the Canoe. Ultralight Backpacking weight saving is the name of the game and that means Titanium for the most part. It all comes down to different pots for different uses. Your right about Titanium....Titanium is great for weight saving and boiling water for freezer bag cooking but anything else , not that good. I started back in the late 50's with a pot and frying pan my Mom let me take camping. Nice thing about all those years in between then and now , it let me acquire a good selection.
Thanks Chuck! Sounds like you and I are singing from the same song sheet, for me it’s cast iron for canoeing and stainless steel for everything else - I may try again with a titanium pot for backpacking - just got to cook differently I guess! Like you say, it’s experience that shows you what works and what doesn’t. Atb, Simon
Simon... watched several of your vids this past week, but was unable to respond in writing at the time. NICE to see Tom along on your trip. Brink him back. Terrific time to learn together and terrific father/son time too. Some of my fondest memories are of the backpacking trips I took with my son, when he was younger. Also... love your choice of music. Nice job. Keep up the good work.... best wishes..... Ax
Thanks mate! The trips with Tom are very much on his terms haha - he’s great company and I’d have him along with me on a regular basis if I could, but being a teenager, he has other priorities - I’ll try and plant the seed of an idea and see whether it grows! 😂🏕
Hi Simon, I recall an incident with a metal frying pan. We were on an open canoe course on the dart and staying in a caving centre. There was a huge metal frying pan which was put to good use cooking the bacon. Trying to be a helpful chap i spent a long time scrubbing the pan almost back to its original state. The "cook" was not best pleased as it had taken years to achieve a certain patina! i now know one should just wipe it down. Good video as usual.
Me too! It doesn’t stop there either! Lamps? Yup, water bottles? That too! Rucksacks too, oh and sleeping bags, tents, maps - lots and lots of maps, I think I’m in serious need of therapy!!!! 😂😂😂
Simon, the iron cast flat pan you show in this video we call it ¨Comal¨ back in México and everybody in a mexican family knows when Mamá says put the Comal on the fire it is time to heat up the tortillas y began the family dinner, I got a collection of cast iron pans, steel pots and kettles including a cast iron ALAMO 77 stove for winters (of course I never takes out of its place) , because I like outdoors all my life. thanks for yours videos and greetings from Monterrey, the City of the Mountains, México. You got my like and I´m your Suscriber now. Ho, by the way, I have a two persons Keppler folding Kayak too. Dios te bendiga a Ti y a Tu Familia.
When I was a wee lad in the scouts we covered the outside of the billys in washing up liquid prior to putting them in the fire, then the soot just wipes off once the pan is cool. Used to save us hours of hard labour in the cold scrubbing the huge 12l cookpots! Works for stainless steel for sure, not sure about aluminium or titanium though. Woe betide the patrol member that forgot the Fairy liquid!
Pot duty - worst job ever in the scouts - freezing cold hands, stubborn burnt on chilli and soot. That’s why I don’t bother scrubbing the soot off now - scarred for life!
@@simonablokeinthewoods it's not your sooty hands and pots that bothers me, it's your bitten ? down nails or do you just rip them down. Ooarh, ouch! Definitely scarred for life.
Simon this was a very informative video of pots and such. Oh please do a video on your beautiful canoe. Thanks again for sharing Stay safe in the woods
A great set, loving the zebra billy can with the little built in steamer/fryer, a very handy little pot :) can imagine a hot choc with marshmallows in the crusader cup for a very cold day.
Thanks Georgina, Hot choc with marshmallows is certainly no stranger to that cup I can tell you! I do love hot chocolate in the evening! Zebra pots are great - very reasonably priced and tough enough to take the abuse that cookware tends to get in camp - well recommend -,if I had to choose one item from this video, that would be it. 😁
I very often took only my aluminium messtin set when out for a night or two. Even when you're carrying other pots and pans they can serve as a box for some fragile stuff and, if needed, serve as backups. Very light and the rectangular shape has them fit in easily in a rucksack's side pouches. When I still used my good old external frame pack, a Camp Trails Ponderosa from 1977, I carried a belt with pouchesfor emergency gear, in one of which I had this messtin set. I now sometimes take the frame along in the canoe to strap my waterproof bags onto for portages.
