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Default All this talk of eggs. - Was: egg cooker question

On 2019-01-11 10:27 a.m., Gary wrote:
> " wrote:


>> Pork 'n Beans, they'd make a bigger, splattering mess than potatoes!

>
> Once on a Boy Scout camping trip, I tossed an unopened can
> of Pork 'n Beans into the campfire. This was just a fun to do
> thing for us young boys. We all knew it would explode once
> it got hot enough. So we all hid behind nearby trees to stay
> out of the way.
>
> Within a few minutes, that bean-bomb detonated with a fairly
> loud bang. The two ends of the can were never found. The round
> body of the can was straightened pretty much. All trees and
> tents within about 40 feet were covered with pork'n beans.
>
> It was pretty cool. ;-D




When I was the reserves we did that with the canned Jambalaya that came
in the combat rations we had on bivouac.