I know that the title might end me up on a list somewhere, but let me explain. Someone once told me that a propane tank is essentially a bomb. I’m sure this person was well meaning, or maybe even trying to be funny, but this is not the type of information I can simply brush off.
I bought a propane tank and camping stove right around the same time I bought the truck, reasoning that I really needed to get over myself if I was going to live outside all the time. However, from that day until yesterday I had used the stove exactly zero times, always managing to find a reason that I didn’t have to, a box of Triscuits is a balanced meal right?
On my last trip to the grocery store I decided to play a trump card on my weird and irrational fears and bought six eggs. Six eggs are a lot of eggs to eat over the 4 days remaining until my shift starts up again, and they definitely need to be cooked, I’m not Rocky.
I decided to boil them, not because I particularly like boiled eggs but because that seemed like the fastest way to cook them all at once and get the whole thing over with.
After a very thorough reading of the instructions (I even tried to parse the Spanish a bit, just to see if they were being told something I wasn’t) I managed to get the stove together and lit with zero massive explosions.
If I ever put together a book of strange and unusable advice for my grandchildren I must remember to include; if life gives you anxiety, make boiled eggs.
Wander and Waver 
Hmmpf – you were terribly misinformed, as a propane bottle is NOT a bomb under any condition except possibly when it is almost empty – and even then not much. It can be a fire hazard, but that’s true of any sort of stove. Back when I was tromping about in the wilds (whilst avoiding tyrannosaurs, of course) we had stoves powered by gasoline – yeah, the same stuff you put in your car — now THAT was a bomb – and lighting up the stove had much potential for pyrotechnics.
Beautiful pictures!
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