Build your campfire using Ramen Noodles!

[churl]

Ramen Noodles... you're suppose to eat them???????

Ok, you'll laugh at this one... but....
Ramen noodles also make GREAT fire starters - really!!!

Whenever we are at the family cabin and start to build our fire, we stack 3 packages of Ramen Noodles at the base and then place our fire wood around it. We light the packages and it starts the fire going!!! It really works!! They burn FOREVER!!!

 

[lovestrav]

I suppose the carbohydrates in the noodles provide a long burning fuel. Do you take them out of the packages? I can't imagine that the fumes produced by the burning plastic would be very good for anyone.

 

[Ginsu]

Intersting, thats burning carbs isn't it?

Anyways, I like ramen noodles! (we call em crack head noodles)

 

[]RiSeN[]

Also, do they burn better with or without the seasoning? jk

 

[lovestrav]

(we call em crack head noodles)

Why do you call them that?

 

[churl]

I suppose the carbohydrates in the noodles provide a long burning fuel. Do you take them out of the packages? I can't imagine that the fumes produced by the burning plastic would be very good for anyone.

No, I don't take them out of the plastic package. The outside packaging burns up instantly... no fumes to worry about.

 

[churl]

Also, do they burn better with or without the seasoning? jk

That is a great question - thanks!! Actually, we wondered as well and tested this. We were curious to see if our campsite would smell of Beef, Chicken, Shrimp etc. We were also worred that if we set-off a scent of "meat" that perhaps our campsite would attrach some unwelcome visitors (bears, racoons, etc) I am happy to report that based on my "scientific research", no such worries are necessary. There was no smell from the flavor packets and I did not recieve any creatures visiting.

Happy fire building and - happy camping to all!!

 

[bigsierra]

haha, great tip.

Do you use all 3 flavors at once, like it was a Triple Delight?

 

[thirsty]

Good idea. Try using cotton balls soaked in vasiline. Burns good.

 

[Iron Sun 254]

I used sticks of dynomite....

once.

 

[churl]

Good idea. Try using cotton balls soaked in vasiline. Burns good.

Im heading to the cabin in two weeks - I will give this one a try!!

 

[Nater_Tater]

I used sticks of dynomite....

once.

Did you waste the other sticks on fishing?

 

[fallen^sparrow]

The noodles would burn so well and long not from the carbs they contain... but because they consist nearly entirely of fat. Think of them as being essentially big square candles.

fallen^sparrow

 

[mixin machine]

Ramen Noodles... you're suppose to eat them???????

Ok, you'll laugh at this one... but....
Ramen noodles also make GREAT fire starters - really!!!

Whenever we are at the family cabin and start to build our fire, we stack 3 packages of Ramen Noodles at the base and then place our fire wood around it. We light the packages and it starts the fire going!!! It really works!! They burn FOREVER!!!

Did you ever try eating them dry without boiling them. I did last time I went backpacking. I would have to say pretty tastey!!!

 

[lovestrav]

Never thought of eating them without cooking them. Wouldn't it be like eating spaghetti noodles? I keep having a mental picture of a gerbil eating a treat... lol!

 

[churl]

Did you ever try eating them dry without boiling them. I did last time I went backpacking. I would have to say pretty tastey!!!

Yep! They are not too bad! I have also put them in Chineese chicken salad too - they are pretty tastey!

 

[Organist]

Sounds like a good use (a better one) for those noodles.

 

[GypsyBella]

Ha ha ha! I have reason to believe that those things are so bad for you that they actually cause your body to LOSE whatever nutrients it previously had floating around...

... but, geez... why do they have to be so good?

 

[Unique]

When a big group from our church goes hiking on the Appalachian Trail every suumer, our 2 main leaders Tiny and Coach (trail names, you have to love them, I'm Twiggy, pm me if you want the story) just throw a bunch of gas on the kindling and then toss a match. Ah, good times. I'm thinking about thru hiking one summer.

 

[gigglez1986]

LOL. I've heard flamethrowers can be very effective in starting camp fires also, but 1) are rather cumbersome to hike with 2) rather difficult get past a fire ranger and 3) tend to turn a campfire into a forest fire. However, if you have a canoe and are by a lake or river, that might make for some fond memories and great Kodak moments.