I was sorta feeling like I didn't have enough toilet paper shaped imagery here at AEET lately (see the previous post too), so let us now take a look at the Little Injun Scout Cook Stove --in a can! It's perfect for fishermen, campers, hunters, and anybody else who likes to cook things outdoors. And gee whiz, setting it up for a few photos was actually a lot easier than it looks too! Now, being "laboratory tested and approved" didn't really make me feel any safer from it just somehow suddenly exploding in my face, but I still put all of my trust into the rather amateurishly illustrated Little Injun Scout mascot, for I knew that he could not, and would not, never ever steer me into harm's way. So yes, all of that marvelous midcentury, campfire cooking goodness is absolutely crammed into one toilet paper roll sized can. Just don't forget to follow the rules of necessity, --and remember to bring a "reasonable size cooking utensil" too!
"Burner Hole Cleaner" is something I go every 6 months to the doctor for.
ReplyDeleteI like this little thing. It's from an age where you could sell all sorts of really dangerous things and I feel like this might explode and cook some fingers long before it cooked a hot dog.
So on some parts of the can / contents there are real fonts, so the scratchy and poorly drawn fonts were ... a choice? I mean, I kind of like the look. It's interesting, in a kind of outsider art way. Still not lighting this!
This is a bare bones kerosene camping cook stove- bare bones, it wouldn't be out of place on THOIA.
ReplyDeleteI looked on the web and saw other versions of this, though some versions shown had a grill attached on top to set a cooking pot or pan.
I suppose this would be useful for a backyard camping set up for inexperienced campers, or youngsters under parental supervision. Neat find.
I guess it was made to look like it was drawn in charcoal straight on the can. And I can understand why they'd go for that look. In light of the really thrown-together feel of the graphic, it's wild to me that they spent the money on three different colors.
ReplyDeleteI suspect this was both easier to make, and safer to use, than cooking over a camp fire.