Williamstown High School Year 8 Cooking with a Trangia Stove

What fuel does a trangia stove use?

• Petrol

• Methylated spirits

• Water

• Wood

Tick all the ways you can make water boil quicker on a trangia stove.

• Add more fuel to the stove

• Put a lid on the stove

• Don't use more water than required

• open the fuel tank lid fully

A Trangia stove is better for the environment because..

• You take your own fuel with you so you don't destroy the local environment

• Less chance of causing a bushfire

• A Trangta stove heats quicker than a wood fire so you need less fuel to run it

• All of the above

What can you add to your fuel to reduce the build up of soot on your bowl

• Water

• Petrol

• Don't fill your fuel tank to full

• Turpintine

The safety circle around your trangia should be what distance?

• 0.5m

• 1.0m

• 1.5m

• 2m

What is this part of the trangia used for?

• Draining your pasta

• Lighting your trangia

• Adjusting the flame to adjust the heat

• Slicing vegetables

Which of the following is NOT an important safety measure?

• When moving saucepans and lids use only tongs (not hands)

• Make sure your hair is tied up

• Make sure you have no dangling clothing

• Only cook things in boiling water

What safety measure must you take when using the methylated spirits?

• If spilled on hands, make sure you wash them immediately

• Keep the methylated spirits bottle next to the trangia in case you need more

• Carry methylated spirits in any bottle, even a plain water bottle is fine

• You can put methylated spirits in the brass burner, even if it still alight

When cooking with a trangia, which of the followng is not recommended?

• Set your trangia up on flat ground

• If it is really windy, cook in your tent so your trangia doesn't go out

• Keep the area around your trangia clear and tidy

• Place mugs on ground if pouring hot liquids from the saucepan into them

Why should you never use the screw cap on the brassburner to put out the flame?

• The brass burner will be hot and you may burn your hands

• It's hard to screw on while the flame is burning

• It will melt the rubber O-ring and be unable to seal effectively

• No reason, you can use it.