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It’s better to have two 1/2 pound cans than one 1 pound can - then you can build an emergency telephone. Just add string as needed.
One thing we discovered is the international food stores like the Mercados and the British ex-pat shops, have metal cans versus cardboard/plastic for imported stuff. They can be adapted for all kinds of prepper storage.
I can also attest to the utility of the humble coffee can for warmth. In bygone years, my brother and friends and I had an elaborate treehouse, complete with a wood stove improvised from junkyard stuff.
A #10 coffee can was the firebox, and discarded stovepipe was the chimney, which rested on top of the can covering half the opening; we fed the fire by shoving kindling into the open half. It kept the interior of the enclosed treehouse toasty even in winter months.
One problem: the one-pound coffee can is now 13 ounces.
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Coffee cans are in my survival kit because without coffee my wife would kill me.
I haven’t seen a metal coffee can in years. Now they are plastic or very heavy cardboard, which would eliminate any use on the fire.
I have three of them now. Most of what you see is plastic for small ones and large cans have cardboard sides. I'm bad about keeping the big ones with cardboard sides. I can't seem to throw them away - I might need that in a SHTF situation. Hopefully, I won't get as bad as those hoarders on the Hoarder TV show whose house is so full of “stuff” one can't walk around and sanitation people have to come in to clean it out.
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In my younger days we used these cans to make a small camping stove.
Made with the bottom side up you can fry eggs, bacon, bread dough, etc. right on the stove.
Or you can use a small fry pan, pot (or a second coffe can as a pot).
Punch holes around the sides on the bottom with an old fashion 'church key'.
Cut a square opening on the top side.
Turn can upside down - the bottom is now the stove top.
Feed the fire through the square opening.
‘Melt snow: During the winter months, a coffee can may be used to melt snow or ice over a fire. The warm liquid will help provide much need heat to your body as well as lift your spirits...’ right before the Zombies git ya!” ;)
‘Make noise:. Tapping on the bottom of the can with a rock or the spine of your knife will produce a noise that can help signal would-be rescues.’
No, to that tip! Don’t call the Zombies to you! ;)
Quite a fine list, actually. I’ll be adding a 1 lb. coffee can to my supplies as soon as I can find one. You know, that would make a really cute Valentine’s Day gift for my Beau! I’ll give him the can and a copy of the list, and he can use up the coffee, then save the can. Brilliant! Thanks!
I use a coffee can to store my loose change. When it fills up, which is about twice a year, I spend an afternoon rolling coins. Usually end up with $30-40 that I toss into my bank account.
Coffee Can Ping! We can pack it in our Bucket Toilet when we bug out! :)
I save any metal coffee can I buy. If nothing else, get some cheap toilet tissue, pour alcohol on the roll, light it and it puts out enough heat for a deer blind.
They haven’t sold coffee in a metal can in our grocery store in 4-5 years.
It's like $10 or $11 for three pounds, dark roast only (available in decaf), very very good for the money. We were buying specialty coffees for $7 - $9 per pound, but not any more. Also, the can is still metal. Oh, and the dates go out a couple years, so I always have 4-6 cans in the basement.
OK, try finding a one pound can of coffee these days. It’s all Keurig cups and soft-sided packaging.
A thread from Nov 2012 is still kickin'.
I thought it was sop to keep toilet paper in a coffee can.
When you are out in the middle of nowhere, and the weather is nasty, you can still take a dum...never mind.
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