Cooking with the Kovea Spider

Nice omlet! I mix my cheese in with the eggs as well.

Thanks, Jon,

I was very pleased with how it turned out.

I’d say the Kovea Spider is a nice stove for those who like to do real cooking.

HJ
Adventures in Stoving

del

Nice demo and you make a good case for a remote canister stove.

They’re nice stoves. I think the chief interest here on BPL is for their cold weither capabilities with an inverted canister, but they do offer advantages year round. Remote canister stoves are
-Generally more stable
-Able to use a full 360 degree windscreen
-Able to support larger pot sizes stably

The disadvantages of course are
-higher weight
-greater bulk

I’ve recommended them for Scouts since Scouting groups tend to do communal cooking, but families, church groups, guided groups, etc. might find the ability to support larger pot sizes stably of benefit.

A family man like myself thinks this is a really great stove. :)

Perhaps a matter of semantics but I think your recipe/technique produces a result more like what the Spaniards/Italians call a tortilla/frittata than the traditional French or Western omelets even though using milk instead of water gives it a decidedly quiche-like bent. ;-)

Exotic international cuisine prepared on a backpacking stove? Uh, I meant to do that. ;)

Yes, using a small 7 5/8″ (19.5cm) diameter pan with five eggs changes how one has to cook and the result is definitely a bit quiche like and different than an omelette I might cook at home in a 10″ or 12″ pan. But, no matter. Out on the trail, my philosophy is that “if it tastes good, it is good.” Call it by whatever name you like, just don’t call me late for dinner.

I see you’re in Japan. Lots of neat stuff in the mountain shops over there, especially in the stove department. I saw a lot of things there I had never seen here including Coleman canisters with a male Lindal valve.

HJ
Adventures in Stoving

Hi Jim

> Coleman canisters with a male Lindal valve.
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Are you sure this was not a Coleman propane canister?

Cheers

del

Roger,

Yes, I’m quite sure. There is an older format that has a male Lindal valve. It’s 7/16ths threaded, but it is NOT a fine UNEF thread. It’s a much courser thread. This is the format the old Campak Cookette stoves used that were made by the National Silver Company of Japan. I’ve seen a few of them here in the US. They were imported in the 1970’s and ran on 100% butane. They had a squat cylindrical canister that looks similar to the old Hank Roberts or Optimus Mousetrap type canisters but instead of a rubber bud, they had a 7/16″ (not UNEF) threaded connector with a male Lindal valve. You could have knocked me over with a feather when I saw them in a mountain shop in Japan, with the Coleman label on them of all things.

They also have “half height” 100% butane canisters with an unthreaded male Lindal valve in Japan. They’re half the height of the canisters common for “Wok cooker” type flat square burners.

Lots of interesting stuff in Japan including a pink Primus. For the ladies I suppose. I’ll have to dig out my photos. Beautiful hiking there.

HJ
Adventures in Stoving