Welcome to Kent Tweedy! I especially liked that useless bench and your bib covering up a small part of your chest. If your ever want to come back and are looking for someone to walk with let me know.
Dear Tweedy - having binge-watched all of your wonderful pub vlogs, I decided to ration myself to two a day of your Outdoors ones before commenting on them. I have given the thumbs-up to every one - and just want to thank you for them all; they are my favourite things on the whole of UA-cam. I so enjoy your wit, consideration for others and your ability to be enthusiastic without resorting to the dread words 'awesome' or 'cool'.
Thank you for those extremely kind words Simon! Yes as you've spotted I'm really not a fan of the word "awesome"! There probably was a time and a place for it originally, but its rampant overuse has stripped it of all its meaning. That said we all have our bad linguistic habits, and I'm sure there are words I overuse!
i will never eat another meal without roaring with laughter thinking of your bib/napkin attempt. And then the upmarket army rations! im just not sure you are going to be able to top this addition. thoroughly enjoyed it. thanks for the upload.
😂 Yea you don't get a lot of bib/napkin use on other outdoors channels! I was convinced given the combination of the bright red soup, the wind and the awkward seating arrangements that I was going to get it all over my shirt, but by some miracle it remained spotless.
“A bench with a career behind it”. Oh John, your ability to describe shows no bounds. Self heating vegan friendly Chinese food on a muddy hike with some fine wine on a cold windswept hill 😮 …….. so enjoyable from beginning to end. I admire your determination to get out and about despite the mud. This spring we have been defeated by the incessant rain and muddy paths. Hoping that we have a dry spell and finally be able to walk without fear of near impassable paths 😢. Take care. 👍😀🍷 Ps Happy birthday 🎉🍺
Thank you Andrew! Yes it does seem to have been a particularly severe winter for mud, it has been an added challenge to my last handful of outings... Yet still it comes as a fresh surprise to me every time! I have some gaiters which would have been very practical for keeping the mud off the tweed but I keep forgetting them.
Thanks David! I still prefer the South Downs to the North Downs but there were definitely a few points on this walk where I thought "Yea, this is actually quite nice.".
I have never heard of Deneholes before and I grew up in Kent! Every day's a school day on YewTube! Growing up in Kent in the 1970s, I lived through the time of mass hedgerow removals, and I suspect you were on - or close to - the land belonging to one particularly notorious farmer. I think his name was Hughie Batchelor and one of those 70s current affairs programmes featured him on the subject. Probably World in Action. Great theme music on that - an inspiration for the wholly inappropriate music that appears all too often on my own channel! You've also awoken long-buried memories of ghost stories from Hollingbourne, but they are of course, all mumbo jumbo! That little self-heating device is pretty nifty! Might have to invest in one of those. Perhaps when I revisit Kent - which you have inspired me to put on the list. Thank you for another great video!
Thanks Mr WC21! Naturally when I was scanning the OS map for any points of interest on my route I wanted to find at least a barrow or two, but there weren't any (marked) anywhere near where I was walking. I figure anything in that olde world font is usually worth at least a quick look though! I hadn't heard of Deneholes either - but they have a wikipedia page it seems. When I was reading about that archaeological dig which unearthed the henge, it seems the same team had also found a fairly intact skeleton in a barrow in this area, which I believe wasn't marked on the OS map. So I suspect there may have been quite a few barrows around here at one time, and some unscrupulous farmers (perhaps the sort who might also remove hedgerows?) have probably ploughed them into oblivion over the years. I think the self heating hot pot was probably a one off for me (well actually a "two off" as my wife gave me a pair of them, the other being a spicier version) but it was a fun thing to try! In a way it did really simplify the provision of hot food as all I had to bring along was that plus and some water (oh and some cutlery). Not the usual gas stove / wind shield / sauce pan / bowls / cheese grater / giant pepper grinder / etc.
I like the look of those little meal kits Tweedy. Very handy. Yesterday I had a simple army style MRE boil in the bag followed by a nice Macona coffee. Always nice to have a snack in the woods 🇬🇧 🇳🇿
Thanks Dave! I've seen lots of outdoorsy videos where people review MREs / ration packs but this is the closest I've come to having anything like that myself. Probably a one off for me but I did quite like the simplicity of it - all I had to take along was that box (admittedly it was a bit bulky / heavy), some water and some cutlery.
