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How to cook with a set of British Army mess tins. Use fire blocks, heximine RedWeston Bushcraft Ep04
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@theteacher_8306 Жыл бұрын
Was actually out camping when watching this. Thanks for the help.
@redwestonbushcraft5807 Жыл бұрын
That's amazing. Thank you for sharing. I'm glad I could help.
@johndoogan3712 2 жыл бұрын
The civilian version of the hexamine cooker was marketed as the 'Pyro carry cook' by Carr, Day and Martin in the 1980,s and easily available in camping shops.
@redwestonbushcraft5807 2 жыл бұрын
That's interesting. I've never heard that. My grandad got me my fist when I was a kid in the 80s. I always presumes it was just army aerplus. I wonder if he saw them in an outdoors shop and got that version. Or at least that motivated him to buy me ex army one
@chrisbrittain2098 5 жыл бұрын
i still own a hexi burner, not used in ages. Never knew about standing them up. I have just bought a couple of mre meals, and thought i was going to have to open them, and tip in a pot as they seem to big for mess kits
@redwestonbushcraft5807 5 жыл бұрын
Have you tried folding them or stuffing them in. You can always take it out and smush the food around and continue heating
@chrisbrittain2098 5 жыл бұрын
@@redwestonbushcraft5807 now i have seen you do it, i know it will fit. Cheers for the video. Have not had mre meals prob for 25 plus years
@redwestonbushcraft5807 5 жыл бұрын
Glad I could help. If you try it out make sure to record it, post it and tag me in #redweston find me on fb, insta and twitter
@DROFHAPPINESS 2 жыл бұрын
I've had one of these kits for years & have never seen them used this way b4 (properly). Thanks for the video as well as the tea bag trip. This Canadian is going to subscribe!
@redwestonbushcraft5807 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you. Let me know if you try it out
@theninjaman 5 жыл бұрын
Good video just one point if you was ever in the army and you left your mess tins like that black you will get your ass kicked believe me lol
@redwestonbushcraft5807 5 жыл бұрын
Haha yet another reason to respect what they do and the standards they keep
@theninjaman 5 жыл бұрын
One of my pals in the special forces left a tiny speck on his mess tin of black when the sergeant come in he went ballistic and literally stood on his mess tin lol they're so hard to clean out in the field but used to drive me crazy still got mine and still like a new shiny penny lol
@redwestonbushcraft5807 5 жыл бұрын
@@theninjaman that's crazy. I like my gear with signs of use. It adds character
@rj.meredith2005 5 жыл бұрын
Good info I still use these today. The more modern version today aren't with hexi blocks it's flammable jel. It's a lighter made to clean out you're hexi
@redwestonbushcraft5807 5 жыл бұрын
Yeah. I've heard they are great for warming MREs but struggle to get a boil on. I've not had chance to try for my self. One day I will I'm sure
@GoonieBushcraft 3 жыл бұрын
Excellent vid buddy, and some top notch editing : ) Enjoyed watching. All the best mate, Jay
@redwestonbushcraft5807 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you. I do enjoy playing around in the editing room
@OzarkBlake 5 жыл бұрын
Good info man, and well done in the editing room!!
@redwestonbushcraft5807 5 жыл бұрын
Thank you sir. It's where most of the energy goes in maked these
@PreparedCamping 4 жыл бұрын
great video mate love the variation in camera angle 👍 Take care Roo
@redwestonbushcraft5807 4 жыл бұрын
Fun to play around with while shooting. A nightmare when editing
@stevenhoward8808 Жыл бұрын
You should put tin foil rapped round the bottom of your mess tins when cooking stops the tins getting burnt at the bottom
@redwestonbushcraft5807 Жыл бұрын
That's not a bad idea. Another option is to rub washing up liquid on before you cook. The soot washes straight off
@RolandBurgan 4 жыл бұрын
Great vid dude. Keep it up!
@redwestonbushcraft5807 4 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much. If you have any suggestions Im always open to ideas
@stalwart263 3 жыл бұрын
You can’t be using the hot water from any heated printed meal packs like wayfarers for brews, the inks are really not good for you. It’s quite clear on the instructions you shouldn’t be doing it. The plain ones from rat packs are fine.
@redwestonbushcraft5807 3 жыл бұрын
God. I bet your right. Old habits. I never even considered checking. Thanks for bringing it to my attention
@Catspurrlounge 28 күн бұрын
Correct. When? Emma's first came out in the mid eighties, I was in the united states marine corps. There wouldn't know such thing as flameless. Heaters at the time and we were still using hexamaine and trioxamaine fuel tabs to heat water with. We thought cool. We can heat are food in these new packets. And boil our coffee water at the same time. Over a.of time we were getting sick and it was determined that the packaging for the MRE's Was leaching off a chemical coating. So what we did was either boil. Or coffee water first and then boil the MRE. Or heat the MRE first Dump the water out, Wipe out are canting cup input. Fresh water. The boil for coffee.
@robertwlaker6537 3 жыл бұрын
Yorkshire tea pal ! But good stuff 8/10
@redwestonbushcraft5807 3 жыл бұрын
Hahaha, your not wrong pal. That particular brand of tea wasn't by choice. It came with an MRE kit I had. I'll make sure I rectify this in my next video
@sodaprincessrox 5 жыл бұрын
Great video! I'm trying out mess tin cooking for the first time tmr - wish me luck!
@redwestonbushcraft5807 5 жыл бұрын
Good luck. What you cooking. I'm just editing another mess tin cooking video. It should be out next week sometime
@sodaprincessrox 5 жыл бұрын
@@redwestonbushcraft5807 postponed my one day trip as rain was forecasted. Planning eggs, sausages and baked beans for breakfast, followed by korean army stew with the same ingredients and kimchi instant ramen for dinner.