Cheers Johan! Yes, they are certainly versatile - I used to have a survival kit that I’d put together - all contained with a mess tin. Good idea with the pack frame - I’ve used my LK35 frame in the same way.
Greetings, we can get by with a lot of similar coverage here. There must be sufficiently large dishes with you. They are much more practical and easier to use than the smallest ones, both in cooking and as eating utensils.
Beautiful dog - The most beautiful wooden canoe I've ever seen and thanks for all the links . I gotta get one of those big British Army mess kits . Nice and square for a back pack and whoever designed it knew what they were doing . Thanks Simon and please give that lovely dog a hug for me . Lefty
Great Video and nice collection of cookware, I believe its an evolution that we all go through where we start at one place and move through the lightweight, cast iron, non stick, open fire, spirit stove, gas stove, but we always seems to go back to those few favorites. keep the great content coming.
Love your videos! I recommend checking out cast iron pie irons. They are still heavy, but they are the perfect size for a sandwich and can usually be unscrewed to pack up small. And they can be used as 2 (very) small frying pans. I'm all in on cast iron since it can be used on gas, fire, and induction stoves. I learn a lot from you. Thanks so much!
Also, I learned a trick that I think you might like. You can cool a metal container on a hot day by putting it in an unwaxed canvas bag, getting it wet, and letting the water evaporate in the sun while you are carrying it :)
Hello Simon from the Great Pacific NW USA, enjoy your videos on outdoor/bush craft and cooking. May I add to your knowledge on cast iron and such. just for reference the Dutch oven is traditionally known as the one with the legs and the other without is know as a camp oven according old cowboy cooks on the trail and chuck wagon cooking. the legs allow you to stack several ovens on top of each other when cooking many items at once, That''ts how we identify them when shopping to purchase or buy replacement parts and so on. Hope this dose not offend, just a bit of information. keep up the great videos. Rob
Thanks Bob, great info mate. I didn’t know the leg less ones were called camp ovens. Makes sense what you said about stacking the Dutch ovens. Cheers, Simon
Hey Simon hope all is well.loved the vid.im a bit of a cast iron nut myself. I could easily spend an entire day cleaning and taking care of my collection. Loved the little petromax at the end. Anywho glad to see you out and about. Atb from across the pond.
Firstly, thanks for stopping by! Secondly, I’d like to apologise for my blatant over-use of the word ‘um’ - I’ll try to mix it up a bit in future by using the word ‘err’ a bit more.
I hope you enjoy the video! Simon.
Simon, a bloke in the woods hahaha I thought that was the usual word filler that most YT uses 😄😉 no uh problem here err lol
LOL. Yes, a little variety please.
Didn't notice? We are own worse critics.
Um... I do the same 👍
Didn't notice. I just shook my head at what a bad kit junkie you are🤣🤣
There are a couple of Bushcrafters whose videos make me happy, and yours is one of them. Your spirit is so soothing.
Agree
Thank you Joyce! 😁😁
I've never seen a black bear riding in a canoe before!
There is a guy here in Ohio who is quite knowledgeable in hobo history. He makes a complete cook kit made of food cans.
Amazing. Next time out in the wild I will look out for some food cans to make a stove out of.
I’ll quite ill, don’t sleep and at 05:00 this is just what I need to cheer me up. Thanks pal
Surely you’re a BBC presenter in the making Simon. A super clear video explaining all your gear in a concise and digestible way. This has saved me a ton of time looking gear up on various other websites. Sterling work sir. Top job!
Bbc 😩
Nice look at your pants I really cheered when I saw the cast iron tortilla pan come out because I have one that's a bit smaller than that, that's good enough for doing two eggs on, but I carry around a little flour and make flour tortillas when I'm on the trail because they're real easy they come in a premix so all you got to do is add water stir let them rise for 15 minutes and you're ready to go.
Firebox has a nice looking cook set, made from anodized aluminum. It's just a skillet and a dish, but you can opt for a non-stick skillet...
That's one of the coolest canoes I've ever seen.
Kudos! ☺
Thank you! 👍🛶
Simon:
I can't help but smile while watching your videos.
You are a well rounded man with skills!
I still have my boy scout mess kit and a couple army kits as well.
