The Kelly Kettle
Soutpiel Safari
John & Jenny
Tue 30 Nov 2010 07:21
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One great revelation of the last few days has been the
Kelly Kettle. We bought ours from Nene Overland two years ago when we went
to Bosnia, but stupidly never used it. I commissioned it at
home just before we left, with the help of my trainee pyromaniac grandson,
Jake. Last week we got it going again and, as long as we have a supply
of dry twigs, we'll be using it everyday from now on - it is a wonderful
invention.
It consists of an aluminium upper part in the form of an
annulus with a water containing jacket around a hollow central core. The
water jacket has a spout and will hold about 1.5 litres. You fill it
through the spout. The lower part, also in aluminium, consists of a bowl
about 60 mm deep in which you start a small fire from paper, dry leaves and
twigs. There is an opening in the side of the bowl which should be
orientated into the wind. You then place the upper part on the lower, which acts
as a chimney with the combustion gases coming out of the top opening and the
combustion air entering the opening in the side of the bowl. You feed the
fire with more sticks and twigs through the top opening and chimney effect
causes it to roar away, boiling the water in only a few minutes.
[Note above. The Microsoft dictionary does not
recognise the correct spelling of the element aluminium]
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