Home Made Steamer Pics

[bstwo]

I posted this in the GEAR FORUM, but thought it might help people understand my 'boil in a bag recipe' post.

For you Boil in a Bag fans....I have pictures of two of my home made steamers....First is one that I made out of a Mirror Sauce pan....drilled a bunch of 3/8s holes in the bottom and cut it off at 1" high......Works well with sandwich sized freezer bags....Fits into my MSR Stowaway pot, with ease.
http://webpages.charter.net/fam-strick/Steamer-MSR.jpg

Then I made one out of a square pc. of .012 flashing. It just fits over the bottom of my GAZ canister, and will slide into my Open Country Kettle. I used my 'Whitney Punch' and made lots of holes in it.....Untried, but I am sure it will boil cake just fine!
http://webpages.charter.net/fam-strick/Steamer-OC.jpg

Almost anything will work to steam food...a pc. of heavy screen...it just needs to be about 1" tall and support your bag, and store inside your cook ware!

I also found this link on 'how to make your own bakepacker'
http://backpacking.murioi.com/makebakepacker.html

[JimM]

Pretty slick setup. Thanks for the pics.
Jim

[RagingHampster]

Nifty!