Don't do any backpacking anymore, but I still like to car camp and my little svea stove is still my go to for a fast pot of boiling water first thing in the morning.
Keep on with these videos, gives me encouragement to keep outdoors.
Cheers Rod! Great stoves, those Sveas - been after one for a while. 👍
When the video started I thought to myself ''blimey, look how easily he drags that canoe around'. The surprise only lasted for 6 seconds and then the truth was revealed. :-) Nice.
Simon, First of all, thank you for showing me all of my old haunts from my childhood (30 yrs ago), Your'e secret island was my playground! I'm a Dorset boy nowadays. Secondly, many thanks to Yourself, Hazey, Kent and Mike TA for inspiring to get back out and into the fresh air. Cheers from Dorset.
your'e only ''too old'' if you literally need a proper walking frame to get out into the woods :)
My pleasure mate! I love that island - my sanctuary from the mad world! Glad to have been an inspiration 😁
All hail the Dutch Oven. Used them in scouting and still do.
I could watch your videos for hours! Thanks
I'm one that uses cast iron, i use an 8" dutch oven with a lid that can be used as a skillet even when hiking, but im usually out with 2 or more people and most of the time I am the one cooking. It's bad when you get used to cooking with one and switch to another. By the way like the videos. And i take my 4 legged with us, (Daisy 14yrs) she loves getting out as much as we do.. makes everyone happy.
Your canoe is nothing short of amazing. What a great skill you have
Thank you! 🛶
I think this is a very helpful video for alot of people especially those just purchasing and some of us that just love cooking at camp 👍👍I believe after all the years I've camped and backpacked I realized cooking may be my favorite thing wile out on the trail.
Me too! Well, one of them - it’s that nice time of the evening, all the chores and duties are done - camp set up, firewood collected and prepped, everything squared away - then sitting down to go through the ritual of cooking - very relaxing!
First time viewer; enjoyed your POST, Intelligent Thoughtful & Entertaining; a well Thought out presentation "Thumbs UP"!
Fantastic video but my god I was screaming at you to snap the stick in the shot that you kept hitting 😂.
Simon, Another great Job.thank you. GARY from Ohio,U.S.A.
Great informative and inspiring series, no waffle, straight forward advice and description, love it !
Cool video thanks. I like bags for stove / cook type things too
i love a good cook set....they vary...with each person....i'm sometimes take more that i need.....so i enjoy seeing what others are using as well....tyty cheers
It's good to have a selection of camping gear including cooking stuff. I really enjoyed this video. I don't feel so guilty now. Cheers from Australia
I wanted to reach out a snap that twig for you, LOL Another great video Simon, thanks for showing us your Pots, kettles and Pan collection. It sure gives us a visual on what's being used in the field.
Hi Simon, I asked you elsewhere where I could find this fajita pan. I knew I'd seen it somewhere before. Anyway, all I have to do now is find one close to this beauty. Thanks for all your diverse posts.
The canoe is stunning... I gave a thumbs up within the first 40s ... the rest of the vid was good too 😆
Thank you - hugely appreciated!! 😁
OMG, I can still remember Crusader, the 1980 FTX in Germany when they introduced the new cup, bottle and matching filter. 40 years!
Always happy to see Maggie.
Hello Simon, I just subscribed after having watched a number of your videos. Honestly this video was like looking at my own outdoorsy cooking gear! I feel so honored by that, being in such fine company! For Mother's Day my husband bought me a 2 Liter Dutch Oven, solving the void in my gear for a smaller one. Simon, I became a subscriber because of this video and the clear link for cooking gear. Now I know when you cook up anything I'm pretty well covered with whatever will be needed - so happy about that. It's a real money saver too as good gear is an investment over time for most of us. Well, there you have it in a nutshell. Just wanted you to know how your videos mean so much to many of our hobbies and life's enjoyments.
Thank you Pamela, and thanks for the sub! I totally agree - gear is an investment, I have bought things over the years that have turned out to be total rubbish, so I’m very careful now - I’ll spend as much as I can afford on quality items. 👍
Fast becoming my favorite TH-camr
Having just watched your video on cooking pots and pans i realised i watch two kind of bushcraft videos. One to watch for entertainment alone , and one to watch for entertainment and to pick up some very useful tips . Yours is the latter and may you keep on doing these. All the very best.
