Get the pan hot, add oil only when pan is hot, then let oil get hot then add food, sticking will be greatly reduced. Double boiler scrambled eggs is actually the best method for making them. They will be the fluffiest scrambles you will have ever had. Adding milk to eggs is bad for two reasons it makes them watery and it increases their likelihood of sticking.
You're right cast iron makes wonderful cooking gear. I personally put up with the wieght to carry a 7 inch cast iron skillet afield.
Fry pans should only ever be scraped clean. Soak welded on food in water and a little soap (not detergent). Scrub off with a nylon scourer. Grease pan with lard and clean off with paper towel. Re-grease and store. When using, clean off lard with paper if turned rancid and smear on a little more. Add a few drops of oil and a small knob of butter. The butter is your marker of when to add food, wait until the vigour of the foaming is subsiding before adding food.
Thanks for the info. I'm going to print-out a copy of this and keep it in my notebook for next time. Are you sure that this will work with an aluminum pan? Kinda sounds like the instruction for a cast iron pan.
Yep. Medium heat is good, never high for aluminium. After three uses, it should clean easily, a little warm water and scrub brush after cooling. Washing it hot will strip the grease from the metal surface. Excellent aluminium pans have a ridged surface which means they hold the grease a bit better and you can use them virtually dry but not essential. If the pan does not seem to improve, scour the surface with wire wool to remove the oxidation, clean the metal off with soap etc, grease up.
Yea, nothing wrong with a wood stove to make SPAM & eggs. The right wood would impart a great smell to the eggs. Makes my mouth water thinking about it.
A bit of water brought to a boil, and a heaping sprinkle of baking soda tossed in should lift a lot of that burnt mess off of the bottom of the pan. It takes some time, but its better than scrubbing.
It really wasn't very hard to clean up the fry pan. I think using the extra oil helped. Plus there was only one little spot where the pan was burned. The rest was just browned SPAM & eggs that stuck. Bummer, what a waste.
Aha, here's where the stainless steel trangia gets ahead. On the real trangias you have three folding legs around the rim of the wind shield, when they are folded inwards they are the pot supports and the kettle support and then you can also fold them out for the frying pan, this gives a space for the heat to escape and makes turning down the heat more effective for frying, also the stainless steel spreads the heat better than aluminium.
Hiram, Years ago my wife was a Spam lover. One day she cut a slice out of a can that she'd been taking slices out of for a few days and she noticed something embedded in it. It was a section of cockroach. She pulled the remaining meat out of the can and found another part of the critter. The 2 parts tho did not add up to a whole roach. If you are what you eat, my wife is part ... : }
Cockroaches are only the beginning of sorrows. I have it on good authority that rats fall into the tomato bins prior to grinding and mixing in the making of sauce, and they just throw it all in there without second thought knowing the gov't has allowed certain tolerances for such foeign substances per pound of product.
Yep, when you're handling literaly tons of food, you are bound to have some critters around. The cooking process should kill off any dideases they carry. I understand the Romans ate mice & considered them a delicacy. And South American's love gerbils, or maybe it's hamsters. A rat T-bone steak might actually be pretty tasty. You'd just need an itty bitty little grill. : }
If you get a chance read "The Jungle" by Upton Sinclair. After that a rat or two won't bother you at all. Besides in some places rats and cockroaches are delicacies(hope I spelled that right).
I think I know what you are talking about here. I know a Green Beret DI who told me he and his men were out training in the wild and had no food. They came across some road kill, a German Shepher that was still fresh--sort of. They cooked it into stew. Good eatin.
Yup you and Conrad would get along great, same cookset and same recipe! I think after that trip he retired the cookset. Me on the other hand will not eat spam, I use it for catfish bait. LOL
Get the pan hot, add oil only when pan is hot, then let oil get hot then add food, sticking will be greatly reduced. Double boiler scrambled eggs is actually the best method for making them. They will be the fluffiest scrambles you will have ever had. Adding milk to eggs is bad for two reasons it makes them watery and it increases their likelihood of sticking.
You're right cast iron makes wonderful cooking gear. I personally put up with the wieght to carry a 7 inch cast iron skillet afield.
hoosierarcher 2 months ago
aluminum,
Don't use it because...
I forgot,
Where the hell am I!
rklcardinal 1 year ago
Cool video! You can add 10, max 15% of water to the fuel to reduce heat output and prevent sooting.
The burn time that you get from 5cl of alcohol will also increase from 25 to aprox. 50 minutes.
