[at-l] Flameless Heating kit???

[greyowl at rcn.com (greyowl@rcn.com)]

---- Original message ----
>Date: Tue, 24 May 2005 11:32:35 -0400
>From: Jim Bullard <jbullar1@twcny.rr.com> 
>Subject: Re: [at-l] Flameless Heating kit???  
>To: Robert <infinity1plus1@yahoo.com>, Leslie Booher 
<lbooher@pure.net>, greyowl@rcn.com, 
shellydhale@earthlink.net, at-l@mailman.backcountry.net
>
>   At 6K feet above sea level the boiling point drops
>   to 201?F, only 11 degrees. Most cooking would be
>   done at altitudes less than 6K so 170?F would make
>   it hot but no where near boiling. The cooks among us
>   can say better than I whether 30?+ less than
>   boiling would constitute 'simmering' but it was my
>   understanding that a simmer was just below the
>   boiling point. At least that is what I aim for in my
>   novice attempts at cooking.
>
>   If my memory serves Grey Owl is the resident
>   scientist (chemist?) and is probably the expert on
>   what chemicals would produce heat when combined.
>
>   At 08:20 AM 5/24/2005 -0700, Robert wrote:
>
>     Does anyone read this stuff before typing. Shelly
>     wants to know about making her own home version of
>     this. I believe there are a few sites that show
>     you how to make things on the market... mostly
>     things like twinkies and cupcakes... but I will
>     begin my search now my tenacious one. As for the
>     other things, it is not 100 degrees C, nor does it
>     boil for 20 minutes. It increases the temperature
>     by 100 degrees F and it takes place over 20
>     minutes. I take this to mean that it slowly begins
>     heating and, over the following 20 minutes, will
>     eventually get to 100 degrees higher than the
>     temperature at which it started. I could be wrong,
>     but that seems to be what both the site and
>     Shelly's post say. Now, knowing that water boils
>     at 212 F might seem to make this item a little
>     weak, but at the top of a mountain the temperature
>     at which water boils will drop. So, assuming that
>     the temperature is around 70 F, and you mix up a
>     batch of this mountain stuff, it w! ill increase
>     the temperature to around 170 F, at which point I
>     have no idea whether it would boil or not. Anyone
>     know the boiling point of stuff at the top of any
>     of the mountains on the AT?
>
>     Leslie Booher <lbooher@pure.net> wrote:
>
>             I believe that whoever initially posted
>             this ment 100 degree
>             Centigrade which is the boiling point of
>             water at sea level.
>
>             Grey Owl
>
>             But, do you want your food to boil for 20
>             mins? It doesn't sound like something you
>             can turn off and on. anklebear
>             
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