Thank you Jeff! Really glad you enjoyed it buddy. Atb,Simon
The legs on the Dutch ovens are so you can stack them on top of each other and put coals between each too.
Our pleasure Simon. No apologies necessary. People who watch your videos know you by character and demeanor. You’re brilliant in every video you produce. Honest & sincere. Question......Do you find as the popularity of bushcraft grows, does the industry “really” improve on the essential tools for bushcraft camping or are they just repackaging/marketing the existing products? Thanks and as always God bless & Safe travels 🙏🏼⛺️😎
I think that is often the case, but new, clever and genuinely useful ideas do also pop up too, addressing the problems people encounter with certain popular bits of kit - the nesting titanium cup for example - deals with the problem of storage by making the perfect size to fit over the bottom of the popular Nalgene or klean Kanteen bottle, folding handles and bail handle to limit size. Before, people were often carrying,an often oversized, and considerably heavier pot that needed to be packed separately. 👍
Great kit Mate! Thanks for sharing! Always good to hang out you!
Ah, Wednesday evening entertainment, hit that notification bell guys 👆 🛎
Yep
🔔☑️🛎🚣♀️🤘☝️💯
Thanks matey! 😁
This is the best channel I’ve found on here in ten plus years of viewing. You’re a talented individual.
Thank you Ryan - appreciated!! 👍
A toggle on a string will hold the nalegen over a fire quite well. ( alternative to fish spreader ). If tied off center it will come out easily when pressure is released.
Thank you for sharing your much loved and used collection along with priceless experienced knowledge!
Great video of your pots and pans and kettles Cook kit , I'm going out camping with my cook kit to my camp site
Thanks Andrew! Enjoy your camp!
Dear old Newfie, having a drink as she set off 😻
What a video!....great comparisons. Loving the zebra range
What a fantastic looking canoe, as usual a great video !
This video is great.I am trying to shoot a video as good as you. I always cheer you on.
What a great video! I really enjoyed it and found it very useful. Thanks for all the good tips!
I thought with pride oh I'm not as much of a collector as Simon until I saw water bottles count too as well as kettles. Then the trangia came out and I knew we were twins separated at birth. 🤣😂
Hahaha - I think you might be right!! 😂
THE Abe Froman? The Sausage King of Chicago?
When ATV camping or horse packing, I throw in a 12" aluminum dutch oven. You can also use it as a grill-- toss in some charcoal and put a 13" round grill right on top. When car camping, I'll have those cast iron ovens stacked 5 high.
Great channel. Thanks for taking the time.
Simon, great video. Thought I had enough pans, but after seeing your video I just bought a couple more!
Great set of pots and pans you have, Simon! Lol slave to the pans😊🤣😂 I too, have that same problem, I think it’s gear period for me😇. Great seeing Mags out and about with ya. Gotta love it when wet dogs show their affection😉. Tfs and taking the time to tote them out with ya in the woods. Many blessings and take care friend, Nikki.
Thank you Nikki! Not just me then with the gear addiction!! 😁😂 cheers!
Simon, a bloke in the woods lol no not just you 🤣
Hello :) thx for sharing :)
A wow canoe and dog is obviously enjoying the camp life lol :)
Video puts the whole pots and pans lot into perspective :)
Thank you! Yes, she loves it - a good (if soggy) camp companion 😁
Cheers Simon,
Liked the video, I have a ton of cast iron cookware . I use a iron skillet every day , it was my grandma’s , gave to me when I was 19 , almost 37 years ago.
A lot of my aluminum cookware I buy is from goodwill ( second hand store) when I get it home I modify it to use on a open fire. I make my own bags now after watching your video so thanks for that . Well , Mr. Simon until we meet again , ATB.
Cheers Johnny! I too am a big fan of using second hand gear -always nice to reuse and recycle (plus it’s good for my pocket!) 😁 Atb mate.
That stick got all the attention in this clip.
What stick? 😁🤔
Enjoyed that, thank you! Very useful.
Looking forward to using my recently bought vintage US 1942 WWII mess tin!
