No camping trip is complete without an old, green Coleman stove. This propane-powered stove has kept generations of campers well fed in the most adverse weather conditions. Because they are so common and virtually indestructible, it should be quite easy to find a used one in a second hand shop or the classified section of your local paper.
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They now have an oven attachment for your coleman propane stove. It is collapsable for easy storage and works great!!! Put the oven on top of the two propane burners and there you go...oven while camping.
I have often thought that a Coleman stove would be a good thing to have in case of emergencies - like power outages. We lived through lengthy power outages in Florida during the hurricanes. Are they safe to use in an open garage or on a patio?
Editor's Note: As long as you don't use them in the house, you should be fine. I often use mine on my patio and if the garage door was open, it should be safe in the garage.
Oh, the memories of that Coleman green stove! When I was a child, I thought that was the greatest thing invented for camping, and still do! My DH and I haven't been camping in a long time (and we used a little stove to heat our Mountainhouse meals) and when we did, we had to hike, so large stoves were out!
My boyfriend got one of these for his 5yrs of employment award. Last Thanksgiving our electric went out, we have total electric, and we still needed to get a shower before going to his brother's for dinner, thank God I wasn't cooking. Well we used the stove to heat up our jugs of water and it saved the day. Very memorable Thanksgiving.
I have many wonderful memories as a kid about my dad's green Coleman camping cook stove. (I am 50 now). When I got married at 19, and my mom & dad traveled cross country with my husband to meet me, out came the same old faithful Coleman stove. Mom had a couple iron skillets, and she would fry bacon & eggs, pork chops, and fried potatoes, etc. For travel or just a fishing camping trip, it's a great tool.
I LOVED COOKING BREAKFAST ON OUR COLEMAN STOVE; THE AROMA OF BACON, HAM OR SAUSAGE AND SCRAMBLING A DOZEN EGGS IN A CASTIRON SKILLET ALONG WITH HASHED BROWN POTATOES OR COTTAGE POTATOES. YUM...AND WHAT MEMORIES!
My DH's stepmom has told me stories about one Christmas that a bad storm knocked out power at the house and they used their Coleman stoves to make the entire Christmas dinner. When my DH was driving long haul truck, we went out and bought him one for him to cook his meals on.
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