After the cooking, the cleanup.

[NYCgrrl]

Re: After the cooking, the cleanup.

Thanks for all the replies!

Pre-cleaning the pans and dishes from food debris is no mystery, and I understand how to wash dishes. (I have even cleaned pots, pans and food trays at a soup kitchen for 18 months.)

What I am uneasy about is what to do with the "dirty" water after the dishes/pans are clean. Is it OK at a campground to (discreetly and with discretion) dump it on the ground nearby? - Ted

Yanno I missed this good question whilst being a...a err well a shenaniganist:angel:

Gray water! Sure go ahead and water ground cover with it is my opinion. In much of CA it's all the rage.

[NYCgrrl]

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I'll consider a non-stick pan for camping, but will never use it at home as if it were accidently over heated it is possible that my African Gray parrot and Cockatiel will be in distress or die. Taking no chances with them.

Yehup! And I have a Yellow Headed Amazon who is now about...45 y/o. He still has MUCH to say just not as eloquently as your Gray.

[MacGyver]

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Hmm, actually...

You could create the two dish pans out of duct tape, use the coat hangers to scrape off the food, and use the vice grips as handles for the dish pans.

See? Toed knows!

[toedtoes]

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Yehup! And I have a Yellow Headed Amazon who is now about...45 y/o. He still has MUCH to say just not as eloquently as your Gray.

I have a 32+ year old Mexican Red Headed Amazon and there are days I swear I'm going to stop being a vegetarian...

Fits in more with the "Senior Camping", but after being found outside in a parking lot 32 years ago, then spending 30 of those years in a cage and rarely, if ever, being allowed out of the cage, Dog-Bird now goes camping!!! He has to stay in his travel cage when we're camping, but he loves it.

[toedtoes]

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See? Toed knows!

I think that will be my new signature - Toed knows!

[Paul]

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Has anyone used the folding Coleman wash basin? It looks interesting but I doubt it would last very long.

[NYCgrrl]

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I have a 32+ year old Mexican Red Headed Amazon and there are days I swear I'm going to stop being a vegetarian...

Fits in more with the "Senior Camping", but after being found outside in a parking lot 32 years ago, then spending 30 of those years in a cage and rarely, if ever, being allowed out of the cage, Dog-Bird now goes camping!!! He has to stay in his travel cage when we're camping, but he loves it.

Yeah those parrots can have that effect on ya. I've had nabes look at me suspiciously about the "child" or "dog" who is nevah seen outside but can be heard 10 floors down and a block and a half away. Hopefully my voice doesn't carry quite as far when I threaten him with a Thanksgiving centerpiece end...oops.

[NYCgrrl]

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Has anyone used the folding Coleman wash basin? It looks interesting but I doubt it would last very long.

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Gonna check the specs now. Never seen it in action but it sure looks interesting.....

[isoc]

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The cockatiel I've had for over 15 years, since he came from the breeder. We got the Grey as a "used bird" 17 years old, 5 years ago. The previous owner thought he was a he, but "he" laid two eggs after moving in with us, so she has proved she's a she.

[NYCgrrl]

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Paul, the way I see it and it's 512 reviews (Whoa! what have I been missing, lol!) if you know you're camping in an area with no wash up facilities the price is right for an experiment. Were I in the design studio when they were thinking it up I'd prefer a rounder shaped container for maximum access to most dishes' and pots'; a side plug to release the water on both sides and maybee slightly longer handles.

[toedtoes]

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I grew up with a Scarlett Macaw. A new neighbor moved in and I went to babysit for her and she asked "I'm afraid to ask, but do you have a parrot?" I said yes and asked why she was afraid to ask - she thought maybe there was someone in the family who wasn't quite "all there" and she didn't want to be insensitive.

I got Dog-Bird 2.5 years ago with his sister for 28 years, a Severe Macaw. She passed away from cancer just over 2 years ago and I was real worried that he would be lonely. But he has adopted his new flock, Moose-Dog and Bat-Dog, and has taken to camping. He even eats barbeque potato chips - but only when we're camping.

[toedtoes]

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Has anyone used the folding Coleman wash basin? It looks interesting but I doubt it would last very long.

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Hmmm, it looks surprisingly like I was imagining MacGyver's duct tape and vise version.

I'd probably just go with regular dish pans or plastic storage boxes - that way they could be used to lug stuff the rest of the time. At least for car camping.

[MountainMama]

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I rarely even use pans while camping. I cook everything in / on heavy duty tin foil, then eat on paper plates that go into the fire. Easy-peasy. When in a camper, I do cook in a crock pot with disposable liners.

[NYCgrrl]

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The cockatiel I've had for over 15 years, since he came from the breeder. We got the Grey as a "used bird" 17 years old, 5 years ago. The previous owner thought he was a he, but "he" laid two eggs after moving in with us, so she has proved she's a she.

Hehehe on the sex. Soul was originally a gift to my mother and in later years he came to live with me. We always referred to him in the masculine form until a vet preformed surgery on him in the '90's. Uhhhhhh we were right! You've some beautiful and well behaved feather beings. I'm thinking of getting a cockatiel for my granddaughter (AKA the Princess) but must consult w/ the parrot first. He dinna like the cockatiels we had in the past, ignored one 'keet and found the last parakeet worthy of a friendship.

You'd think after all these years I'd have a better pic of Soul but well the truth be known I needed to have some one call me "Noonie" to care about recording life's moments. The Princess fit the bill and as I tell her she's the only being I know who the bird has taken to immediately and unconditionally.

I rarely even use pans while camping. I cook everything in / on heavy duty tin foil, then eat on paper plates that go into the fire. Easy-peasy. When in a camper, I do cook in a crock pot with disposable liners.

Hobo packs! Love em to the nth and don't they just resolve many clean up concerns?:cool:.
I never knew crock pot liners existed until some cyber friends of another site acquainted me w/ em. 'Course they also tried to convince me we could go snipe hunting if I ever passed their way but when I realised they were pulling my leg I offered to sell them a bridge...

[isoc]

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I have a 32+ year old Mexican Red Headed Amazon and there are days I swear I'm going to stop being a vegetarian...

Fits in more with the "Senior Camping", but after being found outside in a parking lot 32 years ago, then spending 30 of those years in a cage and rarely, if ever, being allowed out of the cage, Dog-Bird now goes camping!!! He has to stay in his travel cage when we're camping, but he loves it.

I thought about taking our birds on a camping trip, they have travel cages OK. But I'm not sure what to do if we "take a hike" for a few hours. I'd be nervous about leaving them alone in or by our tent while we're gone.

- Ted