Diana you should film that and post it.
Nice! Love vintage gear - so much more enjoyable to use and built to last! Enjoy it! 😁
one of the best kit videos ive ever watched very very professional like 🌲🇨🇦🌲
Thank you Richard! Really glad you liked it buddy 😁
I like the fajita pan nice low profile ironware is always good!!
Now show us your real pan collection!
What cold war ex nato cave or bunker system is it hidden in?
Simons history of pans musuem!!! ?
Curator = simon
Chairman = simon
Sponsor = simon
Cleaner of pans = simon!!
Advertising and marketing of pans
= simon!!
Author of the importance of pan use in the 20th c
= simon!!
Investor in the institute of pan technology!! = simon!
Hahaha - I know, the funny thing is I’m already eyeing up a new pot! There’s no saving me!!
@@simonablokeinthewoods ive already booked you and a few others in for your therapy
12 steps program
For pan enthusiasts
Ive just been discussing most the nite about the advantages of stainless steel over the pricier uses of titanium !!
So?
Your severe illness is now catching!!
Camp cooks always fiddle with kit and love to think and to talk about their various items! Your take is well-considered and seasoned by years of really 'doing it.' The Petromax dutch oven you won got my heart beating: Kent Survival demonstrates a single-person cast iron 2-pc. set of grill and pan; the Petromax dutch oven would round out a transportable short-hike or canoe kit for one or two persons!
Cheers James, yes, I’ve been eying up that set of Andy’s!! Just got to wait til he leaves it unattended!! 😂
Legs for the Dutch Ovens allows them to be further from the coals - but it also allows them to be stacked. So you put coals under one, and on the lid - then you put another dutch oven on top of that, and so forth. Quite handy if you are cooking for a crowd, or multiple dishes at once. Petromax sell them with and without legs.
Love your doggie. I use a lot of pots and pans to.. have one for everything. Thank you for sharing. Blessings Peace and Love ♥ to You and Your Family ❤️
Funny I had the same idea as David Huxtable. The Pommie army are going to be staving cuz Simon nicked off with all their cooking gear and shot through into the woods. They'll be sending the SAS out to apprehend him, after a good feed of Simon's bush cooked tucker of course.
1st let me say that it's a pleasure to finally see a person paddle a canoe like it was meant to be paddled. On one side using the "J" Stroke without switching sides all the time.
Canoeing I have the pleasure of taking a cast iron Dutch Oven and frying pan and not worrying about the weight , if anything the weight helps to balance the canoe out.
Kayaking Have to be more thoughtful ( Stainless Steel ) since packing space is a lot more limited then the Canoe.
Ultralight Backpacking weight saving is the name of the game and that means Titanium for the most part. It all comes down to different pots for different uses.
Your right about Titanium....Titanium is great for weight saving and boiling water for freezer bag cooking but anything else , not that good.
I started back in the late 50's with a pot and frying pan my Mom let me take camping. Nice thing about all those years in between then and now , it let me acquire a good selection.
Thanks Chuck! Sounds like you and I are singing from the same song sheet, for me it’s cast iron for canoeing and stainless steel for everything else - I may try again with a titanium pot for backpacking - just got to cook differently I guess!
Like you say, it’s experience that shows you what works and what doesn’t. Atb, Simon
Awesome video. Thank you! I love that little Dutch oven, and your bread-making video with it.
Simon... watched several of your vids this past week, but was unable to respond in writing at the time. NICE to see Tom along on your trip. Brink him back. Terrific time to learn together and terrific father/son time too. Some of my fondest memories are of the backpacking trips I took with my son, when he was younger. Also... love your choice of music. Nice job. Keep up the good work.... best wishes..... Ax
Thanks mate! The trips with Tom are very much on his terms haha - he’s great company and I’d have him along with me on a regular basis if I could, but being a teenager, he has other priorities - I’ll try and plant the seed of an idea and see whether it grows! 😂🏕
Hi Simon, I recall an incident with a metal frying pan. We were on an open canoe course on the dart and staying in a caving centre. There was a huge metal frying pan which was put to good use cooking the bacon. Trying to be a helpful chap i spent a long time scrubbing the pan almost back to its original state. The "cook" was not best pleased as it had taken years to achieve a certain patina! i now know one should just wipe it down. Good video as usual.