@redwestonbushcraft5807 5 жыл бұрын
Have you watched my new video yet you should definitely add pizza to the menu
@Moroni108 Ай бұрын
Snowden? Is that you?
@MosesGTC 2 жыл бұрын
The solid fuel leave a sticky stain at the bottom.. how to deal with that?
@redwestonbushcraft5807 Жыл бұрын
Honestly mess tins are cheap enough for me to not worry. But you can rub washing up liquid on the bottom before you cook and the soot just washes off
@user-vg6ux1xp3h 3 ай бұрын
Interesting video however the title of it was cooking with not heating with ……
@alexandruchiriac3009 2 жыл бұрын
Don't get mad on me ...but there are a few things wrong in here,,,,it does not matter if it is a British army mess tin or other cook set .First of all is that retort pouch does not guarantee the plastic chemical leakage on exteriour of the MRE pouch , its only the inside that is already protected from 4 to 5 layers of laminated aluminium and plastics types-> so don't reuse same water used to heat to prepare other stuff, except if you are in a real war situation where water is very hard to find...Second ,the mess tin lid on top and solid fuel tablets is not a great ideea since its flat and can redirect the smoke from burning tablets to the inside even with a very small empty space between the mess tins.Third thing is to make sure its not aluminium mess tins,because if you use them just to heat water you will probably drink aluminium hidroxide...it occurs naturaly ,its not bad but its not good,...better use stainless steel.Cheers!!!
@redwestonbushcraft5807 2 жыл бұрын
Your absolutely right. Those tins just happen to be British army issued. And yeah they are the pouches that say don't drink the water. (I was going to us an army MRE which are safe to drink from. But when I got on location and opened my food bag that's all that was left and I just followed my script. I did put something in the description after someone else pointed it out. Thanks for the comment brother. I appreciate the feedback.
@punkrocksurvivlist6475 5 жыл бұрын
That's fucking genius man..
@redwestonbushcraft5807 5 жыл бұрын
Thank you mate.i remember being blown away when I was shown. Its crazy how obvious it is once you know.
@punkrocksurvivlist6475 5 жыл бұрын
@@redwestonbushcraft5807 I manly like how you used the same water for both your mre and tea..then used the tea bag to clean up the mess kit a bit.. I live in the States and that's the most multi porpoise way of cooking I've seen.. I use a multi fuel folding stove..wood/ fuel tab and i cook with boy scout style mess kit i picked up new /pretty cheap..
@redwestonbushcraft5807 5 жыл бұрын
Don't thank me. Thank her majesty's armed forces.
@onlyinparadise4613 4 ай бұрын
Can you please link the mess tin that you used? Thanks 🙏
@redwestonbushcraft5807 4 ай бұрын
Oh mate. I think I got these from an army surplus store. It could have been Johnsons Of Leeds g.co/kgs/hT2E6T5 Just don't buy the cheap ones. The edges are sharp, the handles are thin, and the material is weak.
@onlyinparadise4613 4 ай бұрын
@@redwestonbushcraft5807 thanks!
@wildcampinginscotland6060 3 жыл бұрын
Great wee video pal, those fuel blocks, can I use them with the Lixada titanium wood stove too?
@redwestonbushcraft5807 2 жыл бұрын
I've not tried on a titanium one. But they have been fine on my steel ones
@andrewbirch5738 2 жыл бұрын
Hmmmm use heximine block....you're kidding....most of us invested in little gas cookers....our SQMS and the troop Sgts use to hold privately purchased spare canisters in theirs stores. They not only didn't produce lots of smoke, black soot and a bright yellow flame that could be seen for miles, the gas cooker could be used in more enclosed spaces, were easier to conceal and mask, and didn't leave black soot all over you kit. We really only used heximine cookers in a emergency as a back up and really, under tactical conditions, often not at all.
@redwestonbushcraft5807 2 жыл бұрын
I'm not saying they're a good fuel. Just offering a suggestion on how to make the most out of them. I personally like an alcohol stove
@davidcooper6704 3 жыл бұрын
Good vid and thumbs up but you need to sort you sound out. Music volume not balanced with dialogue.
@redwestonbushcraft5807 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you brother. Have a look at some of my later Videos (Not the vlogs or walks) is it still unbalanced. The mess tin was a very early attempt. There are quite a bit im not happy with
@sgwilsonmd 5 ай бұрын
The information is nice but the sound is all over the place. I cannot hear you speak and all of a sudden the music is blowing my ears out.
@redwestonbushcraft5807 5 ай бұрын
Yeah sorry about that. I made a lot of mistakes making that one. I really had no clue what I was doing back then. I used to edit late at night when my babies were asleep. So I had the volume way down. I stopped doing that after about my 8th video. Hopefully my recent videos are better.
@mystuffwontwork7453 4 жыл бұрын
*watches video in 2019* good video but i will never use this *watches video in 2020* i need to make some notes before i get drafted
@redwestonbushcraft5807 4 жыл бұрын
If they come with the draft, just show them your secret jet pack prototype. You'll make chief science officer by the end of the week
@boratsagdiyev1586 4 жыл бұрын
cant prepare food directly into mess tin on fire, toxic? In a bag okay but all the rest i guess isnt good.
@redwestonbushcraft5807 4 жыл бұрын
Yeah the fire from the hexi blocks. I'm happy to cook over a wood fire
@solitarium01728 4 жыл бұрын
Aluminum is hazardous ..
@redwestonbushcraft5807 4 жыл бұрын
Yes if you use it alot. The body can handle ingesting quite a bit. Just avoid old pans, cooking with asidic foods or using it too regularly. I'm happy to risk the ods meal on camp
@calebb7012 4 жыл бұрын
aluminium is used by municipal water treatment plants as an additive, you gonna stop drinking water too?
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