I wouldn't want to build too much anticipation - it's not my finest hour! I was accosted by a regular at my local pub last week who watches my videos, and he complained that the locations were getting a bit repetitive. He wanted to know why I always headed south or west out of London and never to the east (e.g. Kent or East Anglia). So partly because of that I thought I should give the North Downs another try. Somehow though, for me, it never seems to quite have that magic quality that landscapes like the South Downs or Ivinghoe Beacon or the area around Avebury have. That's the reason I keep going back to those places!
@@tweedyoutdoors Ah now we have all had that complaint once or twice about our work. Well be assured that feedback I have received is glowing for your videos. See it as 80/20 rule where 80 is the experience and 20 is the location. I know of one photographer that only ever photographs Glastonbury Tor, every day for the last decade. She is very popular and sells a lot of pictures so that kind of applies to videos too. Again, typing this at work so will watch later. My anticipation is very high and I am sure it's your finest hour!
One of the main reasons I watch your videos (and subscribe!) is purely because they are always funny and entertaining, & your self-depreciation is so humorous 😅 I also need to try that wine although I confess I'm usually most fond of the full-bodied SE Australian variety 🍷
Thanks for the kind words Barry! It's hard to believe but it's almost two years to the day since I uploaded my first video on this channel - you'd think by now I'd have it down to a fine art, but still my videos are filled with wonky camera work and inane commentary! Yes if you're used to full bodied Australian wines (Shiraz / Merlot / Cabernet Sauvignon?) you might Gevrey Chambertin and its neighbours a bit light by comparison...?
@@tweedyoutdoors you communicate very well, I am envious. I am stealing your show-phone-map-in-front-of-muddy-field technique: it was a striking illustration of what you were thinking and trying to do. I want to do the veritas style of immersion in the landscape you specialise in, I just wish I had the personal qualities to do it naturally.
@@AllotmentFox Thank you for the kind words. I've never thought any of your pieces to camera were unnatural - you're very eloquent and full of conviction!
Hi John, Thanks for inviting us along on your birthday party!! I was most impressed with the cooker it seemed to build up steam almost at once. A great present from your wife!! Can you get refills of the heating element? Not quite sure about the ingredients though. I think on a cold and windy day like that as long as it was piping hot was the main thing. You've set me thinking now, just round the corner from my parents house is a cul de sac called dene hollow some investigation required I think. Even if you can't claim to have bagged a henge I think you should be awarded a badge for that holloway. I'm on the side of the well selected track of music for the sunset or even an intro and then just the view with no subtitles. Maybe Mr WC21 can help you with one of his online surveys? All the best!!
Thanks David! Alas everything in that self heating hot pot was single use, that was one of its major downsides - it generated a lot of rubbish. It's definitely not something I would use on a regular basis but as a one off it was fun! There are also meat based versions of it, which might appeal more. I'm generally not a fan of overuse of music for an outdoors themed videos - I feel like the sounds of nature should be enough! The time lapses are tricky though because it presents a segment of video where no sound is recorded.
@@tweedyoutdoors Yes its probably not a good idea to use that cooker on a regular basis or even use the heater elements if they were available. Its probably some kind chemical reaction ......maybe you would get the green death? On the time lapse I'll meet you half way I would recommend something from Art and Garfunkel ..... how about the Sound of Silence!! Just do it how you want, thats the most important for me!!
Great video. I assume that the self heating component is caustic soda or something similar. You would think that they would mark it as very dangerous. They put labels 'do not eat this' on bicycles and scarves and all sorts of odd things but then they bung the dangerous stuff in with the food packs. I fear that there may be many people have tried to heat caustic soda hotpot with synthetic luncheon meat. As one who once mistakenly ate a table decoration in a Chinese restaurant, I feel qualified to raise this concern!
Thanks Liam! Yes I did find the chemical aspect of this a tad unnerving so this is probably a one off for me, although my wife gave me two of these, so I will have to use the other at some point... I think it might be calcium oxide rather than caustic soda (sodium hydroxide?) but I'm guessing they're both pretty caustic. I'm no chemist!
It's not caustic soda but magnesium and iron so quite safe. The fumes are water and hydrogen. Quite safe but don't use in confined space due to risk of explosion.
I hate coming across statues like that farmer one. Its always when the light is fading. And abandoned umbrellas, and party balloons that have just enough helium in them to stand upright on the ground.