Haha -oh no! Cardinal sin, I hope he forgave you!!
I would accuse you of hoarding pots and pans but I share your addiction. I have a similar problem with twig stoves. 😜
abe frohman 😉🤪
Lol
Me too! It doesn’t stop there either! Lamps? Yup, water bottles? That too! Rucksacks too, oh and sleeping bags, tents, maps - lots and lots of maps, I think I’m in serious need of therapy!!!! 😂😂😂
Rest assured...you’re not the only one ;-). And Simon, thanks for sharing!
Simon, a bloke in the woods camping is the therapy 😎 🌲⛺️🌲
Great vlog Simon . really enjoyed it 😊
Looks like a great coat on your skillet
It gets the most use - the more you use em, the better they are! 😁
Very interesting. Great segment.
Simon, the iron cast flat pan you show in this video we call it ¨Comal¨ back in México and everybody in a mexican family knows when Mamá says put the Comal on the fire it is time to heat up the tortillas y began the family dinner, I got a collection of cast iron pans, steel pots and kettles including a cast iron ALAMO 77 stove for winters (of course I never takes out of its place) , because I like outdoors all my life. thanks for yours videos and greetings from Monterrey, the City of the Mountains, México. You got my like and I´m your Suscriber now. Ho, by the way, I have a two persons Keppler folding Kayak too. Dios te bendiga a Ti y a Tu Familia.
Thank you Ricardo!
I’ll have to cook up some nice fajitas some day in camp - put that Comal to proper use! 👍😁
Thanks for sharing Simon I don't feel guilty anymore need to make a series of all your kit clothing backpacks knifes stoves really enjoyed this thanks
Cheers John!
Stoves, I’ve done, but may well continue with other categories of kit - I’ve got quite a lot!! 😂😂😂
When I was a wee lad in the scouts we covered the outside of the billys in washing up liquid prior to putting them in the fire, then the soot just wipes off once the pan is cool. Used to save us hours of hard labour in the cold scrubbing the huge 12l cookpots! Works for stainless steel for sure, not sure about aluminium or titanium though. Woe betide the patrol member that forgot the Fairy liquid!
Yes, Fairy's magic. Nothing like it.
Pot duty - worst job ever in the scouts - freezing cold hands, stubborn burnt on chilli and soot. That’s why I don’t bother scrubbing the soot off now - scarred for life!
@@simonablokeinthewoods it's not your sooty hands and pots that bothers me, it's your bitten ? down nails or do you just rip them down. Ooarh, ouch! Definitely scarred for life.
Simon, thank you for this video. Great info. Also good to see that I'm not the only one that collects various cooking pots, billy cans and kettles!
It’s a condition with no known cure!! 😂👍
Simon this was a very informative video of pots and such.
Oh please do a video on your beautiful canoe.
Thanks again for sharing
Stay safe in the woods
Thanks James! I do have an old video on the canoe - apologies now for the quality and cringe value! 😂
A great set, loving the zebra billy can with the little built in steamer/fryer, a very handy little pot :) can imagine a hot choc with marshmallows in the crusader cup for a very cold day.
Thanks Georgina, Hot choc with marshmallows is certainly no stranger to that cup I can tell you! I do love hot chocolate in the evening!
Zebra pots are great - very reasonably priced and tough enough to take the abuse that cookware tends to get in camp - well recommend -,if I had to choose one item from this video, that would be it. 😁
Good one Simon.its nice to see that other people have too many pots as well
Cheers Colin
We are not alone!! 😂😂😂
I very often took only my aluminium messtin set when out for a night or two. Even when you're carrying other pots and pans they can serve as a box for some fragile stuff and, if needed, serve as backups. Very light and the rectangular shape has them fit in easily in a rucksack's side pouches. When I still used my good old external frame pack, a Camp Trails Ponderosa from 1977, I carried a belt with pouchesfor emergency gear, in one of which I had this messtin set. I now sometimes take the frame along in the canoe to strap my waterproof bags onto for portages.
Cheers Johan! Yes, they are certainly versatile - I used to have a survival kit that I’d put together - all contained with a mess tin. Good idea with the pack frame - I’ve used my LK35 frame in the same way.