The reduced heat output and longer burning time should probably make it easier to cook meals like this without sticking using aluminium pans and pots.
zunzhinedude 1 year ago
just boil off some vinigar in it it will make a nonstick surface
mygodsavedme2 1 year ago
looks nasty and dry as hell, tell dumb ass he needs to buy a fucking skillet or two
supercory2 2 years ago
Fry pans should only ever be scraped clean. Soak welded on food in water and a little soap (not detergent). Scrub off with a nylon scourer. Grease pan with lard and clean off with paper towel. Re-grease and store. When using, clean off lard with paper if turned rancid and smear on a little more. Add a few drops of oil and a small knob of butter. The butter is your marker of when to add food, wait until the vigour of the foaming is subsiding before adding food.
TheBeebopper 2 years ago
Thanks for the info. I'm going to print-out a copy of this and keep it in my notebook for next time. Are you sure that this will work with an aluminum pan? Kinda sounds like the instruction for a cast iron pan.
hiramcook 2 years ago
Yep. Medium heat is good, never high for aluminium. After three uses, it should clean easily, a little warm water and scrub brush after cooling. Washing it hot will strip the grease from the metal surface. Excellent aluminium pans have a ridged surface which means they hold the grease a bit better and you can use them virtually dry but not essential. If the pan does not seem to improve, scour the surface with wire wool to remove the oxidation, clean the metal off with soap etc, grease up.
TheBeebopper 2 years ago
i like it but still prefer my hobo woob burning stove only down fall it cant be used inside! but i still like the whole spam thing!!!
Huntereich 2 years ago
Yea, nothing wrong with a wood stove to make SPAM & eggs. The right wood would impart a great smell to the eggs. Makes my mouth water thinking about it.
hiramcook 2 years ago
yeah i love making breakfast over a wood stove it make such a woodsy taste wich i think is amazing!
Huntereich 2 years ago
A bit of water brought to a boil, and a heaping sprinkle of baking soda tossed in should lift a lot of that burnt mess off of the bottom of the pan. It takes some time, but its better than scrubbing.
MrBillTroop73 2 years ago
It really wasn't very hard to clean up the fry pan. I think using the extra oil helped. Plus there was only one little spot where the pan was burned. The rest was just browned SPAM & eggs that stuck. Bummer, what a waste.
hiramcook 2 years ago
Hiram you are making me hungry. 5 stars
I love Spam. I always keep a few cans / packets around.
It's easier to clean an non-coated pan if you deglaze it first. Deglaze right after cooking meat and it makes a dandy red eye gravy.
I add a tiny pinch of onion powder and a bit of pepper when cooking Spam and eggs.
FriarTuck1961 2 years ago
Aha, here's where the stainless steel trangia gets ahead. On the real trangias you have three folding legs around the rim of the wind shield, when they are folded inwards they are the pot supports and the kettle support and then you can also fold them out for the frying pan, this gives a space for the heat to escape and makes turning down the heat more effective for frying, also the stainless steel spreads the heat better than aluminium.
AESamuel 2 years ago
I like spam as well, but after hearing about the rat thing and the cockaroach...well I just don't know. Mind you...there is extra protein...haha :o)
Ggreenvideos 2 years ago
Hiram, Years ago my wife was a Spam lover. One day she cut a slice out of a can that she'd been taking slices out of for a few days and she noticed something embedded in it. It was a section of cockroach. She pulled the remaining meat out of the can and found another part of the critter. The 2 parts tho did not add up to a whole roach. If you are what you eat, my wife is part ... : }
Bon appetit!
deezynar 2 years ago
Cockroaches are only the beginning of sorrows. I have it on good authority that rats fall into the tomato bins prior to grinding and mixing in the making of sauce, and they just throw it all in there without second thought knowing the gov't has allowed certain tolerances for such foeign substances per pound of product.
BrokenAeroVT 2 years ago
Yep, when you're handling literaly tons of food, you are bound to have some critters around. The cooking process should kill off any dideases they carry. I understand the Romans ate mice & considered them a delicacy. And South American's love gerbils, or maybe it's hamsters. A rat T-bone steak might actually be pretty tasty. You'd just need an itty bitty little grill. : }
deezynar 2 years ago
If you get a chance read "The Jungle" by Upton Sinclair. After that a rat or two won't bother you at all. Besides in some places rats and cockroaches are delicacies(hope I spelled that right).
hiramcook 2 years ago
I think I know what you are talking about here. I know a Green Beret DI who told me he and his men were out training in the wild and had no food. They came across some road kill, a German Shepher that was still fresh--sort of. They cooked it into stew. Good eatin.
BrokenAeroVT 2 years ago
Yup you and Conrad would get along great, same cookset and same recipe! I think after that trip he retired the cookset. Me on the other hand will not eat spam, I use it for catfish bait. LOL
NCHiker1970 2 years ago
At least you use something good-tasting to get something that tastes good. LOL
hiramcook 2 years ago
I would recommend a little ketchup and tabasco sauce on that.
seka1986 2 years ago 2
My condiment of choice is BBQ sauce that I had used off camera.
hiramcook 2 years ago