Thanks Terry! I'm not sure if you've seen it but I have another channel where I go into much more detail about wine (probably to the point of being boring!), including where I bought it from etc: youtube.com/@BurgundyWithTweedy
Yew Tube, lichen subscribe - are you feeling OK? The camera work was not "terrible", the views were lovely, despite your generous use of the adjective "interesting" I feel I am unlikely to try one of those hotpots. I prefer the music to the captions for the simple reason that I can turn down the music, but cannot remove the captions. I am part of a project investigating chalk pits on Cranborne Chase so I really liked the dene holes thank you.
Thanks Chris! I suspect subconsciously I was ramping up the use of puns in this video to try and cover for the fact I thought the location / subject matter might not be very exciting! I have been to the North Downs a couple of times before, and I don't know what it is but it never quite clicks for me as a landscape, in the way that. say, the South Downs does. It was pleasant towards the end of the walk though, and the sunset was an added bonus. I'll happily admit I had to Google for what a dene hole is when I saw it on the map! It is interesting that, if they were indeed just used for chalk or flint mining, they'd go to all that trouble to dig a shaft and then tunnels out from there when a broad, shallow pit would presumably have given you access to all the same minerals...? No doubt there is more to it than that though!
@@tweedyoutdoors I have never been to the North Downs or much of the South Downs so it was exciting for me. Dene holes, chalkwells, bell pits, flint mines and dolines are all features on the chalk. Keep up the good work but what are you going to do when you get to the end of the case of burgundy?
Thanks Barry! I don't think this is the first outing for "YewTube" - I have a very limited repertoire of puns! I forget now which other video it was in though, alas...
I've been doing a lot of digging lately and every living worm has been quite clean. Strange thing. Apart from that , I imagine it must be a sod, trying to get mud off of tweed.
Perhaps we have unearthed (if you'll pardon the pun) a worm based conspiracy! I have a brush for getting mud off the tweed, it's not too bad, but certainly not an instant remedy. Perhaps about 15 minutes of brushing required after this walk? Then they go off to the dry cleaners now and again.
I've no idea how much this one cost as it was a present, but yes I can imagine they're probably not cheap. I'm not sure I would use these on a regular basis but as a one off it was quite fun, and I was quite impressed with how much heat that little pack of whatever-it-was could generate.
I have a love hate relationship with flameless ration heaters. Lot of fuss and bother to warm up a meal. The one you had looked bulky but more interesting than the ex military ones. Admittedly i found the lack of hiss and tray ... disturbing.
Yes I agree, it's not something I'd want to use on a regular basis - I like the freedom and flexibility (and challenge!) of being able to cook whatever I feel like cooking outdoors, and with things like this hot pot that's all decided for you... Although I suppose I could in theory have substituted some of my own ingredients if I thought they'd actually cook properly via this method...? I'd had my eye out for wild garlic on my walk, thinking I could perhaps supplement the hot pot with a handful of that, but alas I didn't see any.
@@tweedyoutdoors I use them if the ground is dry due to extended heatwave and there is a risk of starting a fire. Usually early autumn when a warm meal would be welcome. I haven't been able to cook anything as such as they only warm stuff up. Military rations designed for them work reasonably well but if I try to heat a random shop bought meal the plastic usually melts. It gets a bit fiddly having to put food into roasting bags and such and dry food won't heat. Having said all of that they are an alternative to a thermos flask.
Thanks Hedley! Yes I think the self heating hot pot will probably be a one off for me, but it was fun to try out. I've watched a lot of outdoors videos over the years and there's a popular sub-genre of reviewing ration packs. I was always mildly fascinated by the ration pack heaters that presumably worked on the same principle as this.
Welcome to Kent Tweedy! I especially liked that useless bench and your bib covering up a small part of your chest.
If your ever want to come back and are looking for someone to walk with let me know.
Wonderful view. Vegetarian lunch meat looked scary, but self heating hot pot was interesting. Never heard of such a thing, but sure looked convenient.
"Lichen subscribe." Brilliant.
Don't encourage me! 😂
Great fun!
Thank you!
Dear Tweedy - having binge-watched all of your wonderful pub vlogs, I decided to ration myself to two a day of your Outdoors ones before commenting on them. I have given the thumbs-up to every one - and just want to thank you for them all; they are my favourite things on the whole of UA-cam. I so enjoy your wit, consideration for others and your ability to be enthusiastic without resorting to the dread words 'awesome' or 'cool'.
Thank you for those extremely kind words Simon!
Yes as you've spotted I'm really not a fan of the word "awesome"! There probably was a time and a place for it originally, but its rampant overuse has stripped it of all its meaning. That said we all have our bad linguistic habits, and I'm sure there are words I overuse!