I have several kettles too, the top reason to use the Trangia ones even without the pan set is they don't drip!
Lovely videos :)
Very good video a lot of nice gear thanks
I love that dogs timing!!! Lol ! : )
Yeah - spot on, that was!! 🙄
Greetings, we can get by with a lot of similar coverage here. There must be sufficiently large dishes with you. They are much more practical and easier to use than the smallest ones, both in cooking and as eating utensils.
Your channel has great videos.
Thank you sir! 👍😁
Thank you Sir.
Best wishes.
Just love the opening scenes!!! The rest isn't bad either!!! "Thanks Mags", lol ;-)
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Wow. That's a lot of different pots and pans. Cool.
cool stuff Simon. Looks like some stuff has been around a while , I think thats what makes them cool.......Carl USA
Tried and tested - it’s those old, beat-up pots that have proved them selves! 😁
Cheers Carl!
Beautiful dog - The most beautiful wooden canoe I've ever seen and thanks for all the links . I gotta get one of those big British Army mess kits . Nice and square for a back pack and whoever designed it knew what they were doing . Thanks Simon and please give that lovely dog a hug for me . Lefty
Will do mate! 😁 I should use that tin more - it’s a good size!
The giant kettle is so cool!Lots of good info here, thank you.
Good gear. I like the small Dutch oven. Your canoë is very nice. Thanks
Thank you buddy! 😁
Great Video and nice collection of cookware, I believe its an evolution that we all go through where we start at one place and move through the lightweight, cast iron, non stick, open fire, spirit stove, gas stove, but we always seems to go back to those few favorites. keep the great content coming.
Thanks mate, I know - If I only had two of those items - the12cm zebra and my skillet, id be quite content!! 😁
Love your videos! I recommend checking out cast iron pie irons. They are still heavy, but they are the perfect size for a sandwich and can usually be unscrewed to pack up small. And they can be used as 2 (very) small frying pans. I'm all in on cast iron since it can be used on gas, fire, and induction stoves. I learn a lot from you. Thanks so much!
Also, I learned a trick that I think you might like. You can cool a metal container on a hot day by putting it in an unwaxed canvas bag, getting it wet, and letting the water evaporate in the sun while you are carrying it :)
Thanks Simon for the video's keep cool and PEACE
Good video,and you seem to be a good person also 👍
Hello Simon from the Great Pacific NW USA, enjoy your videos on outdoor/bush craft and cooking. May I add to your knowledge on cast iron and such. just for reference the Dutch oven is traditionally known as the one with the legs and the other without is know as a camp oven according old cowboy cooks on the trail and chuck wagon cooking. the legs allow you to stack several ovens on top of each other when cooking many items at once, That''ts how we identify them when shopping to purchase or buy replacement parts and so on. Hope this dose not offend, just a bit of information. keep up the great videos. Rob
Thanks Bob, great info mate. I didn’t know the leg less ones were called camp ovens. Makes sense what you said about stacking the Dutch ovens. Cheers, Simon
great video mate! love the end clip with your dog in the canoe haha
Cheers! She’s the star of the show, Maggie is! 😁
excellent video Simon an awesome collection of pots n pans , i dont honestly think anybody noticed the 81 times you said ...UM... lol...atb
Hahaha! I think that damn twig in the foreground distracted most people!! 😁
Pretty cool cook pots you got there !....lol
Excellent as usual 👍
Hey Simon hope all is well.loved the vid.im a bit of a cast iron nut myself. I could easily spend an entire day cleaning and taking care of my collection. Loved the little petromax at the end.
Anywho glad to see you out and about.
Atb from across the pond.
Thanks Tim! There’s something very satisfying about a bit of cast iron maintenance isn’t there! Cheers mate!
Excellent info as always.
I think Maggie needs her very own channel.
There are few things better, than taking your dog camping.
Brother Simon, you have all the angles covered with the cooking kit. You can improvise, adapt an overcome with that nice kit. Atb Von
Thank you for all the effort you put in your videos!
Really helps me out!
Awesome looking canoe, I wouldn’t let Andy in that one!
Hahaha - not after he steered us into that bridge 😂😂😂