Don't get me wrong, it can be done, I've done it on several different types of stove. the penny does simmer very well, it's just that I have found most of them require more fiddle factor than I'm willing to put up with in the field (trying to simmer in howling wind somewhere in the rockies) for my food. I have made very nice pots of brown rice on the penny stove - in my kitchen. I've just decided it's more trouble than I wanna deal with in the bush. If I always camped in more sheltered places than I do, it might be different.


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