Thank you, Tweedy - a characteristically fair-minded reply!
i will never eat another meal without roaring with laughter thinking of your bib/napkin attempt. And then the upmarket army rations! im just not sure you are going to be able to top this addition. thoroughly enjoyed it. thanks for the upload.
😂 Yea you don't get a lot of bib/napkin use on other outdoors channels! I was convinced given the combination of the bright red soup, the wind and the awkward seating arrangements that I was going to get it all over my shirt, but by some miracle it remained spotless.
“A bench with a career behind it”. Oh John, your ability to describe shows no bounds.
Self heating vegan friendly Chinese food on a muddy hike with some fine wine on a cold windswept hill 😮 …….. so enjoyable from beginning to end.
I admire your determination to get out and about despite the mud. This spring we have been defeated by the incessant rain and muddy paths. Hoping that we have a dry spell and finally be able to walk without fear of near impassable paths 😢. Take care. 👍😀🍷
Ps Happy birthday 🎉🍺
Another great zinger mentioning the second bench... Lichen subscribe!
Thank you Andrew!
Yes it does seem to have been a particularly severe winter for mud, it has been an added challenge to my last handful of outings... Yet still it comes as a fresh surprise to me every time! I have some gaiters which would have been very practical for keeping the mud off the tweed but I keep forgetting them.
@@chriss187 I've subjected the audience to that terrible pun in a few videos now - it usually gets a groan or two!
A lovely walk with you through the Kent countryside - thanks, Tweedy! The self-heating hotpot was interesting.
Thanks David! I still prefer the South Downs to the North Downs but there were definitely a few points on this walk where I thought "Yea, this is actually quite nice.".
I have never heard of Deneholes before and I grew up in Kent! Every day's a school day on YewTube!
Growing up in Kent in the 1970s, I lived through the time of mass hedgerow removals, and I suspect you were on - or close to - the land belonging to one particularly notorious farmer. I think his name was Hughie Batchelor and one of those 70s current affairs programmes featured him on the subject. Probably World in Action. Great theme music on that - an inspiration for the wholly inappropriate music that appears all too often on my own channel! You've also awoken long-buried memories of ghost stories from Hollingbourne, but they are of course, all mumbo jumbo!
That little self-heating device is pretty nifty! Might have to invest in one of those. Perhaps when I revisit Kent - which you have inspired me to put on the list. Thank you for another great video!
Thanks Mr WC21!
Naturally when I was scanning the OS map for any points of interest on my route I wanted to find at least a barrow or two, but there weren't any (marked) anywhere near where I was walking. I figure anything in that olde world font is usually worth at least a quick look though! I hadn't heard of Deneholes either - but they have a wikipedia page it seems.
When I was reading about that archaeological dig which unearthed the henge, it seems the same team had also found a fairly intact skeleton in a barrow in this area, which I believe wasn't marked on the OS map. So I suspect there may have been quite a few barrows around here at one time, and some unscrupulous farmers (perhaps the sort who might also remove hedgerows?) have probably ploughed them into oblivion over the years.
I think the self heating hot pot was probably a one off for me (well actually a "two off" as my wife gave me a pair of them, the other being a spicier version) but it was a fun thing to try! In a way it did really simplify the provision of hot food as all I had to bring along was that plus and some water (oh and some cutlery). Not the usual gas stove / wind shield / sauce pan / bowls / cheese grater / giant pepper grinder / etc.
I like the look of those little meal kits Tweedy. Very handy. Yesterday I had a simple army style MRE boil in the bag followed by a nice Macona coffee. Always nice to have a snack in the woods 🇬🇧 🇳🇿
Thanks Dave! I've seen lots of outdoorsy videos where people review MREs / ration packs but this is the closest I've come to having anything like that myself. Probably a one off for me but I did quite like the simplicity of it - all I had to take along was that box (admittedly it was a bit bulky / heavy), some water and some cutlery.
Plenty of content and most entertaining, please do carry on.
Thank you, very kind of you to say so! It was an odd mixed bag of themes but it's nice that some people don't mind that!
Super! Another Tweedy Outdoors vid! Will watch properly later but really happy
I wouldn't want to build too much anticipation - it's not my finest hour! I was accosted by a regular at my local pub last week who watches my videos, and he complained that the locations were getting a bit repetitive. He wanted to know why I always headed south or west out of London and never to the east (e.g. Kent or East Anglia). So partly because of that I thought I should give the North Downs another try. Somehow though, for me, it never seems to quite have that magic quality that landscapes like the South Downs or Ivinghoe Beacon or the area around Avebury have. That's the reason I keep going back to those places!
