Club Obi Wan

Because I'm such a geek, I've just cooked a couple of hot dogs using my Swedish army surplus alcohol stove. Usually when I get into one of my moods I'll use a Svea.

Indy does a lot of traveling, and I suppose he'd need something to cook on. Would he have used a Trangia stove similar to this? Or a Svea similar to this? I think the Trangia dates from WWII and the Svea, according to Wiki, came about in 1955; but both companies were making stoves in the 1920s and 1800s, respectively.

The Svea is smaller, but you have to carry a billy. The Trangia packs into its cookset. The Svea burns much longer, and fuel would probably be easier to get than denatured alcohol. My Svea No.1 is much larger, but it burns kerosene that would be readily available.

Or would Indy simply use a camp fire?

I was actually thinking along these lines last night. I was rummaging around in my basement which looks not unlike an army surplus store from about 1965. While looking through old military/camping goodies, I was thinking about the back story of a character like Indy based upon what little we have seen of him. Considering that he went on a mission carrying only a carry-on leather bag like this:

http://www.duluthtrading.com/site/frame ... 1&d_type=2

that had to contain whatever was not in his battered suitcase, it seems unlikely that he was carrying much survival and camping gear and was probably more apt to "live off the local econonmy". in other words, buy what he needs when he gets there.
In terms of a stove, how about this folding model, sterno has been around for 100+ years:

http://us.st11.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/ ... _180726978

I've used Trangias a lot but I think Indy would've used a campfire.

I agree, he was a Boy Scout after all. A case of matches or a cartain lighter are a lot easier to haul around.

Well the fire in ToD was not just for drying clothes. A fire will keep away predators, but will attract Hovitas. I would imagine it would depend on where he travelled. The folding sterno goes with his travelling light, but cans of sterno are fairly hard to get in the wild. I would think that if he carried a stove at all it would be a kerosene (paraffin) stove, as kerosene is still far more available in the bush that white gas (svea) or sterno. I have seen the kero stoves recommended for those who travel beyond beyond.
All in all, it is a moot argument, though. As a certified tough guy, we all know Indy eats nails and rocks, which need no cooking.

dwardeden wrote:[W]e all know Indy eats... rocks, which need no cooking.

What? You've never heard of stone soup?

I think a Swedish Primus stove would have been available for Indy to use in the 1930's. these were fueled by Paraffin (Kerosine) I have a British military version from 1944 and these are all patterned on the earlier Primus stoves.

I think he used the campfire. A quick spit and you can cook just about anything on it. If anything he might have had some GI issue cooking gear from the first World War.

Probably THIS one:

http://www.antiqueappliances.com/produc ... _stove.htm

'Blues

IndianaRedmon wrote:I think a Swedish Primus stove would have been available for Indy to use in the 1930's. these were fueled by Paraffin (Kerosine) I have a British military version from 1944 and these are all patterned on the earlier Primus stoves.

I have one of those. Don't know how old it is, but it disassembles and stores/carries in its own tin. Similar to this.