@@tweedyoutdoors Ah now we have all had that complaint once or twice about our work. Well be assured that feedback I have received is glowing for your videos. See it as 80/20 rule where 80 is the experience and 20 is the location. I know of one photographer that only ever photographs Glastonbury Tor, every day for the last decade. She is very popular and sells a lot of pictures so that kind of applies to videos too. Again, typing this at work so will watch later. My anticipation is very high and I am sure it's your finest hour!
One of the main reasons I watch your videos (and subscribe!) is purely because they are always funny and entertaining, & your self-depreciation is so humorous 😅
I also need to try that wine although I confess I'm usually most fond of the full-bodied SE Australian variety 🍷
Thanks for the kind words Barry! It's hard to believe but it's almost two years to the day since I uploaded my first video on this channel - you'd think by now I'd have it down to a fine art, but still my videos are filled with wonky camera work and inane commentary!
Yes if you're used to full bodied Australian wines (Shiraz / Merlot / Cabernet Sauvignon?) you might Gevrey Chambertin and its neighbours a bit light by comparison...?
Do you know how many hours I spend over old maps and medieval documents for each video I do? "I looked it up on the train here," he says!
I like to think of myself as the village idiot of UA-cam's antiquarian community!
@@tweedyoutdoors you communicate very well, I am envious. I am stealing your show-phone-map-in-front-of-muddy-field technique: it was a striking illustration of what you were thinking and trying to do. I want to do the veritas style of immersion in the landscape you specialise in, I just wish I had the personal qualities to do it naturally.
@@AllotmentFox Thank you for the kind words. I've never thought any of your pieces to camera were unnatural - you're very eloquent and full of conviction!
Much enjoyed.
Thank you!
Thanks for a nice video, you should have included that worm as an extra ingredient in the pot. 👍
Thanks Ysgolgerlan! The worm would probably have been the healthiest thing in there!
Hi John, Thanks for inviting us along on your birthday party!! I was most impressed with the cooker it seemed to build up steam almost at once. A great present from your wife!! Can you get refills of the heating element?
Not quite sure about the ingredients though. I think on a cold and windy day like that as long as it was piping hot was the main thing.
You've set me thinking now, just round the corner from my parents house is a cul de sac called dene hollow some investigation required I think. Even if you can't claim to have bagged a henge I think you should be awarded a badge for that holloway.
I'm on the side of the well selected track of music for the sunset or even an intro and then just the view with no subtitles. Maybe Mr WC21 can help you with one of his online surveys?
All the best!!
Thanks David! Alas everything in that self heating hot pot was single use, that was one of its major downsides - it generated a lot of rubbish. It's definitely not something I would use on a regular basis but as a one off it was fun! There are also meat based versions of it, which might appeal more.
I'm generally not a fan of overuse of music for an outdoors themed videos - I feel like the sounds of nature should be enough! The time lapses are tricky though because it presents a segment of video where no sound is recorded.
@@tweedyoutdoors Yes its probably not a good idea to use that cooker on a regular basis or even use the heater elements if they were available. Its probably some kind chemical reaction ......maybe you would get the green death?
On the time lapse I'll meet you half way I would recommend something from Art and Garfunkel ..... how about the Sound of Silence!! Just do it how you want, thats the most important for me!!
Self heating Cows, whatever next.
Great video. I assume that the self heating component is caustic soda or something similar. You would think that they would mark it as very dangerous. They put labels 'do not eat this' on bicycles and scarves and all sorts of odd things but then they bung the dangerous stuff in with the food packs. I fear that there may be many people have tried to heat caustic soda hotpot with synthetic luncheon meat. As one who once mistakenly ate a table decoration in a Chinese restaurant, I feel qualified to raise this concern!
Thanks Liam! Yes I did find the chemical aspect of this a tad unnerving so this is probably a one off for me, although my wife gave me two of these, so I will have to use the other at some point... I think it might be calcium oxide rather than caustic soda (sodium hydroxide?) but I'm guessing they're both pretty caustic. I'm no chemist!
It's not caustic soda but magnesium and iron so quite safe. The fumes are water and hydrogen. Quite safe but don't use in confined space due to risk of explosion.
I hate coming across statues like that farmer one. Its always when the light is fading. And abandoned umbrellas, and party balloons that have just enough helium in them to stand upright on the ground.
Another enjoyable video, are your wine recommendations widely available?
Thanks Terry! I'm not sure if you've seen it but I have another channel where I go into much more detail about wine (probably to the point of being boring!), including where I bought it from etc: youtube.com/@BurgundyWithTweedy
Rather nice I must say. The self heating hot pot appeals to me greatly, and washed down with very nice wine. What more could you ask for ?
Thanks Phil! I'm not sure I'd use the hot pot regularly but it was fun as a one off!
Yew Tube, lichen subscribe - are you feeling OK? The camera work was not "terrible", the views were lovely, despite your generous use of the adjective "interesting" I feel I am unlikely to try one of those hotpots. I prefer the music to the captions for the simple reason that I can turn down the music, but cannot remove the captions. I am part of a project investigating chalk pits on Cranborne Chase so I really liked the dene holes thank you.
Thanks Chris! I suspect subconsciously I was ramping up the use of puns in this video to try and cover for the fact I thought the location / subject matter might not be very exciting! I have been to the North Downs a couple of times before, and I don't know what it is but it never quite clicks for me as a landscape, in the way that. say, the South Downs does. It was pleasant towards the end of the walk though, and the sunset was an added bonus.
I'll happily admit I had to Google for what a dene hole is when I saw it on the map! It is interesting that, if they were indeed just used for chalk or flint mining, they'd go to all that trouble to dig a shaft and then tunnels out from there when a broad, shallow pit would presumably have given you access to all the same minerals...? No doubt there is more to it than that though!
@@tweedyoutdoors I have never been to the North Downs or much of the South Downs so it was exciting for me. Dene holes, chalkwells, bell pits, flint mines and dolines are all features on the chalk. Keep up the good work but what are you going to do when you get to the end of the case of burgundy?
Byggr. Where’s my comment gone? Ah well, in summary: usual fun, ta. Didn’t get a complete line on the Bingo - wasn’t prepared for Yewtube, darn it.
Thanks Barry! I don't think this is the first outing for "YewTube" - I have a very limited repertoire of puns! I forget now which other video it was in though, alas...
I've been doing a lot of digging lately and every living worm has been quite clean. Strange thing. Apart from that , I imagine it must be a sod, trying to get mud off of tweed.
Perhaps we have unearthed (if you'll pardon the pun) a worm based conspiracy!
I have a brush for getting mud off the tweed, it's not too bad, but certainly not an instant remedy. Perhaps about 15 minutes of brushing required after this walk? Then they go off to the dry cleaners now and again.
Those self heating pots are often used by Japanese and Thai campers I have used one once and it was ok. Got the food hot enough but expensive!
I've no idea how much this one cost as it was a present, but yes I can imagine they're probably not cheap. I'm not sure I would use these on a regular basis but as a one off it was quite fun, and I was quite impressed with how much heat that little pack of whatever-it-was could generate.
@@tweedyoutdoors They are often Iron oxide that when combined with air(oxygen) changed to another state of iron oxide . Exothermic reaction.
Chinese, self-heating, vegan hotpot. What will they think of next?😂
I have a love hate relationship with flameless ration heaters. Lot of fuss and bother to warm up a meal. The one you had looked bulky but more interesting than the ex military ones. Admittedly i found the lack of hiss and tray ... disturbing.
Yes I agree, it's not something I'd want to use on a regular basis - I like the freedom and flexibility (and challenge!) of being able to cook whatever I feel like cooking outdoors, and with things like this hot pot that's all decided for you... Although I suppose I could in theory have substituted some of my own ingredients if I thought they'd actually cook properly via this method...? I'd had my eye out for wild garlic on my walk, thinking I could perhaps supplement the hot pot with a handful of that, but alas I didn't see any.
@@tweedyoutdoors
I use them if the ground is dry due to extended heatwave and there is a risk of starting a fire. Usually early autumn when a warm meal would be welcome. I haven't been able to cook anything as such as they only warm stuff up. Military rations designed for them work reasonably well but if I try to heat a random shop bought meal the plastic usually melts. It gets a bit fiddly having to put food into roasting bags and such and dry food won't heat. Having said all of that they are an alternative to a thermos flask.
Pick a composer from whatever county you're in. Bring back the music...we want the music. You can't win!!
Yes I rather enjoyed that. Unimpressed with the fake chemically heated spam...
Thanks Hedley! Yes I think the self heating hot pot will probably be a one off for me, but it was fun to try out. I've watched a lot of outdoors videos over the years and there's a popular sub-genre of reviewing ration packs. I was always mildly fascinated by the ration pack heaters that presumably worked on the same principle as this.